%T Influence of diaphragm flexibility on the seismic performance of multi-story modular buildings
%A Sriskanthan Srisangeerthanan
%A Javad Hashemi
%A Pathmanathan Rajeev
%A et al.
%I Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference, 24-26 November 2017, Canberra, Australia
%D 2017

%K Sustainable building design and construction, %K Modular construction



%U https://apo.org.au/node/233226

%X Modular buildings are those built using prefabricated volumetric units called modules. Due to modules being connected to each other at discrete locations, discontinuous structural systems are formed, where diaphragm discontinuity is a key issue and could result in diaphragms that are flexible. Multi-story modular buildings with flexible diaphragms are susceptible to higher mode influences when under the action of seismic loads, where such influences affect lateral load distribution, cause excessive drift among gravity frames and could potentially lead towards collapse.
%9 Conference paper