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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...

Experimental Study on Structural Control for Seismic Loads Using Passive and Active Devices
The feasibility of controlling the responses of structures against seismic loads is investigated through some experiments and numerical analyses for both the passive and active control...

ATC-23: A Survey of California Hospitals for Earthquake Survivability Potential
In September, 1986 the SSC recommended the completion of a survey of existing acute care hospitals as the first step in a program to bring about the upgrading of all pre-1973 hospitals...

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...

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 Damage Estimates of Conventional and Isolated Structures
The philosophy inherent in current seismic design codes for buildings accepts the premise that there will be both structural and non-structural damage but that life safety will be preserved....

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...

N-Pad?A Three-Dimensional Program for the Analysis of Base-Isolated Structures
N-PAD is a three-dimensional computer program especially written for the analysis of base-isolated structures. The program is designed with the ability to model various types of isolation...

System Identification of Earth Dams Using Seismic Records
A technique to identify the elasto-plastic dynamic properties of earth dams and, therefore to asses the capabilities and limitation of their models, is developed. The technique is based...

Modal Parameter Identification of an Offshore Platform from Earthquake Response Records
The Whittier Narrows earthquake on October 1, 1987, was recorded by the earthquake monitoring system on an offshore platform installed in a water depth of 97 m in the Santa Barbara Channel....

Strong-Motion Records from Buildings
Since the establishment of the California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program in 1972, over 90 buildings have been instrumented extensively to measure their response during earthquakes....

Some Significant Records from Instrumented Structures in California?USGS Program
The main objective in seismic instrumentation of structures is to facilitate response studies that lead to improved understanding of the dynamic behavior and the potential for damage to...

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...

Seismic Instrumentation of Buildings in Italy
The paper describes the philosophy of the ENEA project of seismic instrumentation of buildings in Italy and the steps made to implement it. The philosophy is twofold: i) to define a general...

Seismic Evaluation of a Tall Reinforced Concrete Frame Building
Accelerations at basement, fifth and tenth floor levels of a reinforced concrete apartment building were recorded during the October 1st, 1987 Whittier-Narrows earthquake. These accelerations...

Hydrodynamic Interaction Effects in Earthquake Response of Arch Dams
With the aid of earthquake response results it is demonstrated that the following hydrodynamic effects should be considered in the analysis of the earthquake response of concrete arch...

Hydrodynamic Isolation of Concrete Dams
The feasibility of reducing hydrodynamic effects in the earthquake response of concrete dams by anchoring gas-filled balloons or injecting bubbles in the water is investigated. Significant...

Seismic Evaluation of PG&E Concrete Dams
Seismic evaluation of PG&E concrete dams is an ongoing process. The seismic environment for the dams changes over time because more historical earthquake data is obtained, faults...

Earthquake Induced Cracking in Concrete Gravity Dams
An important nonlinear behavior in the earthquake response of concrete gravity dams is the formation and propagation of tensile cracks in the concrete. The earthquake response of a typical...

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...

 

 

 

 

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