Stability and Earthquake-Resistant Engineering Structures

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10.2991/978-94-6463-900-1_58How to use a DOI?

Keywords

earthquake acceleration; earthquake resultant force; equilibrium of energy forces; mechanical impedance; foundation failure; building failure; foundation resistance force

Abstract

Recent earthquakes in Turkey and Taiwan have demonstrated that the collapse of most shallow-founded structures was primarily caused by either the yielding of the foundation or the failure of the structural connection between the building and its foundation. Both issues arise from insufficient consideration of earthquake forces. Traditional earthquake-resistant design methods, including pseudo-static or dynamic analysis, fail to accurately predict the actual earthquake forces that must be counteracted by the resistive force at the horizontal connecting surface between the foundation and the structure. Buildings that collapsed, even if compliant with conventional regulations, may not have maintained stability under the kinetic forces generated by the earthquake. This is because current regulations do not require “primary” evidence of the effects of kinetic forces or “mechanical impedance.” All existing evidentiary procedures are “secondary” in nature, as their approximation of the actual state of equilibrium is highly indirect. Newtonian mechanics applied to the interaction between earthquake forces and building forces must be performed as a primary procedure, which we have attempted to achieve in this work.

We designed primary solution for all constructions in this field, which includes:

1) Earthquake-resistant foundation stability structures.

2) Laying the foundation on insufficiently load-bearing soil.

3) Retaining Engineering Structure.

4) Laying the foundation on sloping, or landslide-prone terrain.

Ad 1) and 2) These are protected under patent application to the European Patent Office, no. 24020151.7

Ad 3) and 4) These are protected under patent at the European Patent Office, no. 3 827 133.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zvonimir Šepac
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/07
TI  - Stability and Earthquake-Resistant Engineering Structures
BT  - Proceedings of the Rocscience International Conference 2025 (RIC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 579
EP  - 595
SN  - 2589-4943
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-900-1_58
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-900-1_58
ID  - Šepac2025
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