| Abstract: | In this two-part paper, responses of two, adjacent, seven-story buildings in Norwalk, California, to the Whittier-Narrows, Calif, earthquake of Oct. 1, 1987 are studied. Building A, instrumented according to code recommendations, and building B, extensively instrumented, are offset by 16.3 m from one another. The data set includes motions from the superstructure of both buildings, from a downhole below the foundation of building B, and from three free-field sites. Part I of the paper includes descriptions of the buildings, site, instrumentation, and analysis of the data of each building. System identification and spectral analysis techniques are employed in part I. Building A has identical first-mode frequencies of 0.65 Hz for both building axes. The strong-motion response characteristics of building A are considerably different than those determined from low-amplitude tests. Building B has fundamental modes at 0.76 Hz and 0.83 Hz in the major and minor axes, respectively. Torsional and diaphragm effects in building B are negligible. |
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| Citation Author: | Celebi, Mehmet |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Structural Engineering |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Seismic responses of two adjacent buildings. I. Data and analyses; 1993; Article; Journal; Journal of Structural Engineering; Celebi, Mehmet |
| Citation Start Page: | 2461 |
| Citation Volume: | 119 |
| Citation Year: | 1993 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Seismic responses of two adjacent buildings. I. Data and analyses; 1993; Article; Journal; Journal of Structural Engineering; Celebi, Mehmet |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1993)119:8(2461) |
| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | ASCE |
