research

earthquakes

instrumental investigations and vulnerability studies of common buildings

instrumental investigations of engineered buildings by means of high-resolution instrumental equipment (identification of dynamic structural parameters)

fig. 1 scheme of building instrumentation and external "rope excitation"
fig. 2 multichannel-analysator of type YOKOGAWA DL716

seismic instrumentation of structures

fig. 3 instrumentierung of an RC frame building in Sultandagi (Afyon), Turkey, using strong-motion accelerographs on different story levels (photos: C. Milkereit, GFZ Potsdam)

references

Abrahamczyk, L., Schott, C., Schwarz, J., Swain, T.M. (2004): Vulnerability of RC frame structures in Turkish earthquake regions (Part II): Modeling and analysis. Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver/Canada, 2004.

Lang, D.H., Ende, C., Schwarz, J. (2004): Vulnerability of RC frame structures in Turkish earthquake regions (Part I): Instrumental testing. Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver/Canada, 2004.

Lang, D.H., Schwarz, J., Abrahamczyk, L., Schott, C., Swain, T. (2004): Instrumental testing and numerical investigation of RC frame structures in Turkish earthquake regions. Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Structural Control (3ECSC), Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2004.

earthquakes

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