Abstract: Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) has been widely used in the United States since the late 1990s following a national ABC initiative by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in 1996. The press-brake-formed tub girder ...

Abstract: A simulation-based model designed to conduct in-event simulation for the assessment and quantification of seismic resilience of communities is presented. The proposed simulation approach employs a dynamic analysis that ...

Abstract: A community resilience model that takes into account the mutual interdependencies between the building portfolio, transportation network, and healthcare system both during and after a seismic event is presented. The model ...

Abstract: A distributed simulation model is presented that integrates post-earthquake household decisions into quantifying the seismic resilience of communities subjected to a sequence of earthquakes. A simple multi-attribute rating ...

Abstract: The debris field of earthquake-induced building collapse can block or reduce the capacity of adjacent sidewalks and roads, hinder emergency and evacuation operations, and therefore adversely influence the seismic resilience ...

Abstract: Communities can face devastation from earthquakes, including loss of lives, destruction of infrastructure, and damage to buildings. By implementing rigorous standards, communities can ensure that both new and existing ...

Abstract: Wide-flange (W-shape) steel members are known to have initial geometric imperfections. A three-dimensional noncontact laser-scanning technique is used to measure the imperfection fields in fourteen specimens. A spectral ...

Abstract: Hollow structural sections (HSS) are used as columns in frame systems because of their ability to efficiently resist multiaxial loads. While the majority of previous studies of special moment frames (SMFs) focused on wide ...