This report presents experimental and analytical study on progress to the falling down of suspended ceilings without seismic bracing, and the effect of earthquake-resistant connection parts. In the experiments, the ceiling showed high compression buckling stress, but its restoring force had slip-type characteristics. It represented that the factor of the falling down was unfastening connection parts, and the expansion of screw holes.
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