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Ductile Connections for Precast Concrete Frame Systems
This paper describes a research program to investigate the behavior of ductile connections between precast beam-column elements. The objectives of the program are to provide rational design...

Simulated Earthquake Ground Motions for Design Purpose
In this paper, firstly, it was clarified that there is a case where in the long-period range there is seen a tendency to follow the ?+-2$/ model approximately while in the short-period...

Safety Enhancement of Bridges with Seismic Isolation Bearings
This paper summarizes the experimental and analytical studies done at Dept. of Civil Eng., Kyoto Univ., on application of base isolation bearings to highway bridges and the Menshin (base...

Buildings with Response Control Systems in Japan
Today, there are more than 30 buildings with response control systems. The system is defined as one that suppresses or controls the response to the vibrational motion input of the buildings,...

Inelastic Behavior and Seismic Design of a Highway Shield Tunnel
Nonlinear behavior of shield tunnels required for seismic design by means of Seismic Deformation Method is presented based on dynamic loading tests. Application of the test results to...

Rocking Behavior and Retrofit of Tall Bridge Piers
In the aftermath of the damage to the San Francisco Oakland Bay bridge, due to the 1989 earthquake, a comprehensive study of the seismic behavior of the bridge was undertaken. This paper...

Seismic Performance and Retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge has served for over fifty years as a vital transportation link connecting San Francisco with the area to the north. The Bridge is owned, operated, and maintained...

Seismic Design Considerations for Uplifted Tanks
An evaluation of the most commonly used seismic design procedures for unanchored tanks is presented. It is noted that current standards are inconsistent in predicting the behavior of unanchored...

Input for Seismic Design of Major Structures
Effective seismic input considering the soil-structure interaction or soil-pile-structure interaction is presented. This approach takes the seismic wave as primitive input and considers...

Nonlienar Seismic Response Analysis of Shanghai Yangpu Bridge
The Yangpu Bridge is a long-span composite cable-stayed Bridge in which the superstructures is designed as a floating system to withstand the strong earthquakes. The nonlinear seismic...

Study of Failures of Towers and Tall Buildings Under Wind Loading
In this paper, two kinds of wind-excited limit states on a tall structure are investigated and corresponding formulae for the limit wind pressures are presented. In solving the wind-excited...

Response of Isolated Structures to Recent California Earthquakes
A significant amount of research and development, shake table testing computer modelling and real world applications have been performed with the seismic isolation design concept in the...

Response of Base Isolated Buildings in Japan to Recent Earthquakes
On February 2nd in 1992, more than 20 base isolated buildings in Tokyo experienced an earthquake of JMA seismic intensity 5. In this event, many acceleration records of isolated buildings...

Evaluation of Code Accidental-Torsion Provisions Using Earthquake Records from Buildings
Building code provisions for accidental torsion are evaluated from analysis of earthquake-induced motions of three nominally-symmetric-plan buildings. The results demonstrate that the...

Building Separation Rules to Avoid Seismic Pounding
A method to estimate the required separation to preclude pounding between adjacent buildings is presented. It accounts for the effect of yielding on the vibration phase of adjacent buildings....

Displacement Amplification Factor for Seismic Design Provisions
To estimate the maximum roof and story drifts occurring during severe earthquakes, the UBC and NEHRP use 3R_w/8 and C_d...

Evaluation of US Seismic Code Provisions for Asymmetric-Plan Systems
The effects of plan asymmetry on the earthquake response of code-designed, one-story systems are identified with the objective of evaluating how well these effects are represented by torsional...

Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction of Reinforced Concrete Buildings. The Practice in Mexico After 1985
The evolution of the design and construction practice of reinforced concrete buildings in Mexico is presented in terms of materials, structural systems, member design and reinforcement...

Techniques for Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings in Mexico City
The 1985 earthquake in Mexico City caused collapse or damage of a large number of engineered buildings. After this event several hundreds of buildings were retrofitted using several techniques....

Seismic Upgrade Design of Buildings
Building owners and users in seismically prone areas are becoming increasingly aware of the potential risks associated with the seismically hazardous buildings in the region specially...

 

 

 

 

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