Seismic performance of non-structural components and contents in buildings: an overview of NZ research

This paper summarizes the research on non-structural elements and building contents being conducted at University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Since the 2010-2011 series of Canterbury earthquakes, in which damage to non-structural components and contents contributed heavily to downtime and overall financial loss, attention to seismic performance and design of non-structural components and contents in buildings has increased exponentially in NZ. This has resulted in an increased allocation of resources to research leading to development of more resilient non-structural systems in buildings that would incur substantially less damage and cause little downtime during earthquakes. In the last few years, NZ researchers have made important developments in understanding and improving the seismic performance of secondary building elements such as partitions, facades, ceilings and contents.

预制预应力抗震结构体系研究新进展与工程应用

本文简要介绍了预制预应力抗震结构体系(PRESSS)及关于该体系研究的新进展,特别介绍了一种即插即用的耗能装置,并列举了采用该体系的工程应用以及在实际地震荷载作用下所表现出来的优良的抗震性能。