一、概况1986年8月30日至9月6日在土耳其首都安卡拉召开了中东和地中海地震区土和低强度砌体房屋学术讨论会。会议历时7天。本会议是由美国国外灾害援助部、土耳其公共工程和建设部地震研究局和土耳其国家地震工程委员会联合发起的,由土耳其中东科技大学、美国新墨西哥大学以及INTERTECT机构筹备和主持。这次会议是81年在美国新墨西哥州召开的国际地震区土砌体房屋学术会和在秘鲁利马召开的拉美地区土房抗震学术讨论会的继续。会议的目的是: I. INTRODUCTION From 30 August to 6 September 1986, an academic seminar was held in the Turkish capital Ankara on soil and low-strength masonry houses in the Middle East and Mediterranean earthquake areas. The meeting lasted 7 days. The conference was initiated by the United States Foreign Disaster Assistance Department, the Ministry of Earthquake Research of the Turkish Ministry of Public Works and Construction, and the Turkish State Seismological Engineering Commission. It is prepared and presided over by the Middle East University of Science and Technology in Turkey, the University of New Mexico, and the INTERTECT organization. The conference was a continuation of the International Earthquake Area Masonry Building Academic Conference held in New Mexico State in the United States in 81st and Earthquake Resistance Seminar on the Earth Buildings in Latin America held in Lima, Peru. The purpose of the meeting is: