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- Title
- Earthquake Damage to Tall Buildings. Optimum Seismic Protection and Building Damage Statistics, Report No. 5.
- File
- PB293020.pdf
- Author(s)
- Czarnecki, R. M.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., January 1973, 128 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- ['STRUCTURES PUB-359', 'R73-8']
- Abstract
- A method for the estimation of earthquake damage to tall buildings based upon the building's response is developed. Damage to typical building components is estimated by comparing the amount of energy absorbed by a particular component to the maximum energy absorbtion capacity of that component. The method is applied to some of the buildings which were damaged during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. It is concluded that the method for the estimation of damage can predict general trends of damage but might be in considerable error in any specific case. The method is also applied to some typical buildings as part of an optimum seismic protection study. It is concluded that changing the seismic design zone does not have a drastic effect on the total estimated damage.
- Keywords
- Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Tall buildings; Damage assessment; California; San Fernando Earthquake; Mathematical models; Structural design; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering