A METHOD FOR DRIFT-CONTROL IN EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT DESIGN: OF RC BUILDING STRUCTURES BY ANDRES LEPAGE Ing Civ,, Universidad Rafael Urdaneta, 1987 Magister, Universidad Simon Bolivar, 1991 THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering in the Graduate College of the University of Minois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997 Urbana, Ilinois‘This is an authorized facsimile, made from the microfilm master copy of the original dissertation or master thesis, published by UMI. ‘The bibliographic information for this thesis is contained in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database, the only central source for accessing almost every doctoral dissertation accepted in North America since 1861. UMI Dissertation Services From:ProQuest 300 North Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346 ‘Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1346 USA 800.521.0600 734.761.4700 ‘web wwnwilproquest.com Printed in 2002 by dial xerographic process ‘on acest paper