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Performance of tall buildings in Concepción during the 27 February 2010 moment magnitude 8.8 offshore Maule, Chile earthquake
Author(s) -
Rojas Fabian,
Naeim Farzad,
Lew Marshall,
Carpenter Lauren D.,
Youssef Nabih F.,
Saragoni G. Rodolfo,
Adaros Macarena Schachter
Publication year - 2011
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.674
Subject(s) - submarine pipeline , spall , geology , magnitude (astronomy) , shear wall , moment magnitude scale , seismology , reinforced concrete , geotechnical engineering , earthquake magnitude , structural engineering , engineering , geometry , physics , mathematics , astronomy , scaling
Concepción, near the southern end of the fault rupture zone of the offshore Maule, Chile earthquake, suffered significant damage to all types of structures. Tall reinforced concrete buildings in the region were also affected, some severely. Spectacular collapse and partial collapse were experienced in two buildings, and many buildings had failure of thin shear walls that lacked sufficient boundary element confinement. Concrete spalling and crushing occurred and reinforcing steel buckled and were sometimes fractured. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.