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EVALUATION OF THE SEISMIC
PERFORMANCE OF REINFORCED
CONCRETE BUILDINGS
by
Ashutosh Bagchi
. (Civil Engineering), Jadavpur University, Calcutta, lndia
. (Structural Eng.), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
A thesis submitted to
The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
In partial fulfilment of the requirements
For the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
in
Engineering-
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
March, 2001
© Copyright, Ashutosh Bagchi, 2001
* The Doctoral Program in Civil