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Dynamic behavior of a multistory triangular-shaped building

Petrovski, Jakim; Stephen, Roy M.; Gartenbaum, E.; Bouwkamp, Jack G.

UCB/EERC-76/03, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-10, 135 pages (545/P4/1976)

As a part of a continuing program to evaluate the dynamic response of actual structures and to accumulate a body of information on the dynamic properties of structures, especially when these structures have novel design features, a dynamic test program was conducted on the forty-story Century City Theme Tower building. The dynamic tests of the building included both a forced vibration study and an ambient vibration study. These results are compared and, in general, show very good correlation. A mathematical computer model of the Theme Tower was formulated and the results of the analysis are presented and compared to the experimental results. The results compare favorably.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/EERC/EERC-76-03.pdf (7 MB)