Volume Three: Low-Damage Building Technologies
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Section 1: Introduction
1.1 Impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes
1.2 Lessons to be learned
1.3 Achieving a better performance
1.4 Low-damage technologies
1.5 Hearings and expert reports
Section 2: Seismic design philosophy
2.1 History and development
2.2 Seismic performance criteria
2.2.1 Present framework
2.2.2 Future developments for performance objectives
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3.1 Introduction
3.2 Methods of controlling seismic response
3.2.1 Base isolation
3.2.2 Supplemental damping devices
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3.2.3 Examples of base isolation and supplemental damping devices
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3.3 Emerging forms of low-damage technology
3.3.1 General principles
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3.3.2 Applications in reinforced concrete buildings
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3.3.2 Applications in reinforced concrete buildings (continued)
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3.3.3 Applications in steel buildings
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3.3.4 Applications in timber buildings
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Section 4: Professional and regulatory implementation
4.1 Department of Building and Housing (DBH)
4.2 Architects’ perspective
Section 5: Cost considerations
5.1 Methods of controlling seismic response: base isolation
5.2 Low-damage technologies
5.3 Other considerations
Section 6: Discussion
Section 7: Conclusions and recommendations
7.1 Conclusions
7.2 Recommendations
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