Recent Developments In Non-structural Aspects Of Performance Based Design

Mech. Eng. MSc. Ömer Okan SEVER and Mech. Eng. Deniz HADZIKURTES ABSTRACT Earthquakes are non-predictable natural disasters. For now nobody can foresee a coming earthquake and escape from its consequences. What can be done is to observe earthquakes, collect empirical data and analyze these data for estimating effects of future earthquakes. This is the basis…