To further study the global seismic behaviour and post-earthquake reparability of RC building frames with proposed self-centring columns low-bond high-strength reinforcements (LBHSRs), incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) five-floor ten-floor frame archetypes under excitation by twenty ground motions (GMs) was performed. First, pushover results indicated that use LBHSR could substantially improve...

This paper introduces a novel design concept for the development of efficient, sustainable Rocking-Wall Moment Frames (RWMFs) under seismic conditions. The proposed concepts lead to a novel structural configuration with provisions for Collapse Prevention (CP), Self-Centering (SC), reparability, performance control (PC), damage reduction, and energy based seismic analysis. It introduces the meri...

in this article economic loss means those losses occurring independently of physical damage to things or to a person's body or health. there are two main positions about reparability of these losses: in some countries like french, belgium, spain, italy and luxembourg as a principle rule economic loss is recoverable and there is no difference between economic loss and other losses. but in s...

Abstract Bridge resilience is a newly proposed bridge design criterion that involves robustness, redundancy and reparability targeting on the rapidity of functionality restoration after suffering extreme actions long-term durability deterioration. It stipulates lower probability reaching ultimate limit state or strength state, which have been only partly involved in codes around world. In AASHT...

Tobacco cigarette smoking is a well-established risk factor for oral diseases, especially periodontal diseases. Over the past few years, electronic cigarettes (or "E-cigarettes") have gained popularity. There some evidence that e-cigarettes may play role in helping people quit smoking, and they are occasionally seen as less dangerous alternative to tobacco use. However, there worries about thei...