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- Title
- Assessment of Damageability for Existing Buildings in a Natural Hazards Environment, Volume II: DAMAGE Computer Program Users Manual.
- File
- PB81165318.pdf
- Author(s)
- Hasselman, T. K.; Chen, S. H.; Eguchi, R. T.; Wiggins, J. H.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., September 1980, 164 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- TR-80-1332-2
- Abstract
- A new computer program for estimating the damage by floor for any type of building subjected to earthquake or wind loads is described. An original program provided a flexible tool for the analysis of these natural forces and their effect on specific buildings. Since this flexibility became a deterrent to practical use, the new program has incorporated several major changes. These are based on an investigation of the trade-offs between modeling detail and flexibility on one hand, and utility on the other, as they affect the primary output of the program--structural response and damageability. Changes incorporated in the new program include: (1) simplification of text; (2) internal setting of original input parameters; (3) elimination of several options present in the original program; and (4) use of a different damage estimation routine. This manual provides a general overview of the damageability assessment procedure and the input instructions for the DAMAGE computer program. The appendices include a sample input data form, an input/output example using the new program, and a FORTRAN computer listing of the DAMAGE program.
- Keywords
- Damage assessment; Predictions; Dynamic loads; Wind pressure; User needs; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; DAMAGE computer program; Computer programs; Fortran; Natural hazards; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis