Response and Strengthening of Buildings Damaged in the Armenian Earthquake

该项目是对以下方面的直接后续研究： 最近的亚美尼亚地震， 1988年12月7日， 毁灭性的后果 该项目的目标 是获取关于当地 建筑物倒塌和加强这种 抗震加固的类似建筑物 阻力 一栋九层的预制框架建筑， 这种类型的建筑在 列宁纳肯，被选中进行研究。 两个动态 将开发框架模型， 将进行静态代码分析， 确定薄弱环节和估计故障 过程 该项目将改善美国的代码 实践，并帮助苏联工程师在 加强数以千计的类似 存在于其他高地震的建筑物 苏联的城市。

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.