Research Article

Seismic Response of Plan-Asymmetric Structures with Diaphragm Flexibility

Table 1

Strength and stiffness of LLREs in analytical models.

ModelDescriptionLength (cm)Strength (Ton)Stiffness (ton/cm)
Wall 1Wall 2Wall 3Wall 1Wall 2Wall 3Wall 1Wall 2Wall 3

1Symmetric20020020017.8517.8517.8536.9936.9936.99
2Stiffness symmetric26020014012.5017.8523.2133.6636.9933.66
3Balance (0.75 CV-CS)26020014013.8317.8521.8737.2636.9931.71
4Balance (0.5 CV-CS)26020014015.1717.8520.5340.8736.9929.77
5Balance (0.25 CV-CS)26020014016.5117.8519.1944.4736.9927.83
6Strength symmetric26020014017.8517.8517.8548.0836.9925.89
7De Stefano (0.25 CM-CS)26020014019.6317.8516.0752.8836.9923.30
8De Stefano (0.5 CM-CS)26020014023.2117.8512.5062.5136.9918.12