This paper proposes accurate modeling of a new high-stiffness viscoelastic material for vibration control of a structure. The temperature sensitivity of the material is p [...]

Story collapses of many RC buildings due to torsional response which were induced mainly by seismic eccentricity of buildings, were reported in the 1995 Kobe earthquake. [...]

The assessment of seismic safety of nuclear power plant facilities has been performed by identifying and quantifying uncertainties in seismic probabilistic risk assessmen [...]

It can be found in the past numerous literatures that there are many natural disasters where societal resilience is a key issue for describing the recovery process from d [...]

t ssive energy dissipation devices is o of the feasible ways to one f s Connecting an adjacent new building with pas mic ng . per, ngle-degree-o of-freedom systems (one i [...]

Ground motion attenuation relationships for spectral acceleration have been developed in Japan. Although these prediction models can usually provide a mean value and a st [...]

Up to now, empirical estimation of ground motion has been proposed as an attenuation relation for IM(Intensity Measure) of ground motion, peak intensity or response spect [...]

In Japan, buildings are always exposed to the risk of earthquakes. Various researches dealing with earthquake risk have been undertaken very actively in Japan. Most of th [...]