Lessons learned from past earthquake damage suggest the potential benefit of rocking systems that reduce earthquake damage. This paper evaluates a structural system that [...]

During post-earthquake reconnaissance after the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, the writers examined a damaged parking ramp structure. The structure was a twostory stee [...]

Observations from past earthquakes suggest that some buildings survived severe ground motion because of accidental uplift at their foundation. Such notion has motivated t [...]

Special truss moment frames (STMFs) represent a steel structural framing system which is able to provide long bay width and high lateral stiffness due to the deep truss g [...]

The paper describes an experimental study on the seismic performance of steel concentrically braced frames (CBFs). In Japan, the most common CBF systems place diagonal br [...]