This study explores the physical mechanisms by which the duration of strong ground motion influences structural response. While a number of previous studies have found th [...]

Experience from past earthquakes has shown that light frame residential houses in the United States typically pose a low collapse risk, but they are susceptible to damage [...]

A new design and construction approach is proposed to significantly improve the seismic performance of lightweight residential woodframe structures. We refer to this new [...]

While light-frame residential structures generally provide a high degree of life safety, significant damage and financial losses can result from moderate and severe earth [...]

Hospitals play a paramount role during an earthquake emergency response. Large earthquakes have caused a large number of casualties in many communities in the past to the [...]

A full-scale four-story steel building tested on the E-Defense shake table was used as a case study to evaluate how well performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) g [...]