Existing Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings designed according to outdated regulations and codes may lack seismic performance (strength, stiffness, and ductility) to meet [...]

Current seismic design codes of buildings are based on acceleration spectra in order to evaluate strength capacity which does not directly account for the influence of th [...]

A weak-story in a multi-story building may cause excessive displacement during a severe ground motion. To prevent this effect, this study proposes an energy dissipation d [...]

The increase in the number of terrorist attacks especially in the last few years has shown that the effect of blast loads on buildings is a serious matter that should be [...]