Urban disaster risk management and reduction requires the development and periodic
updating of regional building inventories. However, the development of such inventories can …

A detailed nonlinear finite element (FE) modelling approach is proposed to represent the
behavior of precast pre-stressed hollow-core (PPHC) slabs under vertical loading until shear …

Due to the extrusion manufacturing process, hollow‐core units in New Zealand do not have
transverse shear reinforcement. The prestressing strands will not be fully developed near …

This article presents a framework to cluster buildings into typologically similar groups and
select indicator buildings for regional seismic response and damage analysis. The …

Even if precast pre-stressed hollow-core (PPHC) slabs are usually designed as simply
supported elements, continuity with the supporting beam may exist when constructed …

This paper introduces a framework to estimate the seismic response of buildings at a
regional scale by using representative indicator buildings. A robust database of buildings is …

Abstract After the 2016 New Zealand Kaikoura Earthquake, the absence of information
about the state of buildings in Wellington proved to be a source of significant policy …

There are many applications in buildings in which precast pre-stressed hollow-core (HC)
slabs are subjected to shear, torsion, or combined shear and torsion. Nonetheless, extruded …

This article describes a detailed database of tall steel moment frame buildings that are
representative of the construction practices in San Francisco prior to the 1994 Northridge …

High-rise buildings consume massive amount of resources with significant carbon footprint
that creates detrimental impacts on the society, economy, and environment. Careful …