Seismic Performance Assessment of a Multistorey Building Designed with an Alternative Capacity Design Approach

Figure 3

The 6-storey building selected as case study: (a) plan view of the typical storey and (b) three-dimensional view of the structural frames. Lateral view of the building with indication of the behaviour factor values adopted in the two design approaches: (c) single-q case and (d) variable-q case.

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