Due to their excellent seismic behavior, shear wall-type concrete buildings are very popular in earthquake-prone countries like Chile. According current regulations, the performance of such structures can be indifferently assessed through linear or non-linear methods analysis. Although all code-compliant approaches supposedly lead a safe design, may fact less precise for catching actual ductile...

Abstract This study evaluates the dynamic behavior and performance of vital reinforced concrete (RC) public building [Ministry Higher Education (MHE)] designed in compliance with old Syrian (non-seismic) code. The real non-linear MHE has been checked by detailed numerical analyses (finite elements method—FEM) validated a series ambient noise measurements carried out on-site. modeling approach f...