THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 21 SEPTEMBER 1999 CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE, TAIWAN, FOR TALL BUILDINGS

摘要

sHORTLY AFTER THE 21 September 1999 earthquake, the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council (LATBSDC) became concerned about the casualty and damage reports from Taiwan. The most alarming reports were the reports of damage to, and collapse of, many tall buildings resulting in much injury and death. It was our belief that Taiwan's building code was based on the same model building codes used in California and most of the seismically active regions of the United States.