Issue Date: 3-Apr-2011
Type: Presentation
Abstract: Comparison of risks between those from low-rise and high-rise buildings in Bangkok during earthquake
URI: http://dspace.siu.ac.th/handle/1532/1245
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Low-rise vs. Tall Buildings: What is Safer during Earthquake in Bangkok?
1. Systematic Problem Solving & Decision Making
Train-the-Trainer Workshop
Low-rise vs. Tall Buildings:
What is Safer during
Earthquake in Bangkok?
Dr. Thiti Vacharasintopchai
thitiv@{siu.ac.th, alumni.ait.ac.th}
April 3, 2011
2. Outline
• What happens during Earthquake?
• Seismic Hazard Maps
– PGA : Peak Ground Accelerations
• Newton’s Second Law
– Total force applied on a body is equal to the time derivative of linear
momentum of the body.
• Structural Dynamics
– Vibrations, Natural Frequencies, Mode Shapes
• Typical Design of Low-rise vs. Tall Buildings
• The Bangkok Soft Clay
• Conclusion
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3. What happens during Earthquake?
http://www.civilengineergroup.com/wp-content/
uploads/2010/12/seismograph.gif
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/images/sgraph.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-wave
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5. Newton’s Second Law
• Total force applied on a body is equal to the time derivative of
linear momentum of the body.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion 5
http://articles.architectjaved.com/earthquake_resistant_structures/files/2010/06/deformation.jpg