The E-Defense, which is the world's largest three-dimensional (3D) full-scale earthquake shaking table test facility, was built by the National Research Institute for Ear [...]

The E-Defense, which is the world’s largest three-dimensional (3D) full-scale earthquake shaking table test facility, was built by the National Research Institute for E [...]

For beam-column joints of reinforced concrete in moment resisting frames, a new type of failure is recently identified, which is called joint hinging mechanism. In the jo [...]

Nine full-scale isolated non-structrual reinforced concrete panels with in-plane dowel connectors jointed to the surrounding structural frames were tested under cyclic di [...]