| Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to study the response of the conventionally designed new Olive View Medical Center (OVMC) building at 16 km from the epicenter of the January 17, 1994 Northridge, California earthquake (Ms = 6.8). OVMC is on an alluvial deposit. The building was subjected to design level peak accelerations during the earthquake and suffered only limited structural and nonstructural damage. The recorded motions at different levels of the OVMC building as well as its associated free-field sites are analyzed using spectral analyses and system identification techniques. The new OVMC building was conservatively designed in 1976 with very high lateral load resisting capability - particularly as a reaction to the detrimental fate of the original Olive View Hospital that was heavily damaged during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. The original hospital building was later razed. The replacement structure, the new cross-shaped OVMC building, experienced peak acceleration of 2.31g at the roof while its peak ground floor acceleration was 0.82g. The free-field peak acceleration was 0.91g. The lateral load resisting system of the OVMC building consists of concrete shear walls in the lower two stories and steel shear walls at the perimeter of the upper four stories. Spectral analysis shows that this stiff structure was not affected by the long duration pulses of the motions recorded at this site. |
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| Citation Author: | Celebi, M. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Structural Engineering |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Response of Olive View Hospital to Northridge and Whittier earthquakes; 1997; Article; Journal; Journal of Structural Engineering; Celebi, M. |
| Citation Start Page: | 389 |
| Citation Volume: | 123 |
| Citation Year: | 1997 |
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| Text: | Response of Olive View Hospital to Northridge and Whittier earthquakes; 1997; Article; Journal; Journal of Structural Engineering; Celebi, M. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:00 -0600 |
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