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Structural Design Codes of Australia and New Zealand: Seismic Actions

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Australia; Design; Earthquake; New Zealand; Seismic actions; Structural

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The design of structures to resist earthquake effects in Australia and New Zealand follows the pertinent Australian Standard AS 1170.4:2007 and New Zealand Standard NZS 1170.5:2004 provisions. Both Standards are based on the common Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1170:2002 on structural design actions; and although they share elements such as the site subsoil classification system, they incorporate certain provisions such as the near-fault factor in NZS 1170.5:2004 to account for the different seismotectonic regime of the two countries. Indeed, Australia is an area of generally low seismicity, with the most catastrophic recent event being the 1989 Newcastle earthquake of magnitude M= 5.6, which resulted in 13 casualties and significant damages in the wider Newcastle area. On the other hand, New Zealand is located on the boundary between the Indo-Australian and Pacific Plate and...

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle, Office EA207, Ea Building, 2308, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

    George P. Kouretzis, Mark J. Masia & Clive Allen

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Kouretzis, G.P., Masia, M.J., Allen, C. (2015). Structural Design Codes of Australia and New Zealand: Seismic Actions. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_120

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