Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst: Response of Tall Steel Buildings to the ShakeOut Scenario Earthquake
- Creators
- Muto, Matthew M.
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Krishnan, Swaminathan
Abstract
This work represents an effort to develop one plausible realization of the effects of the scenario event on tall steel moment-frame buildings. We have used the simulated ground motions with three-dimensional nonlinear finite element models of three buildings in the 20-story class to simulate structural responses at 784 analysis sites spaced at approximately 4 km throughout the San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel Valley, and the Los Angeles Basin. Based on the simulation results and available information on the number and distribution of steel buildings, the recommended damage scenario for the ShakeOut drill was 5% of the estimated 150 steel moment-frame structures in the 10–30 story range collapsing, 10% red-tagged, 15% with damage serious enough to cause loss of life, and 20% with visible damage requiring building closure.
Additional Information
© 2011 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Received 4 May 2009; accepted 11 January 2010. We wish to acknowledge the financial support provided by the United States Geological Survey for conducting this study. Our thanks go to Brad Aagaard, Ken Hudnut, Lucy Jones, and Dale Cox of the USGS, Rob Graves of URS, and Keith Porter of the University of Colorado at Boulder for contributing important elements and ideas to this study. Our thanks also go to members of the ShakeOut structural panel, Greg Deierlein of Stanford University, Ron Hamburger of Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger, and Jim Malley of Degenkolb, for their feedback and comments. The authors wish to thank the associate editor and reviewers for providing valuable feedback which have served to enhance the article.Attached Files
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- 25406
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20110922-134535249
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2011-10-10Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-09Created from EPrint's last_modified field