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Earthquake Barrier Technology: Sliding-Friction Energy Dissipation

by Marc S. Caspe, Fleming Corp, Los Angeles, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Structures Congress XII

Abstract:

The first project in America to use friction damping was approved by the City of Los Angeles for the retrofit of a 10-story concrete frame building, designed to resist a Maximum Credible Earthquake without damage.

Subject Headings: Earthquakes | Earthquake resistant structures | Building design | Building codes | Concrete frames | Friction | Seismic design | Los Angeles | California | United States

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