Dr. P Pravin Kumar Venkat Rao’s research work on An Overview of Performance‑Based Seismic Design Framework for Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings has been published in the Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering (SCI Journal). The co-author of this work is Dr. Mitesh Surana, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Ropar.

This article identifies and discusses the key differences between the prescriptive- and performance-based seismic design methods and also addresses the significance, application and implementation of performance-based seismic design of buildings.

This paper also makes an original contribution to the literature through a critical review of how the performance-based design withholds the opportunity to elevate the role of the structural engineers to which they are informed members of the community, where the structures they create not only perform according to design prescriptions, but also perform according to the needs of the owners, engineers, and society.

Full paper:  https://rdcu.be/dlqzY , 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40996-023-01217-4

September 2023