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Learning From Seismic Response of Instrumented Buildings During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake

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Strong Motion Instrumentation for Civil Engineering Structures

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Abstract

In the aftermath of the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake hundreds of strong ground motion and building response accelerograms were retrieved from stations throughout the greater Los Angeles basin. Particularly important among the building response records were the data obtained from instrumented buildings which experienced relatively large ground motions. This paper provides a summary of the results obtained from an elaborate two-year project which included inspection of the buildings, damage assessment, performance evaluations. The forces, displacements, and dynamic characteristics interpreted from recorded data are contrasted with those suggested by building codes. Key response parameters and characteristics of each building are studied and where necessary observations are provided which may be used to improve future editions of the building codes.

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  1. John A. Martin and Associates, Inc., USA

    Farzad Naeim

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  1. Department of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Çengelköy, Istanbul, Turkey

    M. Erdik

  2. Department of Earthquake Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Çengelköy, Istanbul, Turkey

    M. Erdik

  3. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, USA

    M. Celebi

  4. Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, University of ’St. Cyril and Methodius’, Republic of Macedonia

    V. Mihailov

  5. Motorway Bridge Department, General Directorate of Turkish Highways, Zincirlikuyu, Istanbul, Turkey

    N. Apaydin

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Naeim, F. (2001). Learning From Seismic Response of Instrumented Buildings During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. In: Erdik, M., Celebi, M., Mihailov, V., Apaydin, N. (eds) Strong Motion Instrumentation for Civil Engineering Structures. NATO Science Series, vol 373. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0696-5_3

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