This paper focuses on developing a model for the Indian region to simulate ground motion using the spectral element method. The topography, bathymetry, and the 3-dimensional material properties are...

The Taiwan Ground Deformation Index (TGDI) is proposed to quantify site vulnerability using a non-linear soil deformation model, PGA parameters from the Taiwan seismic intensity scale, and microtre...

The pile-anchor structure has been widely studied by global researchers. However, there is still little research on seismic optimization measures considering energy dissipation. In this research, t...

This paper aims to determine a non-liquefiable domain corresponding to the threshold of saturation degree where liquefaction does not occur under cyclic loading. To determine this threshold, sample...

Canyons have a significant influence on near-fault earthquakes, and near-fault earthquakes exhibit strong amplitude and large spatial variability. In turn, this causes the damage and deformation of...

This study evaluates the seismic stability of veneer cover systems, addressing the sliding failure (SF) and uplifted-floating failure (UF) caused by retained water. The modified pseudo-dynamic (MPD...

The source modeling of 2021 Miyagi earthquake (Mw7.0) offers a significant tool to understand the initial evaluation of M9 earthquake cycle in this region. This article seeks to simulate the 2021 M...

A novel device based on the energy transfer concept, named impact mass damper (IMD), is presented for the mitigation of large structural vibrations due to horizontal seismic excitations. To achieve...

This study presents an image-assisted method for seismic damage evaluation of RC walls, integrating image processing, feature ranking, and machine learning. The method utilizes features from surfac...

A subroutine incorporating soil nonlinearity is presented using SPECFEM3D Cartesian, an open-access Spectral Element Method (SEM)-based code for full waveform simulation. Specifically, the adaptive...

Hollow steel section (HSS) collars with significant flexural stiffness in addition to their axial stiffness are proposed to prevent brittle lap splice failures. Experimental program on five full-sc...

This study examines machine learning to estimate the stiffness modifiers of rectangular reinforced concrete columns. It involves training and validating these models on experimental data. The extre...

A clustering-based framework that can select a smaller number of ground motions from the entire ground motion set for collapse fragility estimation of structures while preserving the accuracy is pr...

Quantitative characterization and proper parameterization of pulse-like ground motions have been a challenge for earthquake engineering research. The azimuth of the pulse-like ground motion has a g...

This study investigates applying machine learning (ML) algorithms to estimate seismic fragility curves of reinforced concrete moment-resisting frames. The goal is to achieve computationally efficie...

The paper presents quantification of site-city-interaction (SCI) effects on buildings and free-field motion under earthquake loading. The obtained reduction in the response of buildings in wide ban...

This study proposes a simplified theoretical model to predict the in-plane lateral capacity of unreinforced masonry (URM) walls, addressing limitations in current design guidelines based on semi-em...

This study addressed the issue of distortion in evaluating the seismic damage state of railway bridge piers using the original Park-Ang damage index. By constructing a parameterized co-simulation p...

A new formulation of the seismic response of the masonry arch hit by sequences of impulses of horizontal acceleration, of assigned intensity and duration, is the subject of the paper. After a preli...

February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş-Türkiye earthquakes caused widely scattered damage in southeastern Türkiye. In this manuscript, liquefaction-induced failure of the Demirköprü bridge is discussed. T...

This study investigated the random scattering effect in sedimentary basins with uncertain geotechnical parameters under vertical SV waves using multiplicative dimensional reduction method. The infl...

A novel joint with a splice lap was proposed, which was damage-control and repairable fully precast beam-column joint (DRBJ) connected by energy-dissipating connecting steel plates to remarkably di...

This study examines the structural characteristics and post-earthquake damage status of 2790 buildings in Antakya downtown after the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes.The study reveals how structural featu...

This paper investigates the variation in residual displacements (RDs) of lead rubber bearings (LRBs) subjected to bi-directional earthquake excitations when lead core heating effect is of concern. ...

This paper covers the seismic performance of liquid tanks due to 2023 Türkiye earthquakes and a case study of a moderately damaged self-supported tank is studied. Typical types of damage were slosh...

This study investigates the structural performance of industrial buildings following the February 6, 2023, earthquakes in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, focusing mainly on industrial zones. Causes of damag...

In this paper, the performances of two electrical cabinet specimens during shake table tests are described in detail in terms of the observed damage and their measured peak transient responses. The...

Structures are usually built to withstand the mainshock, aftershocks offer extra difficulties. Aftershocks frequently occur following an earthquake result in multiple earthquakes, therefore they ar...

The development of the Community Information Database (CID) provides an opportunity to enhance the accuracy of predicting regional seismic damage. The CID includes fundamental attributes of buildin...

In this paper, a time-domain solution for Rayleigh wave scattering from a complex site of Alpine Valley is presented based on the scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM). Both the near-field ...

