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- Title
- U.S.-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Research Program: Earthquake Simulation Tests and Associated Studies of a 0.3-Scale Model of a Six-Story Concentrically Braced Steel Structure.
- File
- PB87163564.pdf
- Author(s)
- Uang, C. M.; Bertero, V. V.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1986, 387 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-86/10
- Abstract
- The report summarizes the University of California, Berkeley part of the Six-Story Concentrically K-braced Steel Structure Phase of the U.S. -Japan Cooperative Earthquake Research Program. The design of the full-scale test building is reviewed and its behavior predicted analytically. The scale of the largest model that could be tested on the U.C. Berkeley earthquake simulator is determined. The reduced-scale model is designed, fabricated, instrumented and, finally, tested on the earthquake simulator. The test results and their implications regarding earthquake-resistant design and construction of concentrically K-braced steel structures are evaluated. The reliability of computer programs to predict the seismic response of steel structures is also evaluated. Recommendations for improving the design and construction of such braced steel frames are formulated.
- Keywords
- Structural engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Tall buildings; Models; Seismic waves; Graphs (Charts); Earthquake engineering; Simulation; Superstructures; Concrete construction; Earthquakes