Abstract: Terrorist attacks are a growing threat worldwide. Explosive devices, the weapon of choice for a majority of these attacks, significantly threaten civilian and military personnel. Seismic ground motions are also associated ...

Abstract: Damping plays an important role in structural dynamics by absorbing energy and reducing structural responses. The inherent damping in a building ranges from approximately 2 to 10% critical damping in the first mode; even ...

Abstract: Terrorist attacks are a growing threat worldwide. Explosive devices, the weapon of choice for a majority of these attacks, significantly threaten civilian and military personnel. Seismic ground motions are also associated ...

Abstract: The devastating low-frequency ground motions of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake produced large displacements in low-frequency structures previously thought to be safe, including base-isolated structures. Rate-independent ...

Abstract: This paper presents a methodology for analyzing wind pressure data on cladding and components of low-rise buildings. The aerodynamic force acting on a specified area is obtained by summing up pressure time series measured ...

Abstract: Substructure hybrid simulation of engineering structures subjected to multiple-support excitation (MSE) is investigated. In time-history analysis of MSE problems, the equations of motion are generally posed in relative ...