Abstract: An empirical, energy-based methodology for liquefaction hazard assessment and microzonation mapping is presented. The approach is probabilistic, considers the uncertainty in the liquefaction criterion, and is applicable ...

Abstract: An algorithm of the wave method for structural health monitoring (SHM) is tested and calibrated using shake table experiment data of a full-scale, seven-story, reinforced-concrete building slice. The method is based on ...

Abstract: Simplified response of buildings with a soft first floor and excited by propagating wave motion at the base are studied, so that the physical phenomena associated with phased input excitation can be characterized. Analytical ...

Abstract: Qualitative analysis of the antiplane vibrations of long structures shows that the dynamic response to excitation by ground waves can be described by the translation of the foundation only if η (ratio of the length of ...

Abstract: Two‐dimensional continuous models have been used to investigate the effects of the propagation of seismic waves into buildings with shear walls at the ends and with a central core. Neglecting the soil‐structure interaction, ...

Abstract: In this paper, the physical phenomena associated with wave passage under long buildings have been studied. A two‐dimensional, continuous model has been used to represent the building vibration. Analytical, closed‐form ...

Abstract: Following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the areas with a high density of reported breaks in water pipes in typical residential areas in San Fernando Valley and in Los Angeles often did not coincide with the areas having ...

Abstract: Peak ground accelerations recorded during the Northridge, California, earthquake of January 17, 1994 are described in relation to the observed, nonlinear soil response. Four attenuation relationships were developed ...

Abstract: This and the companion paper present an analysis of the amplitude and time-dependent changes of the apparent frequency of a seven-story reinforced-concrete hotel building in Van Nuys, Calif. Data of recorded response to ...