Numerous structures uplift under the influence of strong ground motion. Although many
researchers have investigated the effects of base uplift on very stiff (ideally rigid) structures …

Seismic retrofitting of existing school buildings is a significant issue in Taiwan. Compulsory
school buildings often have many openings along their corridors. Here, rather than …

The second corner period has become a feature in the design response spectrum provisions
in some major codes of practices with the general notion that the higher the value of the …

In this paper, the seismic resistance of unreinforced masonry (URM) cylindrical columns is
investigated with an equivalent static analysis procedure. To this end, an existing numerical …

This paper investigates the dynamic behaviour of the external walls of unreinforced masonry
historic buildings with flexible diaphragms subjected to out-of-plane bending. The influence …

The present paper reports an in situ experimental test campaign carried out on existing
buildings, in order to investigate the seismic behaviour of traditional masonry walls subject …

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the diaphragm flexibility on the
behavior of out-of-plane walls in masonry buildings. Simplified models have been …

This paper investigates the applicability of Cu-Al-Mn super-elastic alloy (SEA) bar as a
damping brace system in structural steel frame by performing shaking table tests. The …

This paper presents the results of the investigation on out-of-plane seismic behavior of non-
structural masonry walls using floor response spectrum. Masonry walls collapse in the …