An expert system for seismic evaluation-ESSE

This paper presents the development of an expert system called ESSE, which is to evaluate the seismic safety of buildings. ESSE herein is developed by use of the expert system shell called SAMBA, which is supported by University Hannover, German. ESSE is developed with the knowledge base on both the seismic design code (GBJ11-89, China) and the standard for seismic appraiser of building (GB50023-95, China) and from the ambient vibration test. The ambient experimental modal analysis is discussed with the measured ambient vibration data from a five-story building.