Search Results - "Mehrtash Motamedi"

Inelastic response of steel roof deck diaphragms with nailed and welded connections by Motamedi, Mehrtash, Ventura, Carlos E.

“…•The inelastic response and hysteretic behavior of steel deck diaphragms are presented.•The nailed connections present a more ductile behavior than the welded…”
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Study on mechanical characteristics of accordion metallic damper by Motamedi, Mehrtash, Nateghi-A., Fariborz

“…This paper presents Accordion Metallic Damper (AMD) as a unique energy dissipating system that originated from the concept of thin-walled tubes used in…”
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Drift‐ and energy‐based seismic performance assessment of retrofitted wood frame shear wall buildings: Shake table tests by Ventura, Carlos E., Motamedi, Mehrtash, Pan, Yuxin, Tesfamariam, Solomon, Xiong, Haibei

“…In 2004, the Province of British Columbia (BC) announced a multi‐year $1.5 billion seismic retrofit program for the province's 750 at‐risk public schools. The…”
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An explainable prediction framework for engineering problems: case studies in reinforced concrete members modeling by Tahmassebi, Amirhessam, Motamedi, Mehrtash, Alavi, Amir H, Gandomi, Amir H

“…PurposeEngineering design and operational decisions depend largely on deep understanding of applications that requires assumptions for simplification of the…”
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Experimental study on a novel replaceable yielding‐based energy dissipater for rocking and seesaw buildings by Kherad, Soroush, Hosseini, Mahmood, Motamedi, Mehrtash

“…Summary The use of energy dissipaters for creation of earthquake‐resilient buildings has been paid more and more attention in recent years, and some newly…”
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Modeling of a shake‐table tested retrofitted wood‐frame building subjected to subduction ground motions by Pan, Yuxin, Ventura, Carlos E., Bebamzadeh, Armin, Motamedi, Mehrtash

“…In 2004 , the provincial government of British Columbia in Canada initiated a seismic retrofit program to quantify the seismic risk and to implement a seismic…”
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Investigation of the effects of value and modeling approach of natural damping on nonlinear responses of low rise moment-resisting steel frames by Saman Rahat Dahmardeh, Mehrtash Motamedi, Armin Aziminejad

“…Nonlinear time history analysis is recognized as the most appropriate tool for assessing the real behaviour of structures during seismic excitations. Validity…”
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A study on the effects of torsional component of ground motions on seismic response of low‐ and mid‐rise buildings by Rahat Dahmardeh, Saman, Motamedi, Mehrtash, Aziminejad, Armin

“…Summary The torsional component of ground motion is a potential factor to excite the torsional response of buildings during earthquake, which is not explicitly…”
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Tensile Behavior of Embedded Steel Sections with End Plates by Heristchian, Mahmoud, Motamedi, Mehrtash, Pourakbar, Pouyan, Shams, Ali

“…AbstractAccording to standards, the exposed steel column bases and other steel-concrete connections use anchor bolts to resist the tensile (or pullout)…”
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