This paper highlights the results of the initial experimental phase of a comprehensive research project on the seismic performance of precast untopped hollow-core floor d [...]

High performance earthquake resistant precast concrete structures are innovations among emerging technologies capable of achieving high performance structural systems at [...]

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

The fifteen-story Alto Rio building built in 2006 in the city of Concepción, Chile, was the only modern building that collapsed catastrophically during the February 27, [...]

An innovative bridge column technology for application in seismic regions has been developed at the University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with the Pacific [...]

The fifteen story Alto Rio building built between 2007 and 2009 in the city of Concepción, Chile, was the only modern building to experience catastrophic collapse during [...]

In an earthquake event, base isolators installed under a building are subjected to dynamic multiaxial excitation. The response of an isolated building or bridge can impos [...]

This paper investigates the torsional load capacities of two reinforced concrete cap beams in the elevated guideway structures. One beam has a regular configuration and t [...]

This paper presents the experimental results from an initial series of full scale shake table tests of a 65kW wind turbine with a 23 m hub height. Using the experimental [...]

Bridge abutments are earth-retaining structures which support the superstructure at the ends of a bridge and provide resistance to deformation and earthquake induced iner [...]