SUBMITTED VERSION This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Hossein Derakhshan, Michael C. Griffith and Jason M. Ingham Out-of-plane seismic response of vertically spanning URM connected to flexible diaphragms Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 2015; 45(4):563-580 Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2671 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving." http://hdl.handle.net/2440/99388 PERMISSIONS http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html The submitted version of an article is the author's version that has not been peer-reviewed, nor had any value added to it by Wiley (such as formatting or copy editing). The submitted version may be placed on: • the author's personal website • the author's company/institutional repository or archive • not for profit subject-based preprint servers or repositories Self-archiving of the submitted version is not subject to an embargo period. The submitted version may be self- archived immediately on acceptance of the article. The version posted must acknowledge acceptance for publication and, following the final publication, include the following notice on the first page: "This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving." The version posted may not be updated or replaced with the accepted version (except as provided below) or the final published version (the Version of Record). There is no obligation upon authors to remove preprints posted to not for profit preprint servers prior to submission. 27 June 2016