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Research on dam** and restoring force performance of artificial hinge based on the micro-nano ceramic coated steel bar
Under sudden earthquake conditions, the building structure is usually only damaged and not collapsed, but its internal core equipment and valuable...
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An efficient approach for the equivalent linearization of frame structures with plastic hinges under nonstationary seismic excitations
An efficient approach is proposed for the equivalent linearization of frame structures with plastic hinges under nonstationary seismic excitations....
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Seismic performance of prefabricated beam-to-column joint with replaceable energy-dissipating steel hinge
This study presents a novel energy-dissipating prefabricated joint for connecting beam to column in a precast frame structure. The joints are...
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An improved plastic hinge relocation technique for RC beam–column joints: experimental and numerical investigations
Although some of the previous plastic hinge relocation (PHR) techniques contribute to enhancing the seismic performance of beam–column joints, they...
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Elastic–Plastic Analysis of Rigid Passive Piles in Two-Layered Soils
The paper analyses the behavior of a rigid passive pile embedded in a soil profile consisting of a stable layer underlying an unstable layer...
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Plastic rotation capacity of RC columns under biaxial seismic demands
Seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) columns should be evaluated considering biaxial demands for a more realistic assessment. However,...
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Experimental and numerical study regarding H-steel all-bolted connection steel frame with composite wall boards
H-steel all-bolted connection steel frame structures with heat preservation and decoration composite wall boards were investigated and the seismic...
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Assessment of hysteretic dam** in reinforced concrete structures using local hinge characteristics
Performance-based seismic engineering is nowadays adopted for economical design of structures to resist earthquakes and it requires nonlinear static...
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Experimental investigation on seismic performance of severely earthquake-damaged RC bridge piers after rapid strengthening
This paper proposes a rapid strengthening method for severely earthquake-damaged RC piers. In this strengthening method, high-strength steel bars...
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Ductility-Based Plastic Design
A seismic design method for plane steel moment resisting frames is presented. The method designs moment frames with desired ductility and failure...
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Energy-Based Plastic Design
A compete methodology for the seismic design of plane steel frames is presented. It has been successfully used for moment resisting frames,...
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Nonlinear macromodeling of multistory RC buildings with masonry infill walls
The structural behavior prediction of the multistory reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with masonry infill walls (MIWs) during earthquakes is...
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Maximum Drift Demands of Earthquake Damaged Reinforced Concrete Columns Based on Residual Flexure Cracks
Assessment of existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures after an earthquake is a challenging task that must somehow relate qualitative and...
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Hysteretic behavior of high-strength bar reinforced concrete columns under cyclic loading
Hot-rolled ribbed bar (HRB) 600 is a new type of high-strength (HS) reinforcement. Its tensile stress‒strain curves show an obvious yield plateau,...
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Seismic fragility assessment of bridges with as-built and retrofitted splice-deficient columns
A significant proportion of existing bridges in high seismic regions were constructed prior to the 1970s. As a result of poor reinforcement...
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Dynamic response of buildings under debris flow impact
This study employs the smoothed particle hydrodynamics–finite element method (SPH–FEM) coupling numerical method to investigate the impact of debris...
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Physical vulnerability assessment of damaged buildings to the Shenzhen catastrophic CSW landslide
An increasing number of dumpsites have been built to stockpile a large amount of construction solid waste (CSW) during urbanization. Physical...
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Assessing potential damage and energy dissipation in low-rise high-strength concrete frames with strong infill walls using applied element method
Structures sustain severe structural and nonstructural damage during seismic events like earthquakes. Strong infill walls increase the stiffness and...
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Shear Test of Pre-stressed Anchor Block and Fracture Mechanism Analysis of Anchor Cable
The large-scale model test bench frame is adopted to carry out shear test on the pre-stressed anchor block containing structural plane, and the...
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Performance-based assessment of slender reinforced concrete columns typical of precast industrial buildings
Typically, the columns of the prefabricated reinforced concrete (RC) industrial buildings and warehouses with large clear storey heights are very...
