The need for comparable loading histories for seismic acceptance testing is becoming more prevalent as (a) performance-based design, which requires quantification of performance, is becoming a more widely accepted alternative to routine code design, (b) more and more innovative performance enhancement systems (e.g., buckling restrained braces) hit the engineering market, and (c) globalization b...

in this paper effect of pile-soil consideration in obtaining seismic response offshore structure is assessed due to earthquake loading. inducedseismic force is one of the most important excitations for the dynamic response of an offshore structure. according to api, seismic forces should be accounted in platform design for seismically active regions in order to determine the allowable seismic r...

thin-walled hollow steel columns, either circular or box shaped, are commonly used as piers in bridges. recent earthquakes, e.g. hyogoken-nanbu or kobe 1995, on the other hand have shown that these columns are vulnerable to damage when subjected to earthquake loading. this paper presents a new innovative thin-walled hollow steel column fabricated of corrugated plates, “thin-walled steel columns...