Designing for Earthquakes

该项目将进行必要的研究，以更新最初于1978年出版的题为《为地震设计》的经典出版物。 这是为数不多的为建筑专业人员提供的抗震设计技术文件之一，现已绝版。 新文件将通过纳入工程知识的进步和基于性能的抗震设计概念的发展，大大改进早期出版物。 建筑师缺乏抗震设计技术信息，忽视了他们在向建筑业主和社区领导传达抗震策略方面所发挥的关键作用。 EERI将开展必要的研究，以更好地了解大学建筑和继续教育项目中抗震设计教育的现状和局限性，确定建筑师需要更好地了解和设计特定抗震性能水平的信息和培训种类，更新1978年出版物的章节，最后，增加几个新的章节，反映当前的工程研究和主题，没有考虑到二十年前。 最终出版物将使建筑师能够在设计一个更安全的社会方面发挥重要作用。

This project will carry out the research needed to update a classic publication entitled, Designing for Earthquakes, originally published in 1978. One of the few technical documents that dealt with seismic design for members of the architecture profession, this publication is now out of print. The new document will improve vastly on the earlier publication by incorporating advances that have been made in engineering knowledge and the development of the concept of Performance Based Seismic Design. The absence of technical seismic design information for architects has ignored the pivotal role they play in communicating seismic resistant strategies to building owners and community leaders. EERI will carry out the necessary research to gain a better understanding of the current status and limitations of seismic design education in university architecture and continuing education programs, identify the kinds of information and training that architects need to better understand and design for specific seismic performance levels, update the chapters of the 1978 publication, and finally, add several new chapters that reflect current engineering research and topics that were not considered two decades ago. The final publication will enable architects to play a significant role in designing a safer society.