Comparatively huge dimensions of the cross-sections of the girder and pier of the bridges in high-speed rail were applied to cater for demand of the railway smoothness an [...]

Rotation damages are common in earthquakes, which usually occur when some form of plan irregularities exist. In 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, an interesting rotation phenomen [...]

Vibration control devices such as tuned mass dampers (TMDs), tuned liquid dampers (TLD) and other supplemental damping devices have been used to improve the vibration per [...]

Earthquake early warning (EEW) system is one of the most useful tools to mitigate seismic hazards. Although EEW methods have already been developed worldwide, the applica [...]

In recent years, many investigations showed that underground constructions have suffered severe seismic damage during large earthquakes, and the tunnels intersected with [...]

The Wenchuan earthquake of May 12, 2008 hit a large area of Western Sichuan, China. This major earthquake had a moment magnitude of 7.9 MW and a shallow focal depth (~19 [...]

With the support from both European Commission and Chinese Government, a series of collaborative research activities on the seismic behaviour of precast reinforced concre [...]

The paper presents the results of pseudodynamic and cyclic tests performed at ELSA Laboratory in Ispra on full scale prototypes of precast structures. The typical frame s [...]