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dc.creatorClifton, Charles
dc.creatorBruneau, Michel
dc.creatorMacRae, Greg
dc.creatorLeon, Roberto
dc.creatorFussell, Alistair
dc.date2011-12-31
dc.identifierhttps://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/223
dc.identifier10.5459/bnzsee.44.4.297-318
dc.descriptionThis paper presents preliminary field observations on the performance of selected steel structures in Christchurch during the earthquake series of 2010 to 2011. This comprises 6 damaging earthquakes, on 4 September and 26 December 2010, February 22, June 6 and two on June 13, 2011. Most notable of these was the 4 September event, at Ms7.1 and MM7 (MM as observed in the Christchurch CBD) and most intense was the 22 February event at Ms6.3 and MM9-10 within the CBD. Focus is on performance of concentrically braced frames, eccentrically braced frames, moment resisting frames and industrial storage racks. With a few notable exceptions, steel structures performed well during this earthquake series, to the extent that inelastic deformations were less than what would have been expected given the severity of the recorded strong motions. Some hypotheses are formulated to explain this satisfactory performance.en-US
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNew Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineeringen-US
dc.relationhttps://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/223/210
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2011 Charles Clifton, Michel Bruneau, Greg MacRae, Roberto Leon, Alistair Fussellen-US
dc.sourceBulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering; Vol. 44 No. 4 (2011): Special Issue on the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake; 297-318en-US
dc.source2324-1543
dc.source1174-9857
dc.titleSteel structures damage from the Christchurch earthquake series of 2010 and 2011en-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typeArticleen-US


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