Show Page 2 June 30 1975 Study group at USU offers advice on earthquakes Suppose an earthquake were predicted for our area a week from Wednesday What would we house or new apartment or office building this fall Then what would we do? Spend the day outside away from buildings or at least away from high buildings? Answers Important do? other physical facilities would still be subject to damage” Dr Fred W Kiefer one of the USU engineers cautions Falling buildings WELCOME ABOARD HASKGR TASKER MILIHOUSE AND FELDJJAUM WNOMAN AMD I'll EMvlOV YOUR WORK SEE YOU AT VO UR RETIREMENT DMMER Post Office Box 1523 f ffcm mam IN 2008 East Lansing Michigan 48823 Studying Effects bursting dams and failing utilities are in most cases a more serious threat to life and well being of people and to economic loss than the causitive earthquake itself he explains The answer to some of these Take out earthquake inquestions are more important surance? (If we could get anyone than the ability to predict the to sell it to us) earthquake a group of researGo about normal activities but chers in the Department of Civil make certain we stayed close to and Environmental Engineering the desk or some other rigid Consider Design at Utah State University believe structure we could duck under “While knowing the time and when the debris began to fall? “Thus it is important that location of an earthquake would of Or suppose we knew there loss in useful consideration be given to design be minimizing would be an earthquake a year life that may occur with an of buildings and other facilities from next Wednesday and we unexpected earthquake that are earthquake resistant” were planning to build a new buildings dams utility lines and Dr Kiever declares The most important thing to “FRANKLY SPEAKING” Phil Frank know about earthquakes — even by more important than when or where they will occur — is what the effect will be in different zones and on different structures Dr Irving S Dunn another member of the USU earthquake study group says This depends on how the motion waves are transmitted from the rock to the structures so there must be more research on how this happens he adds “With this information and a knowledge of how buildings are constructed we could define hazard zones Furthermore new construction could be modified to take advantage of the knowledge and in some cases existing WELL structures could be renovated to cope better with the stresses” he explains Dr Loren R Anderson and Dr Winfred 0 Carter are studying the effects of the soil profile on ground surface motion during an earthquake and on the effects earthquakes have on earth dams and building Dunn Kiefer foundations Not only the intensity of an earthquake but also its duration and the frequency of the shock waves affect the extent of damage caused by the quake Dr Anderson points out most advanced used for earthquake resistant design purposes to design structures that will be subject to earthquake The forces program mathematically simulates the building and the motions caused by the earthquake and then selects the size of various structural elements that will be required to resist the earthquake forces Information on the character of ground motion is obtained from strong motion seismographs but relatively few records have been made with such instruments in the vicinity of major quakes The motion closest strong seismograph for the March 27 earthquake centered in Pocatello Valley was at USU some 40 miles from the epicentral area Dr Kiefer pointed out “It is not economically feasible to completely eliminate the damage due to earthquake ground shaking but significant reduction of damage costs could be made by using currently available seismic building codes “Certain structures at a given site will be more vulnerable to damage than others Higher damage occurs when the fundamental period of a building (that is the frequency at which is the the building vibrates) the vibration as same frequency of the soil deposit under the building” he explains He suggests that in addition to determining the location and and further studies of ground length of active faults in an area motion and improved building the nature of soil deposits must design methods could provide also be considered in assessing additional protection” he said the vulnerability of buildings to damage during earthquakes Dr Carter and Dr Barry W Santana have developed a computer program one of the Gallery Lecture change announcec feaTures lecturer photography Donald Ely from the Center for the Study of In The formation & Education Syracuse New York who was originally scheduled to speak on Thursday July 31 in the Business Building Auditorium at 1:30 pm will instead to speaking on Tuesday at the same place and time Students registered for credit through the Distinguised Lecture Series should attend 10 lectures and submit a questionaire for each lecture Further information can be obtained from the office of Dr Terrance Hatch associate dean for continuing education extension 7445 ij Color photography by Victor Stallone of California and Bob Warren of Delaware will be exhibited in the Utah State University Library I Aw Another Fomous 0 Gallery beginning Wednesday July 2 Fifty color prints will hang in the gallery’s White Hall through the month 5 gnaw 1 I I 0 m 1 1 rui I n 0 1 j S7 I 0 L-- o) 0 j ly 16fh 0:00 pm Fine Arifs Cenfer 0 USU students III Is Public £3 If ' Families 1 I I I I I I I I I I I 0 j J f ' j |