...Mitsumasa Midorikawa; Masanori Iiba; Norihide Koshika The Building Code of Japan (the Building Standard Law of Japan) has been changed from the former prescriptive type into a performance-based type in June, 2000. This paper presents the evaluation procedures for seismic performance of seismically...

...Satoshi Fujita; Osamu Furuya; Tadashi Mikoshiba The largest three-dimensional shake table is now being constructed in Hyogo prefecture, Japan for a solution of fracturing process of structures, buildings, and soils. However, it seems to be difficult to measure the fracturing processes...

..., computer equipment, communication network, HVAC facilities, and power transmission systems housed in nonisolated primary structures. Damages to these secondary systems may result in significant social chaos and costly economic loss. A one-sixth-scaled three-story building model with a single-degree...