UNIT II
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN: INTRODUCTION-FUNCTIONAL PLANNINGCONTINUOUS LOAD PATHOVERALL FORM-SIMPLICITY AND SYMMETRY-ELONGATED SHAPESSTIFFNESS AND
STRENGTH-HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MEMBERS-TWISTING OF
BUILDINGS-DUCTILITYDEFINITIONDUCTILITY RELATIONSHIPS-FLEXIBLE BUILDINGS-FRAMING SYSTEMSCHOICE OF
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS-UNCONFINED CONCRETE-CONFINED
CONCRETE-MASONRYREINFORCING
STEEL.
INTRODUCTION TO EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN: SEISMIC DESIGN
REQUIREMENTSREGULAR
AND IRREGULAR CONFIGURATIONS-BASIC ASSUMPTIONS-DESIGN
EARTHQUAKE
LOADS-BASIC LOAD COMBINATIONS-PERMISSIBLE STRESSESSEISMIC METHODS OF
ANALYSIS-FACTORS IN SEISMIC ANALYSIS-EQUIVALENT LATERAL
FORCE METHOD.