This paper is aimed to study the effectiveness of Polynomial Rocking Bearing (PRB), a various-frequency sliding isolator, in decreasing the seismic responses of isolated [...]

There is limited information on the behavior of connections between rectangular hollow section (RHS) columns and Hshaped beams. Since the RHS column has a closed section, [...]

Earthquake-induced liquefaction has long been recognized as one of the most serious seismic hazards. Damages to residential houses and commercial buildings have been obse [...]

For seismic protection of structural systems, a semi-active friction damper (SAFD) whose slip force is adjustable in real time, usually provides better control performanc [...]

Research into the seismic design of lightly reinforced concrete (RC) walls was initiated following the Canterbury earthquakes in New Zealand when several walls were obser [...]

This paper discusses three methods for applying linear viscous damping at the global level in nonlinear time history analysis: (1) Rayleigh damping proportional to the ma [...]

In this paper, research on after-quakes are summarized and spatial and temporal feature of after-quake distribution is revealed by regression analysis based empirical for [...]

Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) is being used widely in repairing and retrofitting structures which suffer from damage or some design deficiencies. For gravity-designed (o [...]

The quantitative risk assessment of earthquake disaster is based on integrated procedures to quantify seismic, attenuation, sites, buildings and economical losses. Accord [...]

The current seismic design code commonly used in the world is RP2A-WSD compiled by American Petroleum Institute, there is still no specific seismic design code for offsho [...]