Develop an Improved Rapid Seismic Analysis Procedure (RSAP) approach as related to Tri-Service manual, Army TM 5-809-10-2, Seismic Design Guidelines for Upgrading Existing Facilities. The improved RSAP includes development of methodology and algorithm and modification of existing RSAP to incorporate recent advances in the field of eqrthquake engineering, changes inthe Uniform Building Code and SEAOC Blue Book and learnings of the Seismology Committee of the SEAOC, and recent advances in microcomputer programming. These modifications include such structural parameters as damping, ductility, fundamental natural period, evaluation of building capacities at the yield and ultimate levels, and determination of damage index. Product of Phase I effort will be an algorithm that willbe later used in Phase Ii to develop a software usable on personal microcomputers. This software will be an Improved version of RSAP that replaces the existing one.
Benefits: Improved procedure to evaluate expected earthquake damage to military buildings. The procedure will be transformed into a software under Phase II and will provide a faster and more accurate tool to evaluate earthquake damages to military as well as a large group of non-military buildings.
Keywords: earthquake damage evaluation buildings software Rapid Seismic Analys