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Lessons learned from past earthquake damage suggest the potential benefit of rocking systems that reduce earthquake damage. This paper evaluates a structural system that [...]
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Previous studies cleared that rocking behaviors can reduce seismic damages of some buildings. Based on this knowledge, some rocking structural systems which are allowed t [...]
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This paper describes the out-of-plane dynamic test results of unreinforced masonry walls in the Section 1 and the response values of acceleration records in recent years [...]
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The International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE) at the Building Research Institute (BRI) in Tsukuba, Japan has provided the opportunity to st [...]
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Dynamic soil-structure interaction largely affects the seismic performance of building structures in many cases. It is effective to measure real behaviors of a building a [...]
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Observations from past earthquakes suggest that some buildings survived severe ground motion because of accidental uplift at their foundation. Such notion has motivated t [...]
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This paper aims to present a methodology to evaluate the seismic vulnerability of Reinforced Concrete (R/C) existing buildings, based on Capacity Spectrum Method (CSM). T [...]
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A new shaking table called "BRI Large Stroke Shaking Table" was developed in 2006 in the Building Research Institute. The shaking table is driven by wire connected with d [...]
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Long period components of earthquake ground motions may amplify the response of large scale structures with long natural periods such as high-rise buildings, long-span br [...]
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Simplified, performance-based seismic evaluation of one-story and multistory irregular existing buildings with rigid diaphragms, parallel framing systems, firm and regula [...]
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