Abstract:Abstract-An innovative floor anchorage system is being developed that reduces inertial forces in building structures during major earthquakes. This goal is accomplished by providing the anchorage a design strength lower than that required to transmit the elastic diaphragm forces. Instead, at a predefined "cut-off" load, the anchorage deforms ductily, transforming the diaphragm seismic demands into relative displacement of the floor system with respect to the primary vertical elements of the lateral force resis… Show more
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