The Middle East is prone to frequent seismic tremors which affect buildings and civil engineering facilities. New demands of economical nature lead to achievement of larg [...]

The migration of the population, to developed areas, lead to birth of overcrowded areas with claim for residences, financial, administrative, cultural and industrial faci [...]

From a thorough observation of the images taken after major seismic events arises the conclusion that structures collapse vertically due to their lack of stability under [...]

Under loads, structures respond by deformations and loss of stability. Load histories may be considered to be described like continuous phenomena that pose less mathemati [...]