Architectural Configurations in Vina del Mar
This paper identifies the architectural characteristics of 121 reinforced concrete buildings in Vina del Mar. These characteristics are related to the damage statistics for the building...
Hydrodynamic Isolation of Concrete Dams
The feasibility of reducing hydrodynamic effects in the earthquake response of concrete dams by anchoring gas-filled balloons or injecting bubbles in the water is investigated. Significant...
Ductility and Failure Characteristics of Concrete and Rock Subjected to Complex Load Paths
Strength, ductility and the complex material response features of concrete and rock should be evaluated through carefully planned material properties test programs designed to subject...
Earthquake Induced Cracking in Concrete Gravity Dams
An important nonlinear behavior in the earthquake response of concrete gravity dams is the formation and propagation of tensile cracks in the concrete. The earthquake response of a typical...
Building Frames Subjected to 2D Earthquake Motion
Inelastic response of a simplified model of a 10-storey building frame was analyzed to assess the effects of bi-directional seismic loading. Interaction between the strengths in the two...
Seismic Large Amplitude Liquid Sloshing?Theory
The sloshing phenomenon in seismically-excited, rectangular, liquid storage tanks is addressed. In particular, a semi-analytical method to study the effects of large amplitude sloshing...
Buckling Criteria for Earthquake-Induced Overturning Stresses in Cylindrical Liquid Storage Tanks
Perhaps one of the most common forms of seismic damage to cylindrical liquid storage tanks made out of steel is buckling of the tank wall due to vertical overturning stresses. Buckling...
Static Tilt Analyses of Uplifting Cylindrical Tank
This paper describes the general method adopted for predicting the static tilt performance of cylindrical liquid storage tank that is free to uplift. In the analysis described here, the...
Seismic Performance of Existing Building in New York City
Strength-based damage indices depending on structural shear capacity and earthquake intensity are used to predict the seismic performance of existing buildings in New York City. Nonlinear...
Seismic Vulnerability and Upgrading of Buildings Geotechnical-Geological Aspects
The effects of local soil conditions on the characteristics of earthquake motions (soil amplification) and on the dynamic response of structures for a given foundation type (soil structure...
Amelioration of Stirrup and Compression Reinforcement on the Ductility of Reinforced High-Strength Concrete Beam
18 rectangular high strength concrete beams were tested to investigate their ductile behavior. The results show that it will be more advantageous, for ductility, to choose the compressive...
Equating Dynamic Analysis to Static Code Provisions
Building codes generally prescribe seismic design provisions that include a static lateral force procedure that can easily be combined with the gravity loads to design the structural elements....
1988 SEAOC and UBC Seismic Provisions
This paper highlights the major improvements to seismic design provisions incorporated in the 1988 Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) 'Blue Book'...
Response of Concrete Buildings to Lateral Forces
ACI-ASCE Committee 442 (Response of Concrete Buildings to Lateral Forces) has just issued its report (ACI-ASCE 442 1988a). In that Report, the performance of reinforced concrete buildings...
Inelastic Seismic Design of Concrete Structures
This paper provides an overview of the state-of-the-art publication on the same subject under preparation by ASCE-ACI Committee 442's Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Inelastic Response...
Inelastic Seismic Analysis of Concrete Buildings
The important inelastic analysis techniques that are suitable for concrete buildings subjected to earthquakes are summarized. Basic principles and practical modeling guidelines are given...
Bermed Shelters Subjected to Accidental Explosions
An investigation of the adequacy of two competing shelter designs to protect the occupants from an accidental explosion in a nearby shelter is described. Two bermed shelters, one of rectangular...
Residual Capacity of Explosively Damaged Reinforced Concrete Columns
The results of load tests on explosively damaged reinforced concrete columns are presented. The method used to correlate an ultimate strength, laminar type of reinforced concrete analysis...
Structural Resistance of Slabs for Blast Loading
Results from a series of static tests on one-way reinforced concrete slabs are summarized. The slabs were loaded with a uniform pressure and tested to large deflections. Parameters varied...
Reevaluation of Reinforced Concrete Slabs Subjected to Blast Effects
Failures in reinforced concrete shallow-buried structures subjected to the effects of severe dynamic loads are reevaluated by employing a modified Timoshenko beam formulation which includes...
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