Abstract: In disasters, social media offers a platform for sharing vital information between affected communities, responders, journalists, designers, planners, and policy makers. In some cases, however, social media seeds contentious ...

Abstract: The mechanism of foundation rocking has received much attention recently due to its appealing seismic resistant features, namely, self-centering tendency and energy dissipation capability. It is well recognized, however, ...

Abstract: This paper presents the earthquake response of three low-rise frame-wall-foundation centrifuge building models, including a structural hinging-dominated, foundation rocking-dominated, and balanced design model. The models ...