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Impact of the 1994 Northridge earthquake on the art and practice of structural engineering
Author(s) -
Naeim Farzad
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the structural design of tall and special buildings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1541-7808
pISSN - 1541-7794
DOI - 10.1002/tal.280
Subject(s) - earthquake engineering , engineering , forensic engineering , civil engineering , instrumentation (computer programming) , construction engineering , computer science , geotechnical engineering , operating system
The 1994 Northridge earthquake has impacted structural engineering practice in several very important ways. Since then we have learned to avoid unjustified extrapolations, we have recognized to value and promote seismic instrumentation, we have improved our codes and guidelines and at the same time created a maze of various codes and standards which are confusing at best, and we have started our long journey along the road of performance‐based seismic engineering. This paper provides an overview of the impacts of the 1994 Northridge earthquake on the art and practice of structural engineering. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.