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Seismic Evaluation of the Type L and San Luis Obispo Braced Frame FAA Airport Traffic - Veggeta - 04-12-2010 Seismic Evaluation of the Type L and San Luis Obispo Braced Frame FAA Airport Traffic Control Towers
James Wilcoski, Ernest Heymsfield, James Horne, George Manning, and Matthew Walters US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratories USACERL Technical Report 99/04 November 1998 81 Pages This report presents a detailed seismic evaluation of the FAA Airport Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs) located in Palo Alto, Salinas, San Carlos and San Luis Obispo, CA. The San Luis Obispo tower is a unique, eccentrically braced steel frame tower. The three other towers are Type L towers, which are reinforced concrete-frame structures. Each was evaluated based on the maximum considered earthquake defined by 1997 National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Recommended Provisions (FEMA 302). Type L and the San Luis Obispo towers were evaluated based on several directions of loading and an extreme assumption that the cab windows do not fail and work as fully effective shear walls. Code: *************************************** |