Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE
On February 27, 2010, an earthquake off the coast of Chile registered a magnitude of 8.8, making it the largest in Chile since 1960. Between those two massive quakes, Chile enacted codes to improve the seismic resilience of structures. Because the Chilean codes are similar to codes in the United States, the performance of industrial facilities in Chile provided an unprecedented opportunity to study how heavy U.S. industrial facilities might perform during a large seismic event.
In April 2010, the ASCE/SEI Chile...
Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE
On February 27, 2010, an earthquake off the coast of Chile registered a magnitude ...