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- Title
- Recommended Post-Earthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings: Program to Reduce the Earthquake Hazards of Steel Moment-Frame Structures.
- File
- PB2001100964.pdf
- Source
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., July 2000, 202 p.
- Abstract
- The SAC Joint Venture under contract to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has developed a report on Recommended Postearthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings (FEMA-352). This is one of a series of companion publications addressing the issue of the seismic performance of steel moment-frame buildings. The Recommended Criteria, is presented in the form of specific damage assessment, safety evaluation and repair procedures together with supporting commentary explaining part of the basis for these recommendations, which maybe found in a series of state of the art reports. In addition to the recommended design criteria and the state of the art reports, a Policy Guide to Steel Moment-Frame Construction (FEMA 354) was prepared. This addresses to social, economic, and political issues related to the earthquake performance of steel moment-frame buildings as well as the relative costs and benefits of implementing the recommended criteria.
- Keywords
- Structures; Steel structures; Recommendations; Damage assessment; Costs; Safety; Quality control; Welded joints; Economics; Regulations; Earthquake damage; State of the art; Evaluation and assessments; Buildings; Structural design criteria; Seismic effects; FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency); Building codes; Policy Guide to Steel Moment-Frame Construction (FEMA-354); Quality assurance; Documents; Earthquake engineering; Repair; Earthquakes