Abstract: A performance-based seismic design method enables designers to evaluate a graduated suite of performance levels for a structure in a given hazard environment. The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center is developing ...

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Abstract: Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials have been increasingly used for external strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) infrastructure. However, the focus has been almost exclusively on epoxy-based composites, and other ...

Abstract: Fourway is a simple graphical tool for estimating the conditional dependence of decision variables involved in the seismic design process on the earthquake intensity. The tool was formulated for use with the Pacific ...

Abstract: Damage fragilities describe the probability that a bridge will incur certain (discrete) damage states conditioned on the intensity of the earthquake it may experience. Reinforced concrete box girder highway overpass bridges ...

Abstract: An experimental and theoretical study is presented of the creep deformation of a thick-walled cylinder under internal pressure and supporting its own end load. In order to compare the experimental ...

Abstract: The dynamic behavior of cross anisotropic clays was often studied in a resonant column device which is limited to strains smaller then

Abstract: Externally bonded (EB) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are an effective means for the strengthening of shear-deficient reinforced concrete flexural members. Previous studies have predominantly employed epoxy-based ...

Abstract: General purpose finite-element software tools have put nonlinear analysis within an engineer’s reach for the assessment of bridge response to seismic loading. Although these tools can capture strength, ductility, and ...

Abstract: Reliable and robust numerical modeling of RC columns under lateral load is commonly performed using one-dimensional elements. Although the strain is assumed to vary linearly through the section, bond-slip and buckling of ...