Experimental tests on the inelastic behavior of RC bridge piers have shown that, due to tension shift effects, the curvature profile above the base section of the structu [...]

Stone masonry structures are very vulnerable to earthquake loading due to their low strength and brittle behavior. In order to ensure the structural safety of such buildi [...]

Code design of unreinforced masonry (URM) brick buildings is based on elastic analysis, which requires as input, among others, estimates of the in-plane drift capacity at [...]

Engineers and researchers often use nonlinear beam-column elements to simulate the response of reinforced concrete structures. Namely, distributed plasticity elements are [...]

Reinforced concrete (RC) flat slabs supported on columns are one of the most widely used structural systems for office and industrial buildings. In regions of medium to h [...]

Over the last few years the increasing demand of housing for low income population in Colombia and several neighboring countries, associated to the significant increase o [...]

Reinforced concrete (RC) structural walls are the most commonly used structural elements in buildings to resist lateral load imposed by earthquakes. Therefore, analytical [...]

During an earthquake, structures are subjected to both horizontal and vertical shaking. Most structures are rather insensitive to variations in the vertical acceleration [...]