In contrast to current conventional construction materials, i.e. steel or steel reinforced concrete, natural fibre reinforced polymer-concrete composite is environmentall [...]

During past decades the destructive potential and the complexity of soil liquefaction phenomenon associated with strong earthquakes has been widely documented. However, c [...]

In current seismic design scant attention is given to the flexibility of the supporting soil. For simplicity structures are assumed to be attached to a fixed rigid base. [...]

In all major earthquakes, structures in the proximity of rivers and coastal plains, are often affected by substantial excess pore-water pressure which may lead to soil li [...]

Devastating impact, e.g. falling parapet on a canopy, during strong earthquakes can cause severe damage to structures in the surroundings or even fatalities. This has bee [...]

Multiply-supported secondary structures attached across different floors of a primary structure are ubiquitous in big cities. Examples include advertisement boards, fire [...]

The seismic vulnerability of skewed bridges has been found to be caused by several factors, including the skew angle of the bridge, pounding between adjacent superstructu [...]

The New Zealand Standard, European Standard and the U.S. Standard follow different methodologies for scaling ground motion records according to site conditions when time- [...]

The paper addresses the pounding response of two adjacent bridge structures. The influence of non-uniform soil conditions on the development of ground motions at local si [...]

Pounding between adjacent bridge decks during severe earthquake may result in significant structural damage or even collapse of the decks. One of the most effective metho [...]