LESSONS LEARNED FROM WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE: TO IMPROVE THE SEISMIC DESIGN OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS
School buildings collapsed or were seriously damaged in the 512 Wenchuan earthquake. Thousands of students and teachers were killed. There has been a significant social impact. Structural safety of school buildings during seismic activity was a seriously concern after the earthquake. In this paper, the structural characteristics of damaged school buildings are surveyed and seismic evaluation of these structures is discussed. A series ofmeasures for improving the seismic performance of school buildings in terms of building function, structure types and configurations, and materials used are discussed.
school building seismic performance seismic design vulnerability to earthquakes Wenchuan Earthquake field survey
Z.H. XIONG
Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd, Hong Kong SAR, CHINA
国际会议
14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering(第十四届国际地震工程会议)
北京
英文
2008-10-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）