Response or Reinforced-Concrete Buildings to the Taiwan Earthquake of February 5, 2016
Event details
| Date | 13.05.2016 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Dr Santiago Pujol, Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract :
The magnitude-6.4 Southern Taiwan earthquake occurred near the city of Tainan, Taiwan, on February 5, 2016, causing severe damage, partial collapse, and full collapse of low-to-midrise reinforced concrete buildings. While initial measures of ground motion intensity indicated potential for moderate structural damage, ten reinforced concrete buildings collapsed and hundreds more were reported to have severe damage as a consequence of the earthquake. This damage was surprising because Taiwan has made considerable investments into earthquake research, regulations, enforcement, and strengthening. To understand this discrepancy between expected and observed building performance, a team of researchers from the United States traveled to Taiwan to work with Taiwanese researchers. Together they gathered detailed building response data, including the observed damage and properties of building structures in quantifiable terms. Both damaged and undamaged buildings were surveyed to produce a comprehensive data set that can be used to test hypotheses on causes of damage. This presentation describes the data, how to access them, and how they can be used to:
(1) understand causes of building collapse,
(2) identify building properties that increase probability of structural damage,
(3) identify vulnerable structures in seismic areas, in particular among older structures built prior to modern seismic design codes, and
(4) study the relationship between site response and building damage.
Bio :
Santiago Pujol is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University’s Lyles School of Civil Engineering. A Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), Santiago is a member of ACI Committees 133, 314, 318R, and 445. He has received the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research from ACI. Santiago has conducted quantitative earthquake reconnaissance work in Turkey, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Japan, China, Haiti, Nepal, and Taiwan
The magnitude-6.4 Southern Taiwan earthquake occurred near the city of Tainan, Taiwan, on February 5, 2016, causing severe damage, partial collapse, and full collapse of low-to-midrise reinforced concrete buildings. While initial measures of ground motion intensity indicated potential for moderate structural damage, ten reinforced concrete buildings collapsed and hundreds more were reported to have severe damage as a consequence of the earthquake. This damage was surprising because Taiwan has made considerable investments into earthquake research, regulations, enforcement, and strengthening. To understand this discrepancy between expected and observed building performance, a team of researchers from the United States traveled to Taiwan to work with Taiwanese researchers. Together they gathered detailed building response data, including the observed damage and properties of building structures in quantifiable terms. Both damaged and undamaged buildings were surveyed to produce a comprehensive data set that can be used to test hypotheses on causes of damage. This presentation describes the data, how to access them, and how they can be used to:
(1) understand causes of building collapse,
(2) identify building properties that increase probability of structural damage,
(3) identify vulnerable structures in seismic areas, in particular among older structures built prior to modern seismic design codes, and
(4) study the relationship between site response and building damage.
Bio :
Santiago Pujol is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University’s Lyles School of Civil Engineering. A Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), Santiago is a member of ACI Committees 133, 314, 318R, and 445. He has received the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research from ACI. Santiago has conducted quantitative earthquake reconnaissance work in Turkey, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Japan, China, Haiti, Nepal, and Taiwan
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- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Dr Brice Lecampion & Prof. Dr Katrin Beyer
Contact
- Prof. Dr Katrin Beyer