The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Experimental Facility at the University of California, San Diego, a National Science Foundation (NSF) spon [...]

The dynamic response of a seismically isolated structure depends on the combined characteristics of the ground motion, bearings, and superstructure. Therefore, dynamic fu [...]

Seismic isolation can be an effective strategy to protect critical facilities including Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) from the damaging effects of horizontal earthquake gro [...]

The effectiveness of damping devices for seismic protection of structures can be improved by installing the dampers in displacement amplification frames. This paper descr [...]

Although a wealth of knowledge on the behavior of steel moment frame structures has been gained from past experimental studies, there are only a limited number of system- [...]

Hybrid simulation is an experimental method which combines the well known substructure testing techniques with numerical finite element simulation to study the response o [...]

Experiments were performed to evaluate the progressive collapse resistance of steel buildings considering multi-hazard extreme loading. Two 1/3 scale three-story, two-bay [...]

In order to better characterize the seismic vulnerability of nonstructural components and equipment and develop effective mitigation measures, the University at Buffalo h [...]

Two novel implementation methods of implicit integration procedures for hybrid simulation are presented. The first solves the equation of motion using a fully implicit it [...]