Accurate determination of the collapse moment of structures by nonlinear analyses is one of
the major challenges for engineers in the seismic design of buildings. Although, structural …

The collapse resistance of steel columns subjected to combined axial and reversed lateral
loading is investigated computationally. Detailed finite-element models that are validated …

Vehicle collision is occurred in the ground level of buildings accidentally or intentionally.
This event is a common scenario of generating structural damages. In some cases, these …

This paper deals with the assessment of seismic collapse capacities and the related
collapse durations of steel moment-resisting frames (MRFs). For this purpose, three …

The frames with Buckling Restrained Braces (BRB's) are used as a lateral system. The
braces often have a limit amount of ductility and dissipated energy in cyclic loading …

Building collapse is a level of the structure performance in which the amount of financial and
life loss is maximized, so this event could be the worst incident in the construction. In this …

Wide-ranging participation from the US and Japan is being encouraged in the NEES/E-
Defense Collaboration Research Program utilizing the E-Defense shaking table facility. The …

The growing emphasis of considering the behavior of structures at extreme performance
states, such as collapse, has necessitated the characterization of the effects of varying …

Two research projects are working toward petascale computation for earthquake
engineering. The E-Simulator project aims to reproduce a world-class shake-table test, while …

The world's largest earthquake simulator, the E-Defense shake table facility is being utilized
for a major research project on steel buildings in Japan. The project involves several studies …