Search Results - "EERI, M"

Seismic behavior of a jumbo container crane including uplift by Jacobs, Laura D, Kosbab, Benjamin D, Leon, Roberto T, DesRoches, Reginald

“…Despite their importance to successful port operations, container cranes have received little attention in the context of seismic behavior. This paper presents…”
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Repair costs of reinforced concrete building components; from actual data analysis to calibrated consequence functions by Del Vecchio, Ciro, Di Ludovico, Marco, Prota, Andrea

“…Modern seismic design and the retrofitting of buildings necessarily need to account for expected economic losses. Available refined and simplified procedures…”
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Structure-specific scalar intensity measures for near-source and ordinary earthquake ground motions by Luco, Nicolas, Cornell, C. Allin

“…Introduced in this paper are several alternative ground-motion intensity measures (IMs) that are intended for use in assessing the seismic performance of a…”
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A Computationally Efficient Ground-Motion Selection Algorithm for Matching a Target Response Spectrum Mean and Variance by JAYARAM, Nirmal, TING LIN, BAKER, Jack W

“…Dynamic structural analysis often requires the selection of input ground motions with a target mean response spectrum. The variance of the target response…”
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Performance evaluation of the USGS velocity model for the San Francisco Bay Area by Pinilla-Ramos, Camilo, Pitarka, Arben, McCallen M. EERI, David, Nakata, Rie

“…In this study, we evaluated the performance of the United States Geological Survey velocity model developed for the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA), version…”
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Creating fragility functions for performance-based earthquake engineering by Porter, Keith, Kennedy, Robert, Bachman, Robert

“…The Applied Technology Council is adapting PEER's performance-based earthquake engineering methodology to professional practice. The methodology's…”
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Residual drifts of self-centering systems including effects of ambient building resistance by Eatherton, Matthew R, Hajjar, Jerome F

“…There has been widespread interest in the development and use of self-centering (SC) lateral resisting systems that eliminate residual drifts after large…”
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Comparison of peak ductility demand of inelastic SDOF systems in maximum elastic response and major principal directions by Goda, Katsuichiro

“…This study investigates the orientation dependency of the peak ductility demand of inelastic single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems of known strengths by…”
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Consistent Source-to-Site Distance Metrics in Ground-Motion Prediction Equations and Seismic Source Models for PSHA by BOMMER, Julian J, EERI, M, AKKAR, Sinan

“…Most modern ground-motion prediction equations (GMPE) use definitions of the source-to-site distance that reflect the dimensions of the fault rupture for…”
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Scalability and sustainability in uncertain environments; transition to recovery from the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquakes by Comfort, Louise K, Joshi, James

“…The transition from response to recovery in Nepal following the 25 April and 12 May 2015 earthquakes represents an unusual set of tensions among political,…”
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Developing empirical collapse fragility functions for global building types by Jaiswal, Kishor, Wald, David, D'Ayala, Dina

“…Building collapse is the dominant cause of casualties during earthquakes. In order to better predict human fatalities, the U.S. Geological Survey's Prompt…”
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Statistical analysis of earthquake debris extent from wood-frame buildings and its use in road networks in Japan by Moya, Luis, Mas, Erick, Yamazaki, Fumio, Liu, Wen, Koshimura, Shunichi

“…Debris scattering is one of the main causes of road/street blockage after earthquakes in dense urban areas. Therefore, the evaluation of debris scattering is…”
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Uncertainty and correlation for loss assessment of spatially distributed systems by Lee, Renee, Kiremidjian, Anne S

“…Seismic risk assessment for a spatially distributed system, such as a lifeline network, involves characterization of ground shaking and structural damage for…”
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Testing protocol for experimental seismic qualification of distributed nonstructural systems by Retamales, Rodrigo, Mosqueda, Gilberto, Filiatrault, Andre, Reinhorn, Andrei

“…Building codes and standards now require seismic qualification of mechanical and electrical equipment and their mounting systems in important buildings to…”
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Consequences of modeling choices in seismic performance assessment of buildings by Swensen, Daniel J, Kunnath, Sashi K

“…Performance-based approaches utilizing nonlinear analyses have become increasingly popular for seismic evaluation of buildings. Nonlinear simulations of…”
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Risk-based seismic design for optimal structural and nonstructural system performance by Rojas, Hugo A, Foley, Christopher, Pezeshk, Shahram

“…An automated performance-based design methodology to optimize structural and nonstructural system performance is outlined and it is shown that it can be used…”
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Sequential propagation of seismic fragility across interdependent lifeline systems by Hernandez-Fajardo, Isaac, Dueñas-Osorio, Leonardo

“…Realistic models of service networks must consider the evolution of interactions with external systems to evaluate emergent response effects on individual…”
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Fragility of hydraulic elevators for use in performance-based earthquake engineering by Porter, Keith

“…New performance-based earthquake engineering methods developed by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, the Applied Technology Council, and…”
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Experimental evaluation of the in-plane seismic behavior of storefront window systems by Eva, Charles, Hutchinson, Tara C

“…Storefront window systems have been shown to suffer significant damage during earthquake loading, resulting in the potential for human injuries and significant…”
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A screening procedure for seismic risk assessment in urban building stocks by Sucuoglu, Haluk, Yazgan, Ufuk, Yakut, Ahmet

“…An effective step for seismic risk mitigation in large urban areas under high seismic risk is to identify the most vulnerable buildings that may sustain…”
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