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Title
Contributions to the Fifth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering to be Held June 25-29, 1973 in Rome, Italy.
File
PB301102.pdf
Author(s)
Whitman, R. V.
Source
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., January 1973, 78 p.
Identifying Number(s)
['STRUCTURES PUB-360', 'P73-1']
Abstract
This report presents papers prepared for the Fifth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. 'Earthquake Damage Probability Matrices' presents a format for organizing and portraying statistical data concerning damage to buildings caused by earthquakes. 'Methodology for Optimum Seismic Design' introduces a method based on Markov decision theory to describe the effects and evaluate the performance of building systems subjected to strong-motion earthquakes. 'Probabilistic Seismic Response of Simple Inelastic Systems' presents a probabilistic dynamic analysis of the relative displacement response to earthquake-like excitation of simple elasto-plastic systems. 'Probabilistic Seismic Analysis of Light Equipment within Buildings' presents a nonstationary random vibration analysis which yields the statistical properties of the equipment displacement relative to the motion of the structure at the point at which the equipment is attached. 'Aftershocks in Engineering Seismic Risk Analysis' investigates the influence of spatially distributed aftershocks on calculated seismic risks. 'Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis of Buildings with Torsional Effects' investigates the nonlinear dynamic response of complete buildings. 'Ductility Requirements for Some Nonlinear Systems Subjected to Earthquakes' analyzed a collection of nonlinear one-degree-of-freedom systems with different force deformation relationships.
Keywords
Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismic waves; Seismic risk; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Linear systems; Nonlinear systems; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis