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Having this problem in mind, the PERSISTAH project (Projetos de Escolas Resilientes aos SISmos no Territ\u00f3rio do Algarve e de Huelva, in Portuguese) aimed to develop a computational approach enabling the damage evaluation of a large number of individual school buildings. One of the school typologies assessed was the so-called \u201cP3\u201d schools. This typology is composed of several different modules that are combined in different manners depending on the number of students. Each module was built in accordance with architectural standardised designs. For this reason, there are many replicas of these modules all over the Algarve region. The structural system of each module is composed of a frame of reinforced concrete (RC) elements. Nonlinear static seismic analysis procedures were adopted to evaluate the structural seismic behaviour, namely by using the new concept of performance curve. Based on the obtained results, it was possible to conclude that the seismic safety of this type of school building is mainly ruled by the shear capacity of the columns. This study also shows the difficulties of carrying out accurate seismic assessments of existing buildings using the methods of analysis that are established in the Eurocode 8.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/buildings10110210","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,20]],"date-time":"2020-11-20T09:46:18Z","timestamp":1605865578000},"page":"210","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Existing RC School Buildings: The \u201cP3\u201d School Typology"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7356-9893","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jo\u00e3o M.C.","family":"Est\u00eav\u00e3o","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, ISE, University of Algarve, Campus da Penha, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Carlos","family":"Esteves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, ISE, University of Algarve, Campus da Penha, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"350","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1475-4959.2010.00367.x","article-title":"The impact of eighteenth century earthquakes on the Algarve region, southern Portugal","volume":"176","author":"Chester","year":"2010","journal-title":"Geogr. 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