Abstract: The current version of ACI Standard 318 on reinforced concrete design uses an overall resistance factor on structural action to account for uncertainty in the resistance variables. Partial resistance factors also may be ...

Abstract: A critical excitation is one that maximizes chosen response quantities subject to constraints related to duration and energy imposed on the excitation. A study of the response of single‐ and multi‐degree‐of‐freedom systems ...

Abstract: Multiple billion-dollar disaster events occurred throughout 2017, illustrating the increasing vulnerability of the US residential housing stock to widespread damages associated with disasters. Although the US construction ...