Abstract: The properties of special concentrically braced frames (SCBFs) enable them to be designed to meet performance-based seismic design (PBSD) criteria. SCBFs have large stiffness and strength to meet serviceability performance ...

Abstract: Imports and exports are essential to our economy, but the wharf structures that accommodate this activity are susceptible to earthquake damage. Wharves are pile supported structures, and the pile-wharf connection is an ...