Reinforced concrete squat walls are common in low-rise construction and as wall segments formed by window and door openings in perimeter walls. Existing approaches used t [...]

Full-Scale cyclic field testing was performed on a 3x3 pile group and a separate single fixed-head pile to evaluate group interaction effects. The piles in each experimen [...]

Performance based design for structures subject to strong ground motion has been gaining major attention in the last few years. A conceptual framework for performance bas [...]