Abstract: High voltage porcelain bushings mounted on transformers have shown vulnerability during past earthquakes. This is contrary to the generally good performance observed during shake table qualification testing of bushings ...

Abstract: A simple numerical model to predict the load-displacement response and energy dissipation characteristics of wood shear walls under general quasi-static cyclic loading is presented. In this model the shear wall is composed ...

Abstract: An important advancement in structural engineering in recent years has been the development of performance-based seismic design. However, its application to engineered wood framed buildings remains largely unexplored. This ...

Abstract: Dynamic tests were done on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sliding bridge bearings to evaluate their frictional characteristics at frequencies above 1 Hz. High frequency seismic responses of PTFE bearings are expected to ...

Abstract: This is the second of two companion papers on the seismic analysis of woodframe structures. In Part I, a simple numerical model was formulated to predict the dynamic characteristics, quasistatic pushover, and seismic ...

Abstract: A simple numerical model to predict the dynamic characteristics, quasistatic pushover, and seismic response of woodframe buildings is presented. In this model the building structure is composed of two primary components: ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of quasi-static bending tests on two different flexible conductors (cables) used to interconnect electrical substation equipment. The main objectives were to observe the flexural response ...

Abstract: In this paper we investigate experimentally the dynamic interaction between components of electrical substation equipment interconnected by flexible (cable) conductors. Shake table tests were conducted on five different ...

Abstract: This paper investigates experimentally the dynamic interaction between components of electrical substation equipment interconnected by rigid bus conductors. Specific tests conducted in this study were (1) quasi-static tests ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the seismic demand on acceleration-sensitive nonstructural components in buildings equipped with fluid viscous dampers. Nonlinear dynamic response analyses were conducted on three steel moment-resisting ...