Chile is characterized as the country with the largest seismicity in the world. This produces strong earthquakes every 83±9 years in the Central part of the country, whe [...]

Reinforced Concrete (RC) walls are a fundamental part of lateral resisting force system against earthquake and wind loads for tall and mid-rise multi-story buildings. Thi [...]

Slender rectangular walls with discontinuities at their bases, such as flag walls (setback) or walls with door openings or access, are common in Chilean practice because [...]

Chile concentrates a high number of earthquakes along its history. One of the strongest in recent years was in the south of the country, specifically in Maule regions in [...]

RC structural slender walls under large seismic excitation are expected to behave nonlinear due to yielding of the longitudinal reinforcement, which produces plastic hing [...]

The Mw 8.8 earthquake in 2010 in Chile damaged several reinforced concrete (RC) structures, where many walls elements failed. This type of element is the preferred option [...]

Between 1950’s and 1970’s, a significant number of buildings were constructed using lightly reinforced, perimeter walls with openings. Evaluation and rehabilitation o [...]

Reinforced concrete squat walls are common in low-rise construction and as wall segments formed by window and door openings in perimeter walls. Existing approaches used t [...]