Abstract: This study examines 1,029 snow-induced building failure incidents in the United States between 1989 and 2009 and 91 international incidents between 1979 and 2009. Incidents were identified through newspaper archives, ...

Abstract: Sand deposits are often stratified with thin layers of low-permeability silt. Previous studies have shown that the presence of sharp variations in permeability could slow down the dissipation of earthquake-induced excess ...

Abstract: This study seeks to understand how housing safety perceptions have changed after a specific hazard event: the 2019–2020 earthquakes affecting the US Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. The research team conducted and qualitatively ...

Abstract: In urban environments, structures are often built in close proximity to each other. Seismic coupling and structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI) are known to affect system accelerations, settlement, and tilt with ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present a probabilistic predictive procedure for a foundation’s permanent average settlement on liquefiable soils improved with ground densification. The proposed procedure is based on 770 three-dimensional ...

Abstract: Buried pipelines subjected to permanent ground deformations (through, e.g., earthquake-induced liquefaction or fault rupture) often experience widespread damage. Regardless of the direction of ground movement, pipelines ...

Abstract: This paper presents probabilistic models for predicting the residual and peak transient tilt of mat-founded structures on liquefiable ground. First, the study presents a completely empirical model based on correlating ...