This study focuses on the analytical identification and quantification of one type of spurious responses in the context of response history analysis. The spurious response is caused by linear inter...

The impact of corrosion degree, axial compression ratio, reinforcement ratio of longitudinal bar and horizontal distribution rebar, and stirrup of boundary column on seismic performance of RC shear...

The scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) is implemented in ABAQUS through the user subroutine interface. The accuracy of the proposed method and computer program are verified by using two ...

To improve the seismic performance of precast concrete reinforced frame structures which are widely used worldwide, and enable a certain repairable function for the precast structure after an earth...

A simple relationship is proposed to construct constant-damage energy factor (γDI) spectra of single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) oscillators with different levels of damage, expressed by the Park-Ang ...

It is well recognized that the liquefaction resistance is closely related to the consolidation stress in soils. However, previous studies investigated the effects of unidirectional consolidation lo...

This study uses the finite element method to investigate partially infilled reinforced concrete frames under monotonic loading. A FE model of a fully infilled frame was validated against an existin...

Recent studies have focused on identifying the optimal seismic and energy upgrading interventions, among different alternatives, for poorly performing existing buildings. Most of such studies use d...

The metropolitan area of Lisbon is the region of Portugal with the highest seismic risk, given the coexistence of moderate-to-high hazard with high population density and building stock exposure. T...

Controlled rocking braced frames (CRBFs) are a self-centering lateral force-resisting system aimed at reducing structural damage potential. Previous research has shown that relatively low design fo...

Quantifying the impact of modelling uncertainty on seismic performance assessment of existing buildings is non-trivial when considering the partial information available on material properties, con...

In this study, the seismic response of a newly constructed RC building, which suffered collapse-level damage during the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquake, is simulated through nonlinear res...

Earthquake damage to engineering structures often occur in near-fault areas. Near-fault ground motion is characterized by high-energy velocity pulses, long action period, and strong destructiveness...

A shake table test using a full-scale 2-story steel moment frame was conducted to investigate the peak floor acceleration (PFA) and the peak component acceleration (PCA), which directly affect the ...

The hysteresis model simplifies the relationship between resilience and deformation in seismic performance analysis of structural components. However, accurately capturing structural performance po...

On February 6, 2023, two devastating earthquakes with magnitudes larger than 7,5 occurred in Türkiye, within the nine hours of each other. Damage was observed on inter-provincial roads, railroads a...

This study investigates the effects of the February 6, 2023, earthquakes in Türkiye, measuring 7.8 and 7.6 magnitudes (Mercalli intensities XI and X). It comprehensively assesses their impact, alon...

Dynamic analysis of underground structures, such as tunnels, is crucial to ensure their safety and stability during seismic loading. This paper proposes a more general method of large elliptic arc ...

This study conducts quasi-static tests and finite element (FE) analysis by using ABAQUS software to examine the effects of floor combination effect (FCE) on the seismic behavior of a novel type of ...

Ground motions and seismic site factors for the design and analysis of infrastructure systems are typically computed based on one-dimensional (1-D) site response analysis, assuming the ground surfa...

This study aims to introduce a risk-targeted probabilistic model that facilitates seismic design hazard mapping. Here, we investigate how to incorporate hazard regional variations and different str...

Similar waveforms and overlapping frequency ranges make distinguishing blasting vibrations and microseismic signals challenging, causing interference with coal mine microseismic monitoring systems....

The seismic performance of the CRTS II slab ballastless track lateral block (TLB) for high-speed railways (HSRs) is revealed for the first time. Nine test models of the main beam-TLB are constructe...

Sulawesi’s complex tectonic setting generates active Palu-Koro and Matano faults. Understanding earthquake mechanic is important for mitigation purpose. We performed fault strength analysis by exam...

To evaluate the seismic performance of a prestressed concrete-steel hybrid (PCSH) wind turbine tower, the seismic fragility curves based on incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) and multiple stripe an...

The availability of reasonable input ground motions is a prerequisite for investigating the seismic response of near-fault structures. Currently, realistic near-fault pulse-like seismic records are...

A novel method for assessing the seismic resilience of railway stations is introduced. With this method, a railway station is divided into five constituent systems. The structural components, nonst...

The present study investigates the effects of the degradation of mechanical properties (pinching, stiffness degradation, and strength degradation) in load-deformation relationship of the superstruc...

Owing to high fatigue life, the iron-based shape memory alloy (FeSMA) buckling-restrained braces (BRBs) are emerging as a promising candidate against long-duration earthquakes. However, the corresp...

This study proposes an integrated dimension-reduction representation strategy for simulating multivariate mainshock-aftershock stochastic ground motions based on measured motion records. The strate...