The geotechnical characteristics of a site for a strong motion station have a substantial bearing on understanding the recorded data and its usefulness. Latin American co [...]

A new seismic zoning for Central America is proposed in this work, including significant changes in the boundary of zones proposed in previous zonations. The main changes [...]

This paper explores the viability of using energy dissipators for implementing earthquake-resistant measures for common vulnerable buildings in Chile. Hysteretic devices [...]

By using energy-based methods to design earthquake-resistant structures, the effect of seismic action in terms both of force and displacement demands is taken into accoun [...]

Masonry infill walls are widely used as partitions worldwide. Field evidence has shown that continuous infill masonry walls can help reduce the vulnerability of a reinfor [...]

Many buildings in Spain are vulnerable to the design earthquakes mainly because the former Spanish code required only low lateral strength and did not contain any ductili [...]

We present the results of a study aimed at choosing the more suitable strong-motion models for seismic hazard analysis in the Central America (CA) Region. After a careful [...]

The objective of this research is to investigate the seismic performance of waffle-flat-plate floor systems engineered to resist low earthquake excitations in low to mode [...]

In moderate-seismicity southern European countries it is very common to use reinforced concrete waffle flat-plate structures for sustaining both vertical and lateral eart [...]

A new evaluation of seismic hazard in the Central America region has been carried out, in the frame of the cooperation project RESIS II, financed by the Norway Cooperatio [...]