Lessons learned from past earthquake damage suggest the potential benefit of rocking systems that reduce earthquake damage. This paper evaluates a structural system that [...]

During post-earthquake reconnaissance after the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, the writers examined a damaged parking ramp structure. The structure was a twostory stee [...]

Observations from past earthquakes suggest that some buildings survived severe ground motion because of accidental uplift at their foundation. Such notion has motivated t [...]

The paper describes an experimental study on the seismic performance of steel concentrically braced frames (CBFs). In Japan, the most common CBF systems place diagonal br [...]

This paper describes a multipurpose setup system called “test bed” for large shaking table tests. The test bed comprises multi-story box-trusses with concrete mass of [...]

This paper focuses on the application of buckling-restrained braces (BRB) to reinforced concrete (R/C) framed structures in order to reduce the seismic damage in the main [...]

Previous studies have suggested that rocking vibration accompanied with uplift motion might reduce the seismic damage of buildings subjected to strong earthquake motions. [...]

Recently earthquake ground motions with large amplitude and/or long period component act on seismically isolated buildings. In case of family houses, responses of isolate [...]

Previous studies by many researchers suggested that rocking vibration accompanied with uplift might reduce the seismic damage of buildings in 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthqu [...]