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- Title
- Procedure for the Seismic Evaluation of Buildings in the Central and Eastern United States.
- File
- PB92222439.pdf
- Author(s)
- Poland, C. D.; Malley, J. O.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., April 2, 1992, 469 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NCEER-92-0008
- Abstract
- The report offers a procedure designed for the seismic evaluation of hazardous buildings in the central and eastern United States. The procedure is based upon the methodology of ATC-14, as discussed in the report, which consists of: (1) background material; (2) procedures for determining appropriate seismic loading criteria at a given site; (3) a general evaluation methodology; (4) individual evaluation methodologies for such specific types of buildings as steel-frame buildings, wood frame buildings, unreinforced masonry buildings, etc; and (5) an evaluation methodology for nonstructural elements. A major portion of the methodology, based upon detailed reviews of building performance data during past earthquakes, concerns the identification of a structure's weak links, those which could precipitate structural or component failure. Ground motion criteria specified in this methodology utilize the effective peak acceleration and velocity maps developed in ATC-3; site-specific ground motion is defined by response spectra corresponding to mean-value spectrum shapes. Generally, the evaluation procedures collect together statements concerning specifically vulnerable areas of a particular structural system, related concerns and analytical techniques applicable to each area.
- Keywords
- Evaluation; Dynamic loads; Structural vibration; Earthquake resistance; Steel structures; Central plains region (United States); Earthquake damage; Dynamic response; Buildings; Eastern region (United States); Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Concrete structures; Structural analysis