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- Title
- Nonstructural Damage Database.
- File
- PB2000101407.pdf
- Author(s)
- Kao, A.; Soong, T. T.; Vender, A.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., July 24, 1999, 78 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- MCEER-99-0014
- Abstract
- This report describes a Nonstructural Damage Database, which provides damage information on nonstructural components in buildings and other constructed facilities in earthquakes from the Alaska Earthquake of 1964 to the present. It contains nearly 3,000 entries encompassing more than 50 earthquakes. Within each entry is a description of the damage to the nonstructural component, along with information on the building in which the damage occurred, as well as strong ground motion records, when available. Information has been gathered from various available publications, such as books, reports, and periodicals. Information on damage to nonstructural components is not easily available; most earthquake reconnaissance reports and other publications concentrate on structural or geological elements. Therein lies the challenge facing the development of this database. It will never be completely finished, as earthquakes continue to occur and new information becomes available. This database is presented as a living document, which will continue to be updated and evolve.
- Keywords
- ; Seismic design; Bibliographic databases; Bibliographies; Data bases; Buildings; Earthquake engineering