Building response to long-distance major earthquakes

• Main Authors: Pan, Tso Chien, Brownjohn, James Mark William, Wang, Yingbiao
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5223
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Buildings in regions of low seismicity such as Singapore and Malaysia are usually designed without specific considerations for seismic loading. However, due to the far field effect of earthquakes in Sumatra, these buildings are occasionally subjected to tremors. From previous studies, it has shown t...