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Numerical and experimental evaluation of seismic capacity of high-rise steel buildings subjected to long duration earthquakes

Occurrences of large earthquakes having a magnitude larger than eight along subduction zones have been reported worldwide. Due to large number of load reversals the effect of cumulative damage on structural components due to deterioration becomes critical ...

Elsevier2011

Three-dimensional nonlinear seismic analysis of concrete faced rockfill dams subjected to scattered P, SV, and SH waves considering the dam-foundation interaction effects

Ali Seiphoori

In this study, the nonlinear seismic analysis of a typical three-dimensional concrete faced rockfill dam is reported. Three components of the Loma Prieta (Gilroy 1 station) earthquake acceleration time history are used as input excitation. The dam under st ...

Elsevier2011

Seismic response of a single and a set of filled joints of viscoelastic deformational behaviour

Jian Zhao, Gaofeng Zhao, Jianbo Zhu

Rock joints are often filled with weak medium, for example, saturated clay or sand, of viscoelastic nature. Their effects on wave propagation can be modelled as displacement and stress discontinuity conditions. The viscoelastic behaviour of the filled join ...

Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford2011

Modal analysis and modeling of a frictionless electrostatic rotary stepper micromotor

Martinus Gijs, Christophe Yamahata, Marc Stranczl

We present the design, modeling and characterization of a 3-phase electrostatic rotary stepper micromotor. The proposed motor is a monolithic device fabricated using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. The rotor is suspended with a frictionless flexural ...

IEEE2011

Identification and analysis of Swiss National Road tunnels pathologies

Federica Sandrone, Vincent Labiouse

In order to evaluate the general conditions (i.e. safety, serviceability and durability) of tunnels, a detailed analysis of the lining structure and surrounding rock mass is required. During the service life of the tunnel, regular survey activities should ...

Elsevier2011

A Combined Structural and Electromechanical FE Approach for Industrial Ultrasonic Devices Design

Alain Schorderet, Alain Michel Prenleloup, Enrico Colla

Ultrasonic assistance is widely used in manufacturing, both for conventional (e. g. grinding, drilling) and non-conventional (e. g. EDM) processes. Ultrasonic machining is also used as a stand alone process for instance for micro-drilling. Industrial appli ...

Amer Inst Physics, 2 Huntington Quadrangle, Ste 1No1 D, Melville, Ny 11747-4501 Usa2011

Performance-based seismic evaluation of 1906 masonry buildings with incremental dynamic analysis

Amin Karbassi

This paper presents the results of a performance-based seismic evaluation of a 6-storey typical industrial masonry building built in 1906 in Montreal, Canada. The Applied Element Method that combines the advantages of Finite Element Method with that of the ...

2010

Seismic behaviour of different types of masonry spandrels

Katrin Beyer, Alessandro Dazio

Most residential buildings that were constructed during the last century in Switzerland are 2-6 storey unreinforced masonry (URM) structures. At the beginning of the century, houses were constructed with timber floors and small bricks. This type of constru ...

2010

New analytical fragility curves for existing URM buildings in regions with moderate seismicity

Pierino Lestuzzi, Clotaire Michel, Marcelo Rafael Oropeza Ancieta

Seismic risk in regions with moderate seismicity, such as Switzerland, was largely underestimated. A vast majority of existing buildings have been built without specific earthquake resistant features and do not meet modern requirements. Although several pr ...

8IMC-publications2010

Dynamic analysis of anchored concrete linings of plunge pools loaded by high velocity jet impacts issuing from dam spillways

Anton Schleiss

A theoretical stochastic approach is presented for the structural analysis of plunge pool liners dynamically loaded by the impact of free-falling jets. Such an approach was used as the real behaviour of plunge pool liners is complex, and deterministic meth ...

2010

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