“…Earthquake, as a destructive natural disaster, needs to be considered into the structural design of industrial plant buildings. The reconnaissance reports for recent seismic events such as Bam earthquake in 2003, Chile earthquake in 2010, Great East Japan earthquake in 2011, and Emila earthquake in 2012 pointed out the high vulnerability of industrial plants would cause life threatening, economical losses, and environmental contamination after the earthquakes. Seismic damages were observed both in structural and nonstructural components such as column supports, girders, mechanical equipment, piping systems, and storage racks.…”