It is well known that loss of life during an earthquake event is mainly due to collapse of buildings that are not designed, executed or maintained properly. Therefore the [...]

Reinforced concrete structures with open ground storey have shown very poor earthquake performance during past events. Despite of considering the design recommendations p [...]

Experiences from past earthquake disasters clearly shows that the ground motion was responsible for majority of property and life loss. Among the collapsed structures dur [...]

With the announcement of smart cities, construction of tall buildings is booming in India. There are quite a few codes for tall buildings and many of them have shortcomin [...]

In the aftermath of 2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal the challenging task was to classify structural damage; for further consideration of the building for living purposes. [...]

This study was conducted in order to compute the deviations in the Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) values as specified in the IS 1893:2002 for different regions from the v [...]