The profession has had very few opportunities to study in detail the response of instrumented buildings subjected to earthquake ground motions that caused severe damage. [...]

Post–event reconnaissance teams have a critical mission: to collect scientific data to be used to learn from disasters. Despite the large volumes of images that have be [...]

Substituting conventional reinforcing steel bars with high-strength steel bars can reduce reinforcement congestion, improve constructability, and lower costs in reinforce [...]

Current design practices for reinforced concrete (RC) flexural members to resist bending moments promote the use of "under-reinforced" sections. It is believed that secti [...]

Masonry infill walls are widely used as partitions worldwide. Field evidence has shown that continuous infill masonry walls can help reduce the vulnerability of a reinfor [...]

New design provisions for structural concrete (ACI 318-08) allow the replacement of lower strength steels (e.g., ASTM A615 and ASTM A706) with steels having specified yie [...]