Proceedings of the 2021 New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Annual Technical Conference: Recent submissions
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Low damage solution for a biomass boiler structure by a new three-dimensional seismic isolation
(2021-04-14)The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake caused significant property damage within Christchurch city. Since this devastating event, there has been a shift in engineering practice to Performance Based Design (PBD), to limit ... -
Directing Low-Damage Seismic Design with Building Functionality
(2021-04-14)The upcoming New Zealand Low-Damage Seismic Design (LDSD) guidance information, currently in preparation, is widely anticipated to provide a reference point for aligning low-damage seismic performance targets. A key aspect ... -
1170.5 Reimagined: from a structural designers view
(2021-04-14)Our loadings code has adapted and extended to incorporate new knowledge as it has emerged over the last 50+ years: could a re-write encourage engineers to design better buildings? This paper outlines some intentionally ... -
Evaluation of seismic performance of buildings and infrastructure
(2021-04-14)Observations from the Canterbury and Kaikoura earthquakes are used to illustrate some important factors that often govern the seismic performance of ground, buildings and infrastructure. The talk examines some of the ... -
Post-earthquake Response: Are We Ready for the Next Big One?
(2021-04-14)The period of relative quiescence for significant urban earthquakes in New Zealand in the latter half of the last century presented challenges in getting the country prepared to respond – for both the general population ... -
Damageability of Hollow-core Floors
(2021-04-14)The life safety risk of precast hollow-core floors during earthquakes have been well recognised in New Zealand since early 2000s. Hollow-core floor unts in ductile buildings may experience web cracking at drift demands ... -
NZ Low Damage Seismic Design Guidance Information
(2021-04-14)In a resilient built environment, buildings should be able to be occupied and used after significant earthquakes. New Zealand’s Building Code, like many others, is primarily focused on the preservation of life, with damage ... -
From mud to modules and beyond - the post-2011 Christchurch evolution of earthquake geotechnical engineering in New Zealand
(2021-04-14)The extent of land damage during the Canterbury earthquakes was a wake up call. It disproportionately impacted many aspects of the recovery, including costs, time, community cohesion and individual welfare. The earthquake ... -
Designing for Uncertainty
(2021-04-14)Structural engineers are familiar with seismic design using a compliance pathway. This typically requires ensuring the provided capacity of structures, expressed as a single value, exceeds the seismic demand, also expressed ... -
How practitioners can work together to achieve better seismic performance outcomes for buildings and infrastructure
(2021-04-14)A key recommendation from the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission was that there should be “greater cooperation and dialogue between geotechnical and structural engineers” to help improve the seismic performance of ... -
Future Shake-table testing of a concrete building incorporating low-damage technologies
(2021-04-14)Implementation of low-damage buildings has been rapidly increasing with a range of alternative structural components, devices, and technologies available. In order to achieve low-damage outcomes the entire building needs ... -
Wellington basin amplification: research goals and update from the National Seismic Hazard Model Programme
(2021-04-14)In Wellington, 3D basin amplification effects observed at 1 – 2 second spectral periods were identified as one factor likely to have exacerbated damage to mid-rise structures during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake ... -
Panel Discussion - Towards a Resilient Future
(2021-04-14)Many lessons have been learnt from the major earthquakes in the past that have helped New Zealand become more resilient to earthquakes. But society’s circumstances, perspectives, and expectations are ever changing. How do ... -
Risk-Targeted Hazard Spectra for Seismic Design in New Zealand
(2021-04-14)The promotion of risk-targeted hazard spectra as the basis of seismic design internationally has increased over the past decade. Risk-targeted hazard spectra are derived through convolution of hazard curves with representative ... -
The 2022 New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model Revision
(2021-04-14)We are embarking on the most significant revision of the NSHM in more than 20 years. An international team of more than 50 scientists is contributing to two working groups: 1) Seismicity Rate Models (SRM); and 2) Ground ...