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Dual-level designs of buildings under seismic loads
Structural Safety, 1996Three methods of dual-level seismic design for buildings are proposed based on consideration of reliability against the serviceability and ultimate limit states. The first is a method of calibration of design parameters according to the two target reliability levels within the context of current code procedures.
Y.K. Wen +3 more
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Amplification Factors for Equipment Design Subjected to Seismic Loading
Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 1998A mathematical technique is developed to evaluate the seismic response of primary equipment supported directly by the main structure and also the response of secondary equipment supported by the primary equipment. The method can be used for structures ranging from the simple to the complex, and is amenable to calculations based on standard spreadsheet ...
R. Jategaonkar, L. G. Jaeger
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Reliability of Current Steel Building Designs for Seismic Loads
1991This is a progress report of a research project which evaluates the performance and safety of buildings designed according to the recently proposed procedures such as Uniform Building Code (UBC) and Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC).
Y. K. Wen +3 more
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SEISMIC DESIGN OF LATERALLY LOADED PILES IN FROZEN GROUND
2014Frozen soils, including both those seasonally frozen as well as permafrost, exist extensively in Alaska and other cold regions. During past earthquakes, extensive damages were observed in deep foundations in the ground, and frozen ground appears to be the direct cause of at least some of those damages.
Zhaohui Yang +4 more
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Assessing tsunami vulnerability of structures designed for seismic loading
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2014Wave movement with large velocity triggered by strong earthquake occurring at the sea bed is generally the primary cause of the tsunami. Occurrence of tsunami (like the one during the Sumatra earthquake in 2004 or the one during the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011) causes devastating damages to the coastal structures and tremendous casualties ...
Sanket Nayak +3 more
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LBB Under Beyond Design Basis Seismic Loading
Volume 8: Seismic Engineering, 2012The Atucha II nuclear power plant is a unique pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) being constructed in Argentina. The original plant design was by Kraftwerk Union (KWU) in the 1970’s using the German methodology of break preclusion. The plant construction was halted for several decades, but a recent need for power was the driver for restarting the ...
Tao Zhang +5 more
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Upgradation of gravity load designed sub-assemblages subjected to seismic type loading
Composite Structures, 2011Abstract In the present study, a methodology based on strength hierarchy has been proposed for upgradation of original gravity load designed (GLD) reinforced concrete (RC) structures. Exterior beam–column joint of an RC structure has been considered as the target sub-assemblage and the target strength of the deficient sub-assemblage was decided from ...
Saptarshi Sasmal +6 more
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Seismic performance of a reinforced concrete building not designed to withstand earthquake loading
2005This paper describes how the evaluation of the seismic behavior of buildings not designed to resist earthquake loading represents a subject of great practical value and of high computation cost. For this reason in past few years many authors have developed simplified methodologies, based on pushover analyses that, with a reduced computation effort if ...
CALIO', Ivo Domenico, MARLETTA M.
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