Research from the past ten years shows that the seismic fragilities of different infrastructure networks are better understood and estimated than the recovery of a commun [...]

Letting columns uplift has been proposed as an earthquake response modification strategy for bridges and other large structures. Uplift could be allowed along solely one [...]

The rocking oscillator has drawn the attention of many researchers since the publication of Housner’s [1] seminal paper. As the response of the rocking oscillator is hi [...]

Accounting for all possible failure modes in seismic design and construction of reinforced concrete shear walls is important to ensure that the expected seismic performan [...]

More than 9000 people died, more than 22,000 people were injured and more than 750,000 buildings were destroyed during the 2015 Nepal Earthquake Series. A large part of t [...]

The response of rigid freely rocking SDOF systems has been extensively studied. It has been shown that single large rocking bodies, or single-story frames made of rocking [...]

In the last two decades, hybrid simulation has received increasing attention from the earthquake engineering community as a tool for simulating the nonlinear dynamic resp [...]

Current US and European seismic design codes limit the magnitude of strength reduction allowed for seismically isolated structures, thus effectively leading to the elasti [...]

The existing relations between the vibration period, the strength reduction factor and the ductility demand of stiff fixed-base structures indicate that these structures [...]

Reliability analysis aims at determining the probability of failure of a stochastic system and typically relies on purely numerical simulations. Nevertheless, trusting ma [...]