Abstract: The beam-on-Winkler foundation (BWF) method is a popular analysis approach for computing the lateral pile response resulting from both inertial and kinematic loading. However, there is significant uncertainty regarding how ...

Abstract: Liquefaction-induced lateral spread has caused substantial damage to buildings, bridges, embankments, buried utilities, and other critical components of infrastructure in numerous past earthquakes. Although many practitioners ...

Abstract: This paper presents four liquefaction and pile response case histories associated with highway bridges from the April 22, 1991 7.6 magnitude (M) earthquake near Limón, Costa Rica that were analyzed more than 20 years after ...

Abstract: Simplified performance-based liquefaction triggering procedures have sought to address observed inconsistencies in predicted liquefaction triggering hazards across the United States resulting from conventional, pseudoprobabilistic ...

Abstract: A wearable robot is a controlled and actuated device that is in direct contact with its user. As such, the implied requirements of this device are that it must be portable, lightweight, and ...

Abstract: A statistical verification of real-time forecasts from the Pennsylvania State University?National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model version 5 (MM5) examines several model biases noted in numerical forecasts ...

Abstract: This is a case study of the synoptic and mesoscale aspects of a severe-weather outbreak in the Texas Panhandle. We offer circumstantial evidence that the rising branch of a thermally indirect circulation in the exit region ...