		2010 NZSEE Conference
	Abstracts

Keynote Address Tribute to Tom Paulay Session 3 Session 4A Session 4B Session 5A Session 5B Session 6 Session 7A Session 7B Session 8A Session 8B Poster Session

Tom Paulay’s Legacy in Seismic Design Research

M.J.N. Priestley

“Tell the Structure How to Behave”

Tom’s Legacy in Seismic Design and Research is enormous. Since Tom’s research was always practically based, it is difficult to separate his influence on research from his influence on design. However, since the latter topic will be dealt with in another paper in the Paulay Session to this conference, an attempt will be made to concentrate on the aspects of Tom’s work that have more research than design bias. Inevitably, this will be a personal view – since we both worked closely together in the same research areas, what will be presented is essentially the influence that Tom has had on my work. This will not be a formal written paper, but merely a summary of four important topics, selected out of a much larger potential range, that will be fleshed out in more detail in the oral presentation.

Paper P02: [Read]

The Design and Shake Table Testing of a Full-scale 7-storey Reinforced Concrete Cantilever Wall

José Restrepo, J.P. Conte and M. Panagiotou

This paper presents a performance-based seismic design strategy used in the design of a 7-storey reinforced concrete cantilever wall, built at full scale, tested on the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Large Outdoor High-Performance Shake Table at the University of California, San Diego. The design resulted in significant reduction of longitudinal reinforcement in the wall as compared to the current (force-based) code requirements. The test structure was subjected to four historical California input ground motions, including the strong intensity near-fault Sylmar record, which induced significant nonlinear response. Key tests results are presented in the paper. The paper also discusses the results of a blind prediction contest.

Paper P03: [Read]

Musings and Observations from a Practising Earthquake Engineer – A Tribute to Tom Paulay

Rob Jury

For over forty years Tom Paulay provided us with pragmatic methods of achieving high levels of seismic performance in new and existing buildings. He taught his students to focus on what was important and that clever analysis does not compensate for poor configuration or a lack of redundancy. This paper provides observations and comments from a practising earthquake engineer on aspects of current seismic design practice and questions whether these have met the ideals set by Tom.

Paper P04: [Read]

Keynote Address Tribute to Tom Paulay Session 3 Session 4A Session 4B Session 5A Session 5B Session 6 Session 7A Session 7B Session 8A Session 8B Poster Session