Natural disasters (NDs) have always been a major threat to human lives and infrastructure,
causing immense damage and loss. In recent years, the increasing frequency and severity …

The process of soil response influencing motion of the structure and vice-versa is termed as
soil-structure interaction (SSI). SSI has been traditionally considered to be beneficial to …

This study proposes a performance-based seismic design (PBSD) method for steel braced
frames with novel self-centering (SC) braces that utilize shape memory alloys (SMA) as a …

Six months after the 4 September 2010 Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake, a Mw 6.2
Christchurch (Lyttelton) aftershock struck Christchurch on the 22 February 2011. This …

The influence of residual interstorey drifts on economic losses in building resulting from
earthquakes is examined. Current building‐specific loss estimation methodologies that …

Past severe earthquakes indicate that structural pounding may cause considerable damage
or even lead to collapse of colliding structures if the separation distance between them is not …

This paper presents results of a study aimed at evaluating the effect of aftershocks in steel
framed buildings. For that purpose, three frame models representing existing steel moment …

Structural pounding has been observed in many previous earthquakes due to insufficient
gap commonly provided between adjacent structures. The collisions usually generate large …

This paper presents a survey of building pounding caused by the 1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake. Pounding was present over a wide geographical area including the cities of …

The Fourier amplitude ratio of the 19 September (Ms= 8.1) to the 21 September 1985 (Ms=
7.6), Michoacan earthquakes obtained from data in and near Mexico City increases from …