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Earthquakes and Structures
  Volume 22, Number 3, March 2022 , pages 305-318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/eas.2022.22.3.305
 


Structural damage potentials and design implications of 2016 Gyeongju and 2017 Pohang earthquakes in Korea
Cheol-Ho Lee, Ji-Hun Park, Sung-Yong Kim, Dong-Kwan Kim and Su-Chan Jun

 
Abstract
    This paper presents a comparative study of the damage potentials for the 2016 Gyeongju and 2017 Pohang earthquakes in Korea. Plausible technical explanations are provided for the more severe damage observed in the 2017 Pohang earthquake in spite of its relatively weaker magnitude and intensity measures based on the response analysis of elastic and inelastic single-degree-of-freedom systems for the recorded ground motions. In addition, a detailed case study was conducted for a fatally damaged piloti building with an eccentric shear wall core based on nonlinear dynamic analysis using the input ground motions modified for the building site.
 
Key Words
    earthquake damage potential; irregularity; nonlinear dynamic analysis; piloti building; seismic design
 
Address
Cheol-Ho Lee:Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea

Ji-Hun Park:Division of Architecture and Urban Design, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea

Sung-Yong Kim:School of Architecture, Changwon National University, Changwon 51140, Korea

Dong-Kwan Kim:Department of Architecture Engineering, Cheongju University, Cheongju 28503, Korea

Su-Chan Jun:Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
 

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