Aseismic Design of Elastic Structures Founded on Firm Ground

Goodman, L.E.; Rosenblueth, E.; Newmark, N.M.

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Title

Aseismic Design of Elastic Structures Founded on Firm Ground

Author(s)

• Goodman, L.E.
• Rosenblueth, E.
• Newmark, N.M.

Issue Date

1952-06

Keyword(s)

• earthquake motions
• Aseismic design

Abstract

A rational basis for the design of earthquake-resistant structures is developed. Structures designed on this basis will have uniform strength in the sense that each element will have an equal probability of successfully withstanding strong-motion earthquakes of the general type recorded by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey on the North American continent. The theory is based on inferences drawn from accelerograms of strong-motion earthquakes and on the theory of probability. While the general method of approach is capable of wider extension, conclusions of the present study are limited to structures whose behavior is elastic and which are rounded on ground of stiffness comparable to that of sites at which reliable earthquake accelerograms have been recorded.

Publisher

University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Civil Engineering Studies SRS-026

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

• Office of Naval Research. Department of the Navy.
• Contract N6ori-71, Task Order VI, Project NR-064-183

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