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Magnitude 7.8
Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
State-of-the-art (at
the time) experimental
facilities, free
technicians, a very
supportive Head of
Department (Prof Harry
Hopkins), and excellent
funding permitted largescale experimental
research to be carried
out
0.8
Tension
Shift
0.6
Dimensionless height
Dimensionless Height
0.8
Linear +
Overstrength
0.4
Design
Forces
0.4
0.2
0.2
0
0
0.4
0.8
Dimensionless Moment
1.2
+ Dynamic
Amplification
0.6
Design
Forces
Overstrength
0.5
1
1.5
2
Dimensionless Shear Force
C-D OF WALLS
2.5
o
o
Moment: M
0.5 Hn = C1,T M B where C1,T = 0.4 + 0.075Ti
o 1 0.4
Von
Tension
shift
Height
Capacity
envelope
Capacity
envelope
Mo0.5Hn
oMF
MF
VF
oMB
= VVBase,
o
oVF
VoBase= oVVBase