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Simulation of Hurricane Wind Fields for Community Resilience Applications: A Data-Driven Approach Using Integrated Asymmetric Holland Models for Inner and Outer Core Regions
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Accurate modeling of the damage caused by hurricanes making landfall to physical infrastructure relies on the accurate modeling of temporally and spatially varying wind fields. However, wind field measurements from past ...
Revealing Bluff-Body Aerodynamics on Low-Rise Buildings under Tornadic Winds Using Numerical Laboratory Tornado Simulator
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Tornadoes result in death and property loss in communities around the world. To quantify the actions of tornadoes on civil structures, researchers have built physical laboratory tornado simulators to simulate tornadoes in ...
Seismic Loss Estimation with Consideration of Aftershock Hazard and Post-Quake Decisions
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Assessment of Seismic Performance of Buildings with Incorporation of Aftershocks
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Aftershock ground motions are essential for the study of aftershock synthesis into seismic risk. However, the number of available aftershock records is limited, which necessitates that the methods for synthesizing aftershocks ...
Load Distribution in Light-Frame Wood Buildings under Experimentally Simulated Tsunami Loads
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper presents the results of a test program whose goal was to better understand the contribution of individual elements to the performance of typical light-frame wood structures during tsunami loading. The intent was ...
Probabilistic Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Nonductile Reinforced Concrete Buildings Retrofitted with Base Isolation: Considering Mainshock–Aftershock Hazards
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Nonductile reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings were found to be vulnerable to earthquakes. Thus retrofitting of these buildings is necessary, as addressed in the recent retrofit program of Los Angeles. A potential ...
Pres-Lam Buildings: State-of-the-Art
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Post-tensioned timber (Pres-Lam) buildings have been constructed throughout the world, beginning in 2010. The technology, which originated from low-damage concrete building applications, relies on unbonded post-tensioning ...
Preliminary Documented Recovery Patterns and Observations from Video Cataloged Data of the 2011 Joplin, Missouri, Tornado
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: The 2011 Joplin, Missouri, tornado was one of the deadliest and costliest tornadoes in US history, damaging approximately 8,000 structures and causing more than $2 billion in economic damages. As with most extreme ...
Experimental Investigation of Self-Centering Cross-Laminated Timber Walls
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Mass timber is an attractive and sustainable alternative structural engineering material to concrete and steel. Despite successful midrise to high-rise timber building projects around the world, such buildings have not ...