Seismic fragility analysis of the smithsonian institute museum support center

X Chu, JM Ricles, SN Pakzad - Earthquake spectra, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents the seismic fragility assessment of the Smithsonian Institute Museum
Support Center (MSC), which sustained appreciable damage during the 2011 Virginia …

Probabilistic Seismic Performance Assessment of Low-Ductility Concentrically Braced Frames in East Coast US

X Chu - 2017 - search.proquest.com
The overall objective of this dissertation is to advance knowledge on the seismic behavior
and performance of low-ductility concentrically braced frames (CBF) in the mid-Atlantic east …

Onshore seismic amplifications due to bathymetric features

A Rodríguez-Castellanos… - … of Geophysics and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We perform numerical calculations for onshore seismic amplifications, taking into
consideration the effect of bathymetric features on the propagation of seismic movements …