Abstract: A method for computing response spectra for bilinear hysteretic systems subjected to earthquake accelerograms is summarized. The technique provides the exact solution to the equation of motion for ground acceleration which ...

Abstract: The history of mechanical seal interface studies is summarized and the underlying unity of different approaches is presented diagrammatically. The distinction between “cavitation” and “vapor-transition” ...

Abstract: A method for the computation of response spectra for elastoplastic and bilinear hysteretic systems subjected to strong‐motion earthquake records is described and compared to Newmark's method. The technique provides the ...

Abstract: Approximate methods for the estimation of maximum story drift in elastoplastic multidegree‐of‐freedom (MDOF) shear buildings are examined. The structures considered have fundamental periods in the range of 0.4–4.0 seconds ...

Abstract: The discontinuity in the ground motion arising from the truncation of earthquake accelerograms may produce inaccuracies in the response of long period structures with low damping. The termination of the ground motion at a ...

Abstract: In current practice, design response spectra are normalized by the three peak ground motions. Alternative scaling factors are evaluated to reduce the dispersion encountered in normalized spectral ordinates. The scaling ...