Author(s)

C.L. Mullen, S.R. Swatzell & R.M. Hackett

Abstract

The Lyceum building is the central building on the campus of the University of Mississippi and dates to the founding of the University in 1848. A major renovation is currently being planned to upgrade the interior facilities to suit the present day needs of the University's administration housed by the building. The renovation has been complicated by the need to satisfy conflicting demands of current building codes which now include seismic provisions and those of the State of Mississippi's Department of Archives and History and Bureau of Buildings. This paper highlights the modeling which has been performed of the 3D seismic response of the 3-story brick masonry wall system. The utility of the response analysis is then demonstrated for the renovation planning, bo

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