Response and Strengthening of Buildings Damaged in the Armenian Earthquake

该项目是对最近亚美尼亚地震的直接后续研究，该地震发生在1988年12月7日，造成了毁灭性后果。该项目的目标是了解当地建筑倒塌的情况，以及如何加固类似的建筑，以提高抗震能力。选择了列尼纳坎常见的一座九层预制框架建筑作为研究对象。将建立两个动态框架模型，并进行等效静态代码分析，以确定薄弱部件和估计失效过程。该项目将改进美国的规范实践，并帮助苏联工程师加固苏联其他高地震性城市中存在的数千座类似建筑。

This project is a direct follow-up study of the recent Armenian earthquake, which occurred on December 7, 1988 and caused devasting consequences. The project's goal is to obtain knowledge about the local building collapse and ways to strengthen such similar buildings for improved earthquake resistance. A nine-story precast frame building, prevalent of this type of construction in Leninakan, is chosen for study. Two dynamic frame models will be developed and equivalent static code analysis will be conducted to determine weak elements and estimate failure process. The project will improve U.S. code practice, and aid USSR engineers in the strengthening of thousands of similar buildings existing in other highly seismic cities in the USSR.