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With an increased focus on seismic resilience, there is an increasing desire among engineers and clients for structures that can be rapidly returned to occupancy followin [...]
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The 1994 Northridge Earthquake highlighted the unacceptable performance of common connection details for moment resisting frames and led to many new details being develop [...]
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Controlled rocking heavy timber walls (CRHTW) have been developed and implemented in New Zealand using PrestressedLaminated (Pres-Lam) timber products to resist large sei [...]
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Previous studies have shown that designing controlled rocking steel braced frames (CRSBFs) using a response modification factor of R = 8 is sufficient to prevent collapse [...]
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The damage caused by recent earthquakes has highlighted the limitations of current seismic force resisting systems and design methodologies, which limit seismic forces by [...]
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