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Earthquake Damage to Tall Buildings. Optimum Seismic Protection and Building Damage Statistics, Report No. 5

R. M. Czarnecki

A method for the estimation of earthquake damage to tall buildings based upon the building's response is developed. Damage to typical building components is estimated by comparing the amount of energy absorbed by a particular component to the maximum energy absorbtion capacity of that component. The method is applied to some of the buildings which were damaged during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. It is concluded that the method for the estimation of damage can predict general trends of damage but might be in considerable error in any specific case. The method is also applied to some typical buildings as part of an optimum seismic protection study. It is concluded that changing the seismic design zone does not have a drastic effect on the total estimated damage.

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Earthquake Damage to Tall Buildings. Optimum Seismic Protection and Building Damage Statistics, Report No. 5

R. M. Czarnecki

A method for the estimation of earthquake damage to tall buildings based upon the building's response is developed. Damage to typical building components is estimated by comparing the amount of energy absorbed by a particular component to the maximum energy absorbtion capacity of that component. The method is applied to some of the buildings which were damaged during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. It is concluded that the method for the estimation of damage can predict general trends of damage but might be in considerable error in any specific case. The method is also applied to some typical buildings as part of an optimum seismic protection study. It is concluded that changing the seismic design zone does not have a drastic effect on the total estimated damage.

Earthquake Damage to Tall Buildings. Optimum Seismic Protection and Building Damage Statistics, Report No. 5

R. M. Czarnecki

A method for the estimation of earthquake damage to tall buildings based upon the building's response is developed. Damage to typical building components is estimated by comparing the amount of energy absorbed by a particular component to the maximum energy absorbtion capacity of that component. The method is applied to some of the buildings which were damaged during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. It is concluded that the method for the estimation of damage can predict general trends of damage but might be in considerable error in any specific case. The method is also applied to some typical buildings as part of an optimum seismic protection study. It is concluded that changing the seismic design zone does not have a drastic effect on the total estimated damage.

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Title:

Earthquake Damage to Tall Buildings. Optimum Seismic Protection and Building Damage Statistics, Report No. 5

Contributors:

R. M. Czarnecki (author)

Publication date:

1973

Size:

128 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Structural Analyses , Buildings , Earthquake resistant structures , Damage assessment , Structural design , Dynamic response , Mathematical models , California , Earthquake engineering , Tall buildings , Seismic design , San Fernando Earthquake

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