Since the structure and foundation are built on soil, the soil is the major platform by which seismic vibrations are transmitted to the structure, and has noticeable effects on the response and behavior of structure during earthquakes. In this research, the recently introduced Performance-based plastic design (PBPD) and its modified Performance-based plastic design (MPBPD) method in which soil ...

The RC-framed building is one of the most common construction techniques for seismic-resistant structures due to its ductile nature. But seismic performance RC structure affected by various factors among which site soil condition vital. sub-soil affects time period eventually impacts earthquake force in structure, thus making variations loadings. Although several studies have been performed and...

In this research, the influence of global slenderness and sliding pallets factor on seismic design steel storage racks are assessed. Variations in span length, height levels, live load, percentage load considered mass studied for different levels zone soil type. The models were designed according to Chilean Code NCh2369. Subsequently, a sensitivity analysis was developed analyze each parameter ...

In order to promote researches in seismic hazard analysis, engineering structural damage assessment, and socio-economic loss estimation in Taiwan, the National Science Council started the HAZ-Taiwan project in 1998. The National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering also develops the associated application software "Taiwan Earthquake Loss Estimation System" to integrate various inventor...

The base isolation systems are among the passive control devices that have been used over the last three decades to limit the seismic-induced response of structures. In this regard, the Uniform Building Code provisions (UBC) has incorporated a special section for the seismic design of base isolated structures since its 1991 edition. Due to the importance of the behavior of these structures unde...

A large scale hydraulic injection was conducted at the Australian Hot Dry Rock site in November and December, 2003 in order to develop a commercial size underground heat exchanger. A Japanese seismic team set up the seismic network and data acquisition system, and carried out microseismic monitoring during the period in co-operation with the Australian teams. On-site analysis was done as an alm...

One of the ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs), which have recently been developed in the Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) project, is employed in this article to estimate site response in terms of amplification factor of the seismic waves in soft superficial sedimentary layer. This study also presents briefly the existing information dealing with the methods for estimating subsurface s...