Abstract: Inverse sustainable seismic design (ISSD) is a new concept that reverses the steps involved in conventional analysis (CSD) for determination of ultimate capacities at target distortions to working backward from incipient ...

Abstract: A new design philosophy that leads to efficient earthquake-resisting systems is presented. Commercially available technologies are used to propose an archetype that is capable of damage control, elimination or reduction ...

Abstract: Rocking-wall moment frames (RWMFs) are unique, lateral resisting structures in which the shear wall pivots about its pinned base rather than act as a fixed base, upright cantilever. The function of the wall is to prevent ...

Abstract: Rocking-wall moment frames (RWMFs) are unique, lateral resisting structures in which the shear wall pivots about its pinned base rather than act as a fixed base, upright cantilever. The function of the wall is to prevent ...

Abstract: Performance control (PC) is the ability to design a structure in such a way as to expect predetermined modes of response at certain stages of loading, extents of damage, and/or drift ratios. The primary purpose of this ...