Seismic performance assessment of reinforced concrete wall piers for out-of-plane seismic loads

The purpose of this study is to assess the seismic performance of reinforced concrete wall piers for out-of-plane seismic loads, and to provide a method for developing a new evaluation procedure. A non-linear finite element analysis program, RCAHEST (Reinforced Concrete Analysis in Higher Evaluation System Technology), is used to carry out all the seismic analyses of reinforced concrete wall piers. The wall piers were modelled using a...