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Tests on a Half-Scale Two-Story Seismic-Resisting Precast Concrete Building This paper describes experimental studies on the seismic behavior and design of precast concrete buildings. A half-scale two-story precast concrete building incorporating a dual system and representing a parking structure in Mexico City was investigated. The structure was tested up to failure in a laboratory under simulated seismic loading. In some of the beam-to-column joints, the bottom longitudinal bars of the beam were purposely undeveloped due to dimensional constraints. Emphasis is given in the study on the evaluation of the observed global behavior of the test structure. This behavior showed that the walls of the test structure controlled the force path mechanism and significantly reduced the lateral deformation demands in the precast frames. Seismic design criteria and code implications for precast concrete structures resulting from this research are discussed. The end result of this research is that a better understanding of the structural behavior of this type of building has been gained results of simulated seismic load tests of a two story precast concrete building constructed with precast concrete elements that are used in Mexico are described herein. The structural system chosen in the test structure is the so called dual type, defined as the combination of structural walls and beam-to-column frames. Connections between precast beams and columns in the test structure are of the window type. This type of construction is typically used in low- and medium rise buildings in which columns are connected with windows at each story level. These windows contain the top and bottom reinforcement. Fig. 1 shows this type of construction for a commercial building in Mexico City. In most precast concrete frames such as those shown in Fig, 1, longitudinal beam bottom bars are not fully developed due to constraints imposed by the dimensions of file columns in beam-to-column joints. In an effo