Buildings with asymmetry and various classes of irregularity are found to be a major cause
for collapses of structure, property loss, and casualties during earthquakes. Such …

第二代基于性能地震工程理论中的地震易损性主要是指结构构件以及非结构构件的抗震能力,
与传统地震风险理论中的地震易损性定义和内涵并不相同. 为了澄清二者的不一致性 …

In this paper, a new method for performance based earthquake analysis and design has
been introduced. In this method, the structure is subjected to accelerograms that impose …

In view of the stronger vulnerability of horizontally irregular structures during earthquakes,
numerous studies have been made since mid-1950 s. Unfortunately, research progress in …

The infrequent nature of earthquakes in the Central and Eastern United States (CEUS), and
the fact that none with intensity comparable to the New Madrid sequence of 1811-12 has …

In this paper, application of a new dynamic procedure called Endurance Time (ET) method
in seismic analysis of steel frames is explained. In this method, structures are subjected to …

The effectiveness of two proposed lateral load patterns (LLPs) to estimate the seismic
demands of base-isolated building frames by the pushover analysis (POA) is assessed by …

Anisotropic behavior occurs in natural soils and rocks, owing to sedimentation and
weathering. However, the semi-analytical methods of near-fault broadband seismogram …

To investigate the seismic liquefaction performance of earth dams under earthquake
loading, we present a new methodology for evaluating the seismic response of earth dams …

The seismic fragility in 2nd-generation performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE)
generally refers to the seismic capacities of both structural components and non-structural …