Loss of Hospital Functionality Following Major Earthquakes
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Marija Trifunovic
(Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc., Vallejo, CA, USA)
Ady Aviram (Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc., Vallejo, CA, USA) Eduardo Marín (Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc., Vallejo, CA, USA) Victor Zayas (Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc., Vallejo, CA, USA) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Beyond Structural Engineering in a Changing World, San José, Cost Rica, 25-27 Seotember 2024 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress San José 2024 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 250-258 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 9 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/sanjose.2024.0250 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Despite significant advances in seismic-resistant design codes for fixed-based, ductile structures, the recurring disruption of medical services and loss of hospital functionality following major earthquake disasters, due to both structural and nonstructural damage, underline the need of implementing enhanced structure design criteria and cutting-edge technologies – with seismic isolation as the leading seismic protection strategy – to reliably achieve seismic resiliency of these essential facilities. A brief overview of past hospital failures during select earthquakes are thus presented herein, focusing on the criticality of acceleration- and drift-sensitive nonstructural components to support the set of recommended Continued Functionality design criteria specified in the Seismic Isolator Standard (SIS) targeting optimal performance of seismically isolated buildings, which far surpass the minimum Collapse Prevention or Life Safety goals. |
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| Keywords: |
seismic isolation continued functionality essential facilities safe hospitals nonstructural damage
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