Post-earthquake assessment procedures require component deformation limits to identify
locations for visual inspection and locations needing structural repair. This study proposes a …

A set of tests on 17 large-scale, nominally identical, beam specimens with variations in
loading protocol, loading rate, and restraint to axial elongation are described. Three …

The US consensus standard for seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings,
ASCE/SEI 41, establishes provisions for seismic analysis procedures that vary in complexity …

Post‐earthquake reconnaissance has reported the vulnerability of older reinforced concrete
(RC) columns lacking details for ductile response. Research was undertaken to investigate …

Existing reinforced concrete buildings lacking details for ductile response during earthquake
shaking represent prevalent construction type in high seismic zones around the world …

After a strong earthquake, criteria are needed to determine whether buildings are safe to
reoccupy based on observable damage. This paper presents a simulation‐based …

Reinforced concrete buildings designed and constructed prior to the introduction of seismic
design provisions for ductile response (commonly referred to as nonductile concrete …

Recently, the importance of considering residual (permanent) deformations in the
performance assessment of structures has been recognized. Advanced structural systems …

In different high seismic regions around the world, post-earthquake reconnaissance has
shown that nonductile concrete frame structures are much more susceptible to collapse than …

ASCE/SEI 41 is the consensus US standard for the seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing
buildings. Although the performance-based engineering standard is based on decades of …