Nuclear power plants (NPPs) are required to be designed for earthquakes with long return periods (e.g., 100,000 years). Seismic isolation filters a considerable fraction [...]

Steel-plate concrete (SC) composite shear walls are typically composed of steel faceplates, infill concrete, shear studs bonding the faceplate to the infill, and tie rods [...]

The lack of analysis, design and detailing guidance in standards and manuals has contributed to the limited use of steel-plate concrete (SC) composite shear walls. In thi [...]

In support of collapse assessment of structural systems under earthquake excitations, two earthquake-simulator collapse test series of two scale models of a two-bay steel [...]

Seismic assessments of a sample conventional and base-isolated nuclear power plant (NPP) are performed using a new procedure that builds on the methodology presented in t [...]