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Assessment of Existing Structures Using Inelastic Static Analysis

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Nonlinear static analysis; Pushover-based analysis

Introduction

Over the last few decades, it has been found that the traditional procedures, which are based on elastic linear analysis, can only approximately estimate the typically nonlinear seismic response. Therefore, the inelastic methods of analysis have been gradually introduced into practice in order to estimate the seismic response more realistically. Contrary to the elastic linear methods which can only implicitly predict the performance, the objective of the inelastic seismic analysis procedures is to directly estimate the magnitude of inelastic deformations.

In general, the most refined and accurate inelastic method is the nonlinear response history analysis (NRHA). Nevertheless, it is only sporadically used in the design practice, since it is, for the time being, still too complex for regular use. It requires substantial experience and knowledge about the modeling of the dynamic response of structures and seismic...

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  1. University of Ljubljana, Jamova cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Tatjana Isakovic

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Isakovic, T. (2015). Assessment of Existing Structures Using Inelastic Static Analysis. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_201

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