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Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards
A Rapid Screening Procedure (RSP) developed for use nation-wide is based on a 'sidewalk survey' of a building, in which a Data Collection Form is completed by...

ATC 14: A Methodology for the Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings
A new method for evaluating the seismic resistance of existing buildings has been developed based on the historic performance of buildings in past major earthquakes. This methodology identifies...

ATC-22: Development of a Handbook for ATC-14
The ATC-22 project is the development of a Handbook for the application of the methodology of ATC-14 for the seismic evaluation of existing buildings. The development of the Handbook itself...

Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings
Procedures for the safety evaluation of buildings in earthquake damaged areas have been developed. Two evaluation techniques, Rapid Screening and Detailed Inspection, are described. Rapid...

Earthquake Resistant Design Using Friction Pendulum Connections
The Friction Pendulum System (FPS) offers a simple approach for increasing a structure's earthquake resistance. The approach uses steel connections which absorb earthquake...

Friction-Dampers for Economic Seismic Design
A novel structural system, which combines the strength and stiffness of a braced frame and energy dissipation capacity of the friction-dampers, has been used in the design of a reinforced...

Seismic Instrumentation and Its Implication for High-Rise Buildings in Japan
An outline of the present state of the strong earthquake motions observation systems in Japan and an example of the obtained records of an earthquake and its simulation analysis of a high-rise...

Architectural Configurations in Vina del Mar
This paper identifies the architectural characteristics of 121 reinforced concrete buildings in Vina del Mar. These characteristics are related to the damage statistics for the building...

Seismic Design of Highrise Building with Mega Frame
The NEC corporation head office building is under construction at Shiba Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. This building is a highrise building of steel structure with the height of 180m. The structural...

Structural Considerations in Design and Construction Process of a 25 Story Office Building
This paper introduces an example in which a steel office building of 25 stories above the ground was constructed employing innovative techniques. One of them was the use of precast concrete...

Seismic Performance of Existing Building in New York City
Strength-based damage indices depending on structural shear capacity and earthquake intensity are used to predict the seismic performance of existing buildings in New York City. Nonlinear...

Overview of Published Documents for the Evaluation of Existing Buildings
Presently, the most common procedure used by engineers to evaluate existing buildings is probably a code approach that was developed for the design of new construction. Many engineering...

Seismic Evaluation of Buildings in the Eastern and Central United States
The Applied Technology Council (ATC) has developed and published a methodology, ATC-14, for evaluating specific buildings that is tailored for use by practicing structural engineers. ATC-14...

Seismic Isolation for the Los Angeles County Fire Command and Control Facility
The use of seismic isolation is becoming an increasingly important consideration in improving the earthquake lifelines of a community. This paper identifies the major problems encountered...

Development of Design Requirements for Seismically Isolated Structures
This paper provides background and describes on-going work by the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) to develop design requirements for seismically isolated structures....

Retrofitting Existing Seismically Hazardous Buildings
This paper presents a brief overview of the types of problems encountered in retrofitting of existing seismically hazardous buildings. Included is a description of the various types of...

Seismic Strengthening of a Historic Unreinforced Masonry Building
The building involved is a four-story unreinforced masonry structure. Considerations related to development of design criteria are presented along with retrofitting strategies. The building...

Seismic Strengthening of a Tall Masonry Building
The design of a strengthening system for a tall building is proposed using ductile reinforced masonry shear walls. This innovative design concept produced a system that controlled the...

The New 1988 SEAOC Blue Book and 1988 UBC Overview of Lateral Force Section
This paper presents an overview of the lateral force section of the new seismic design provisions of the 1988 edition of the Uniform Building Code (ICBO, 1988), and the 1988 Blue Book...

The 1988 UBC Seismic Provisions for Steel Structures?An Overview
This paper will give the reader an introduction to the seismic design provisions for steel structures in the 1988 Uniform Building Code. Chapter 27 in the 1988 UBC now contains over ten...

 

 

 

 

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