Abstract: With the North American seismic codes moving toward adopting performance-based seismic design (PBSD) approaches, there is a need to develop seismic probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) tools for different construction ...

Abstract: This paper presents detailed analyses of experimental shake table test results with the goal of providing a better understanding of the seismic performance of lightly reinforced fully grouted masonry shear walls. The paper ...

Abstract: There is a need to develop a reinforced masonry (RM) seismic performance database (SPD) of experimental results in order to facilitate adoption of RM seismic force-resisting systems (SFRS) in the next generation of ...

Abstract: Accurate numerical modeling of structural components is necessary for both performance-based designs of new structures and performance assessments of existing structures. Steel special concentrically braced frames (SCBFs) ...