Abstract: The effect of site conditions on the response of single‐degree‐of‐freedom inelastic systems is investigated. The study is based on 124 earthquake ground motions recorded on rock, alluvium, and soft soil sites. Special ...

Abstract: Two recently proposed and closely related approximate methods to estimate the maximum lateral inelastic deformations demands of single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems subjected to earthquake ground motions are investigated. ...

Abstract: An approximate method to estimate the maximum lateral deformation demands in multistory buildings responding primarily in the fundamental mode when subjected to earthquake ground motions is presented. This method permits ...

Abstract: The results of a comprehensive statistical study of inelastic displacement ratios that permit the estimation of maximum lateral inelastic displacement demands on a structure from maximum lateral elastic displacement demands ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of an experimental program studying and comparing the frictional behavior of eight different polymers sliding on galvanized steel at velocities up to 350  mm/s, under a normal average pressure ...

Abstract: Ground motion intensity measures (IMs) provide a link between the probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and probabilistic structural response analysis. IMs that are well correlated with the structural response allow an ...

Abstract: This paper analyzed damping ratios inferred from 1,335 seismic responses recorded in 154 instrumented buildings in California. These values were inferred using a parametric system identification technique in the time domain, ...

Abstract: Seismic collapse estimations strongly depend on selecting an intensity measure that minimizes the dispersion in collapse capacities and any possible bias. This study evaluates the recently proposed Filtered Incremental ...

Abstract: The accuracy of an approximate method to estimate floor acceleration demands in multistory buildings responding elastically or practically elastic when subjected to earthquake ground motion is investigated. Modal analysis ...