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<p>Proceedings of "Frontiers of Earthquake Engineering" conference. Anchorage, Alaska, USA 21-25 July 2014 Volume 1 of 11 </p>
Reference: 10th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2014 (10NCEE), Anchorage, Alaska, USA 21-25 July 2014 Volume 1 of 11
Shortcomings of modern seismic design in reinforced concrete have necessitated the development of new systems capable of addressing these issues. Able to be constructed using existing industry techniques, the slotted beam is one such practicable, economic ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
This paper investigates the influence of hysteretic characteristics of structures on contents damage. The damage to contents considered was limited to sliding induced damage, excluding rocking induced damage. A single storey structure and contents were modelled ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
On February 9 and 10, 2012,the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) convened a workshop with support from theU.S.National Science Foundation (NSF)to identify themes and directions for research resulting from the September 4, 2010 and February 22, ...
Reference: Report from a Workshop held February 9 and 10, 2012
<p>This article describes briefly the main assessments on the approaches used by engineers in quantifying the seismic effect on an underground structure, both referring to deterministic either probabilistic methods. However, the main purpose is that of proposing ...
Reference: ETH Zurich – 15 dec. 2011 Colloquium on seismic design of tunnels
 
<p>One goal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) is to encourage design and building practices that address the earthquake hazard and minimize the resulting risk of damage and injury. ...
Reference: FEMA P-749 / December 2010
 
The material in this document relates specifically to earthquake hazards, and should not be assumed to have wider applicability. It is intended to provide general guidance for geotechnical earthquake engineering. It is intended that, when properly used in ...
Reference: New Zealand Geotechnical Society Guidelines for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Practice in New Zealand Rev 0 Issue Date July 2010
This thesis deals with the model accuracy for seismic design of immersed tunnels, like the proposed underwater artery in Thessaloniki, Greece. The soil response to seismic waves is analysed in the frequency domain by means of the domain transformation method ...
Reference: MASTER’S THESIS THE SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, AALBORG UNIVERSITY, 2008
Severe damage to six out of a total of 21 subway stations in the Kobe area during the 1995 Hyogoken-nanbu earthquake indicated a need for more attention to be given to the earthquake design of rectangular underground structures. This paper presents work undertaken ...
Reference: 2005 NZSEE Conference
<p>This paper presents the application of the PEER (Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research) PBEE (Performance-based earthquake engineering) methodology to one of the six PEER testbeds, namely the Humboldt Bay Middle Channel (HBMC) Bridge, one of three bridges ...
Reference: "13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering Vancouver, B.C., Canada August 1-6, 2004 Paper No. 2978"