The Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Arts building is the world’s first commercial implementation of a post tensioned Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) shear wall system based on EXPAN technology. In order to understand the response of the building in ...

This paper presents a study of the dynamic analysis of a building before and after devastating earthquakes using system identification. The eight storey reinforced concrete building is instrumented with 10 accelerometers. The time domain N4SID system identification ...

This paper presents a parametric investigation of the seismic response of circular tunnel. The dynamic response in non-linear conditions due to seismic shaking is analysed numerically making use of the finite element program ICFEP in non-linear conditions. ...

<p>Cyclic1D is a nonlinear Finite Element program for one-dimensional (1D) lateral dynamic site-response simulations. The program operates in the time domain, allowing for linear (Hughes 1987) and nonlinear studies. Nonlinearity is simulated by incremental ...

The present study concerns analysis of the seismic response of earth dams. The behaviour of both the shell and core of the dam is described using the simple and popular non associated Mohr-Coulomb criterion. The use of this constitutive model is justified ...

The effects of near-fault vertical accelerations on the overall response of ordinary highway bridges are investigated. Nonlinear simulation models with varying configurations of an existing bridge in California are considered in the analytical study. A comprehensive ...

This paper is concerned with the study of the effect of combined horizontal and vertical accelerations on the seismic response of reinforced concrete structures. To achieve this objective, three reinforced concrete buildings representative of rigid, semi-rigid ...

<p>Presented here is an analysis of the effects of soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI) on seismic response of highway bridges. Of particular importance is the issue of input motions, their scaling and application to the SFS models. The analysis presented ...

The design for a major cable-stayed bridge to be constructed in seismically-active Charleston, South Carolina, included rock islands around the main span piers as protection from shipimpact. Considering the seismic potential, a primary concern was the potential ...

The original subgrade conditions generally consisted of loose, liquefiable sands, expected to significantly lose strength during the design earthquake and soft, compressible clays. To mitigate the risk of liquefaction-induced instability and to mitigate the ...