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- Title
- Scenarios of Buildings in Given Earthquake Damage States - December 7, 1972 (Subject to Periodic Revision). MIT Civil Engineering Boston Quake Project.
- File
- PB80150949.pdf
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., December 1972, 14 p.
- Abstract
- Eight descriptions of buildings in given earthquake damage states are presented. Scenario recaps include information about the following topics: motions and sounds perceived; books and bookshelves; conventional suspended ceilings; conventional suspended light fixtures; walls and partitions; stairways; structural damage; repair cost ratio; time to restore order; length of time building is out-of-function; fraction of occupants seriously injured or killed; fraction of people killed. The consequences of the earthquake based on each damage site are summarized in chart form.
- Keywords
- Damage assessment; Scenarios; Dynamic response; Buildings; Destruction; Accidents; Injuries; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis