Insulators are main structural elements for many kinds of equipment in electrical substations. Traditionally, insulators used in substations are made of porcelain, which [...]

With the continuous improvement of voltage levels, the high voltage pillar type electrical equipments are characterized in high, soft, heavy, and so on, also the equipmen [...]

Buried continuous steel pipelines are commonly used as reliable and economic means to transport oil and gas across the world. Such pipelines generally cover long distance [...]

Current methods for fragility analysis are evaluated in a setting in which seismic hazard is known so that reference fragilities, i.e., fragilities describing structural [...]

The seismic fortification levels of electrical equipment have been more and more attention after Wenchuan earthquake. The current seismic requirement level of electrical [...]

In the framework of performance-based earthquake engineering, a fundamental step in the assessment of buildings is the definition of models for the prediction of the seis [...]

The performance evaluation of seismic resistant buildings equipped with structural control is presented in this paper based on probability analysis approach. Due to the u [...]

One of the important issues in the research field of analyzing performance of seismic frame structures is the analysis of total input earthquake energy for seismic frame [...]

After the devastation and damage caused by the Chi-Chi Earthquake in 1991, Taiwan initiated progressive seismic building code provisions to strengthen design requirements [...]

Located at the western Circum Pacific Seismic Belt, Taiwan suffers from earthquakes frequently caused by the interactive extruding at the interface between the Philippine [...]