A SEISMIC HAZARD EVALUATION:

COMPUTER SERVICES BUILDING #60

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY

Prepared by Paul Sanchez

Seismic Technician

ARIZONA EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA

30 September 1986

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART ONE                       

Section                                                                            Content                                                                                 Page

     I                                                                 Project Description and Scope                                                                  1

    II                                                                 Seismic Hazard Study                                                                               1

   III                                                                 Tentative Design Earthquake Criteria                                                        8

   IV                                                                 Design Earthquake                                                                                  12

PART TWO

Section

    V                                                                 Building Structure and Foundation:

                                                                        Description and Characteristics                                                                14

   VI                                                                 Seismic Evaluation Methods - A Review                                                  17

  VII                                                                 Method of Seismic Hazard

                                                                        Evaluation Employed                                                                                18

  VIII                                                               Seismic Hazard Evaluation of

                                                                        the Computer Services Building                                                                22

   IX                                                                 Resonance                                                                                               26

    X                                                                 Structural vs. Nonstructural Damage as

                                                                        it  Pertains to the Computer Service Building                                             28

   XI                                                                 Discussion                                                                                                32

  XII                                                                 Conclusion                                                                                               35

References