Taipei metropolitan area is geographically located in Taipei Basin and its surrounding mountainous region can stretch to dozens of kilometres far from the basin center. S [...]

A A 1/50 moddel of a scaaffolding sy ystem, built at one sidee of the exterior surfacces of a mo odel buildinng with w a squaare cross-seection, was set in the ABRI win n [...]

According to the comparison with bridge structural system between China and American/Japan, the difference of bridge damages in Wenchuan earthquake, American Northridge e [...]

This paper presents the finite-element analytical results of the self-centering steel plate wall (SC-SPSW) specimen which was tested using pseudo-dynamic testing procedur [...]

Stochastic point source method with its extended version finite fault method is widely used to simulate strong ground motions around the world. In view of the limitation [...]

Steel concentrically braced frames (CBFs) have been used as seismic force resisting systems for many years. In seismically active regions of the US, the chevron configura [...]

Precast segmental concrete column has been used in building and bridge constructions due to its numerous advantages, including accelerated construction speed, less constr [...]

Prefabrication of buildings and bridges are becoming more and more popular in construction industry. Precast segmental column has been proposed to accelerate construction [...]

The objective of this study is to investigate the shear performance of rectangular section RC beams with NSM GFRP bars. A total of 7 simply supported beams strengthened [...]