Gicev, Vlado and Trifunac, Mihailo (2006) Non-linear earthquake waves in seven-storey reinforced concrete hotel. Technical Report. University of California Berkeley, University of Southern California.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
The seven-story reinforced concrete building studied in this work was damaged during the 1994
Northridge, California earthquake. The damage was widespread but was mostly concentrated in
the columns on the fourth floor, below the spandrel beam and the floor slab on the fifth floor. We
show that such a concentration of damage can be explained by interference of non-linear waves
in the building resulting from incident, upward-propagating earthquake pulses and downward
propagation of pulses reflected from the roof of the building. We conclude that the analysis and
prediction of where the localized damage may occur and the proper design to minimize and
control such damage can be carried out best by non-linear wave propagation methods.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Technical Report) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Engineering and Technology > Civil engineering Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences Natural sciences > Matematics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Vlado Gicev |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2012 08:31 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2013 10:55 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/323 |
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