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Occupant behavior in a six‐storey office building fallowing severe earthquake damage

1982; Wiley; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-7717.1982.tb00537.x

1467-7717

Christopher Arnold, Richard K. Eisner, Michael E. Durkin, Dianne Whitaker,

Structural Response to Dynamic Loads

In the Imperial County, California, earthquake of 15th October 1979, the Imperial County Services Building was seriously damaged — and has subsequently been demolished. At the time of the earthquake there were approximately 123 occupants in the six‐storey reinforced concrete building which housed a number of county service departments. This paper investigates occupant behavior in a building subjected to an earthquake, and describes, in detail, what people do during and immediately subsequent to the shock.