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 [...]

Buckling restrained braces (BRBs) have become a common and economic form of concentric bracing over the past decade. Used as the primary lateral load resisting system in [...]

Vertical and horizontal regularity provisions in the current New Zealand seismic design standard, NZS 1170.5 (SNZ 2004) are based on overseas codes. These regularity limi [...]

Modern structures are designed with a sacrificial design principle that values life safety at the expense of energy-absorbing structural damage. The significant long term [...]

Single story structures with different in-plane wall strength and stiffness, rotational inertia, and out-of-plane wall stiffness are subjected to impulse ground motions t [...]