Abstract: Sequential coupling is a modification of a structural connection that permits an initial, zero resistance slip (or rotation) at each elastoplastic deformation cycle. A sequential structure is obtained when a specified ...

Abstract: A procedure is presented for analyzing underground protective structures subject to conventional weapons effects. A radiation damping term is added to a simple mass‐resistance system to include structure‐medium interaction ...

Abstract: A new method of connecting members, at certain joints of a lateral force resisting structure, improves the response to seismic excitation. These connections that permit a small initial slip (displacement or rotation) are ...

Abstract: This paper demonstrates the existence of cavitation in a solid medium (such as soil) that occurs when a stress wave propagating in the medium is diffracted by an embedded structure. It is shown that very complex nonlinearities ...

Abstract: Current methods for the design of underground structures are reviewed. It is shown that they share the same approach when including the effects of soil‐structure interaction (SSI) in the design loading. This common approach ...