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Title
Damage Statistics for High-Rise Buildings in the Vicinity of the San Fernando Earthquake. Optimum Seismic Protection and Building Damage Statistics, Report No. 7.
File
PB295530.pdf
Author(s)
Whitman, R. V.; Hong, S. T.; Reed, J. W.
Source
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., April 1973, 207 p.
Identifying Number(s)
['STRUCTURES PUB-363', 'R73-24']
Abstract
Building characteristics and earthquake damage are documented for approximately 370 high-rise buildings shaken by the San Fernando earthquake of 9 February 1971. The resulting data are organized into damage probability matrices, showing the relationships among earthquake resistance, intensity of ground shaking and damage. Results are given separately for steel and concrete buildings, and damage to the various structural and non-structural components is described separately. The difficult process of collecting these data is explained, and suggestions are made for similar efforts during future earthquakes.
Keywords
Seismic design; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; California; High rise buildings; San Fernando Earthquake; Questionnaires; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Los Angeles (California); Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis