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Prescriptive Design Method (PrDM)

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Technical Committee on Composite Construction of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE


Part of: Recommendations for Seismic Design of Hybrid Coupled Wall Systems

Abstract:

This chapter discusses the prescriptive design method (PrDM). Topics include classification according to current provisions; system analysis; vertical redistribution of coupling beam forces; beam and wall overstrength; and design process.

Subject Headings: System analysis | Beams | Walls | Coupling

 

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