A new type of self-centering rocking wall that allows gap opening both at the bottom and the top, has been proposed to be used as window piers. This aims to reduce the da [...]

Pile-cap is an important structural joint member. Its function is to transfer the stresses occurring on the columns through a group of piles to the ground, occurring on t [...]

Twenty-some years ago, it was considered that safety was a major and only concern in designing building structures in an engineering society. However, the 1994 Northridge [...]

In major earthquake, many reinforced concrete buildings were damaged. Some of the buildings had severe economical losses due to structual or nonstructual damage until aft [...]