Seismic Assessment and Design of Structures

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: acceptance criteria; anchor bolt; anchoring devices; atypical cross-section; autoclaved lightweight aerated concrete (ALC) panel; axial compression failure; beam-column joints; bending damage; bending moment; beyond design basis earthquake; bond; bridge; brittle failure; buckling-restrained brace; carbon fiber-reinforced polymer longitudinal bars; CFRP strips; Chaboche kinematic hardening model; collapse fragility curve; concrete; cracked concrete; cumulative damage; cyclic loading; dam pier; damage distribution; damage index; damage measure; dampers’ combination; DBM; DESANM; design criteria; design-basis earthquake; dominated mode; dual-phase reinforcing steel; dynamic characteristics; dynamic load protocol; dynamic response; earthquake; earthquake loads; earthquake resistance design; earthquake-resistant design; Eurocode 8; FEM; finite element analysis; fragility curve; fragility curves; frequency contents combination in the time domain; frequency domain; frequency ratio; friction damper; global and local EDPs; History of engineering and technology; IDA; IMPA; Impulsive Semi-Active Mass Damper; incidence angle; incremental dynamic analysis; inelastic seismic analysis; laminated rubber bearing; lead rubber bearing; linear and bilinear PSDMs; loess area; LRB design; M/φ characteristics; magnetorheological damper; masonry infill panels; mass ratio; maximum displacement; maximum interstory drift; maximum roof displacement; modal-based ground motion selection; MPA; multi-hazard; multiple separations; n/a; near-fault ground motions; near-fault vertical earthquake; non-linear dynamic analysis; nonlinear dynamic analyses; nonlinear dynamic analysis; nonlinear response time history analysis; nonlinear static analysis; nonlinear time-history analysis; nonparametric method; nuclear facility component; nuclear metal component; optimization; parametric method; parametric study; passive energy dissipation systems; plastic hinge region; plastic strain; post-installed anchor; principal strain; probabilistic seismic assessment; PSDM’s assumptions; pull-out; pull-out strength; pushover; pushover analysis; rapid seismic assessment; RC beam-column joint; RC isolated continuous girder bridge; RC structure; reinforced concrete; reinforced concrete (RC); reinforced concrete frames; reinforced concrete shear wall structure; reinforced polymer cement mortar (RPCM); reinforcement effect; response controlled systems; seismic; seismic analysis; seismic behavior; seismic calculation; seismic design codes; seismic evaluation performance; seismic excitation period; seismic fragility analysis; seismic isolation; seismic isolation frequency; seismic performance; seismic response; seismic response analysis; seismic site classification; setbacks; shaking table test; shear; shear force; shear retrofit; smooth reinforcement; soil response; SPEAR; SPH method; SRS method; steel buildings; steel structure; steel structures; story drift ratio; strain gauge; strain gauge rosettes; structural displacement; structural irregularity; structural performance evaluation; structural pounding; subspace identification; substandard buildings; T-beams; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; Technology: general issues; Tempcore reinforcing steel; tests; the cloud method; the copula function; torsional behavior; torsional vibration; traffic engineering; tuned mass damper; upgrading old RC structures; vertical component; vertical excitation amplitude; viscous damper; Voce isotropic hardening model; wind

This Special Issue reprint is dedicated to presenting open and challenging issues in earthquake engineering. It consists of 29 peer-reviewed papers that cover a broad range of subjects and applications related to the seismic assessment and design of structures. Based on advanced computational, analy...