Abstract: This study presents an experimental investigation of seismic control of a building complex using variable friction damper. The laboratory-scale building complex was composed of a 12-story building and a three-story podium ...

Abstract: The paper describes a novel method for determining the failure criterion of masonry in biaxial bending. The conventional failure theories are not applicable to masonry that exhibits both strength and stiffness orthotropies. ...

Abstract: A multistory building with a large podium structure under earthquake excitation may suffer from whipping effect due to the sudden change of building lateral stiffness and mass at the top of the podium structure. An ...