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000010477 046__ $$k2008-10-12
000010477 100__ $$aKawakami, Hideji
000010477 24500 $$aSeismic Collapse Analysis of Wooden Houses in Japan Using Nonlinear Rigid Body-Spring Method

000010477 24630 $$n14.$$pProceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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000010477 520__ $$2eng$$aIn Japan, the majority of modern residential buildings are wood-framed construction and the past few decades revealed the vulnerability of these structures to strong earthquakes. The Kobe earthquake in 1995 caused tremendous loss of lives resulting from the collapse and damage of wooden houses. This disaster motivated many researchers to study the mechanisms of collapse of engineering structures in order to prevent further loss of lives in the future. In this paper, an innovative methodology in simulating the dynamic response of wood-framed residential buildings, for purposes of seismic performance assessment and retrofitting, is presented. The proposed method, which can simulate inelastic behavior of structures, is capable of showing realistic progressive collapse mechanisms and accurate seismic response of structures. The sequence of analyses and results in the form of computer animations provide real-time assessment of structural integrity and a way to identify the weak points of a structure. Applications to real wood-framed residential buildings were used to show the effectiveness of the methodology in seismic performance assessment and in retrofitting.

000010477 540__ $$aText je chráněný podle autorského zákona č. 121/2000 Sb.
000010477 653__ $$awooden houses, collapse, retrofitting, rigid body-spring method, simulation

000010477 7112_ $$a14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering$$cBejing (CN)$$d2008-10-12 / 2008-10-17$$gWCEE15
000010477 720__ $$aKawakami, Hideji$$iTingatinga, Eric Augustus J.
000010477 8560_ $$ffischerc@itam.cas.cz
000010477 8564_ $$s1150870$$uhttps://invenio.itam.cas.cz/record/10477/files/S12-010.pdf$$yOriginal version of the author's contribution as presented on CD, Paper ID: S12-010.
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