TY  - JOUR
AU  - S., J. Alberto Escobar 
AU  - Mendoza, J. Antonio 
AU  - M., 
PY  - 2008
TI  - Effect of Earthquakes on Some Kind of Buildings
JF  - American Journal of Environmental Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.3844/ajessp.2008.189.197
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajessp.2008.189.197
AB  - A new method that simplifies the current static seismic torsion design procedure for buildings is proposed. Distribution of the shear forces among the storey-resistant elements designed by torsion and of the factors which affect the design eccentricity, specially accidental eccentricity, are studied. It is demonstrated that the effect of accidental eccentricity is always additive for the structural elements. There is given an in which the proposed procedure is applied; the results obtained agree with those calculated obtained with a traditional procedure of design.