Abstract: One of the greatest challenges in the United States today is overcoming the deterioration of an aging infrastructure system. In particular, the highway/bridge infrastructure system has traditionally been neglected of ...

Abstract: Fragility curves are constructed to assess the seismic vulnerability of a hypothetical two-story reinforced concrete frame building designed only for gravity loads. Fragility curves are also developed for the same building ...

Abstract: In the early 1980s, a glass failure prediction model (GFPM) was introduced to resolve differences in U.S. industry procedures used to determine the minimum thickness of glass required to resist a specified uniform lateral ...

Abstract: Fragility estimates are developed to assess the seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings, which were designed primarily for gravity loads. Five buildings of various heights (one-, two-, three-, ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation into the seismic performance of a composite moment resisting frame system that consists of reinforced concrete columns (with an embedded steel shape for ...

Abstract: This paper documents an experimental testing program on the lateral in-plane behavior of pre-1950s existing and rehabilitated wood floor and roof diaphragms in unreinforced masonry buildings found in the Central and Eastern ...

Abstract: This paper presents an evaluation in terms of constructability, cost, and seismic performance of an alternative structural system for high seismic risk zones made of composite reinforced concrete-steel (RCS) special ...

Abstract: In the aftermath of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, extensive field investigations revealed damage in wood frame construction in the form of splitting of the 2 × 4 or 2 × 6 wood sill plates along the line of anchor bolts ...

Abstract: A procedure for evaluating the seismic performance and retrofit of existing low-to-midrise reinforced concrete (RC) buildings is proposed. The procedure is derived from the well-known capacity spectrum method and is intended ...

Abstract: This paper describes the experimental performance of D-region reinforced concrete bent specimens affected by varying levels of alkali-silica reaction (ASR) from none to mid-to-late stages, as determined from petrography ...