Utilizing Steel Brace for Seismic Retrofitting of Old School Buildings with Open Ground Storey

This paper investigates the seismic performance of an old school building with open ground storey. The building was designed according to an old Egyptian design code that did not consider the earthquake load; thus, the building is vulnerable to sudden lack of stiffness in the open ground storey (so...

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Main Authors: T. Sharaf, O. M. Ramadan, S. Elshazly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Electronic Journals for Science and Engineering - International 2019-12-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering
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Online Access:https://ejsei.com/EJSE/article/view/236