Abstract: Seismic responses and reliability of a one-story L-shaped woodframe building tested at the CSIRO Structures Laboratory and a hypothetical two-story L-shaped building based on the test house were investigated using a ...

Abstract: Biaxial flexural interaction has been known to significantly affect, in many cases magnify, structural response in the inelastic range. Compared to uniaxial cases, the distinct characteristics of biaxial hysteresis curves ...

Abstract: Widespread occurrence of brittle beam-to-column connection fracture has been discovered in steel frame buildings after 1994 Northridge and 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquakes. To investigate the effects of connection failure ...

Abstract: The redundancy of building structures under earthquake ground motion attracted more attention after the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe earthquakes. Very little, however, is known on redundancy under stochastic dynamic loads ...

Abstract: This paper reviews existing approaches to system resilience, and proposes a scheme to quantify the resilience of water resource systems. In general, three aspects of resilience are considered in water resource systems: (1) ...

Abstract: This paper presents a three-dimensional (3D) finite-element model (FEM) of part of a contemporary timber-framed house for assessing the load sharing and contribution of lining elements to load sharing. Assembled with ...