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THE BEHAVIOR OF INVERTED PENDULUM STRUCTURES DURING EARTHQUAKES - Ernest0 - 10-18-2012 THE BEHAVIOR OF INVERTED PENDULUM STRUCTURES DURING EARTHQUAKES Author: George Housner | Size: 635.35 KB | Format: PDF | Quality: Scanner | Publisher: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Year: 1963 | pages: 15
During the Chilean earthquakes of May, 1960, a number of tall, slender structures survived the ground shaking whereas more stable appearing structures were severely damaged. An analysis is made of the rocking motion of structures of inverted pendulum type. It is shown that there is a scale effect which makes tall slender structures more stable against overturning than might have been expected, and, therefore, the survival of such structures during earthquakes is not surprising. Code: *************************************** |