The crucial need for reliable and practical technique to assess the structural conditions, including the level of damage and also the residual capacity of RC structures a [...]

The residual interstory drift ratio (RISDR) of a three story 2-D steel frame building structure is studied under the same ground motions records applied twice. The recor [...]

Building structures around the world have been designed using various framing methods. In Japan, the two-way momentresisting frame structures, which is designed as a 3D s [...]

This paper reports a full scale shake table testing of a fully-floating ceiling within a steel frame. The 2.15 m by 4.55 m ceiling is suspended from the floor above by ve [...]

This paper describes New Zealand construction and research related to low damage construction. Following the large scale demolition of buildings in Christchurch after the [...]

This paper summarizes issues related to the in-plane design of floor diaphragms in multistory steel buildings subject to earthquake shaking and describes areas requiring [...]

This paper develops a model of the beam-column joint, gusset plate, connection region and the encased portion of the BRB to determine out-of-plane sway buckling capacity. [...]

Current standards for designing steel structures indicate that column splices, as part of moment frames, should develop a certain level of plastic moment capacity (rangin [...]

Buckling restrained braces (BRB) are a popular seismic lateral force resisting system. While some tests indicate excellent performance of BRBs, studies in recent years ha [...]

Seismic damage-resistant structures, such as jointed precast connections and rocking wall structures, usually require supplementary energy dissipation devices to limit st [...]