Title:
The Urgent Need for Increased Robustness of Buildings in Highly Seismic Regions
Author(s):
Santiago Pujol, Rémy D. Lequesne, and Chungwook Sim
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
47
Issue:
1
Appears on pages(s):
49-55
Keywords:
damage, wall, column, data
DOI:
Date:
1/1/2025
Abstract:
This article describes trends observed between measures of building robustness and observations of performance collected after 15 earthquakes. It provides comparisons between countries that followed the Japanese preference for “stiff” structures and those that build less-stiff structures and discusses implications of the latest field observations in relation to the future of reinforced concrete practice.