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Strong ground motion

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With the overall goal of reducing the numerical burden of uncertainty quantification involved in seismic risk assessments, this paper examines opportunities for assessment of seismic collapse capacity and risk using data-driven surrogates as a complement t ...

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Analytical Studies in Support of an Improved Approach to the Design of Acceleration-Sensitive Nonstructural Elements

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This paper summarizes a series of analytical studies that were conducted in connection with an improved approach for the design of acceleration-sensitive nonstructural elements. In the new approach, bracing to secure nonstructural elements to the structure ...

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A probabilistic deformation-based seismic hazard model for Iran

Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, as the most prevalent approach to evaluate earthquake hazard, is commonly based on earthquake catalogs. Although previous studies show that the recurrence time of large-magnitude (M-w > 7.0) events in Iran is more tha ...

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The impact of uncertainties on post-earthquake response predictions of a building with unreinforced masonry walls

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In this paper, the impact of several sources of uncertainty on the seismic response of an experimentally tested building is assessed for the case of a post-earthquake scenario. The building comprises unreinforced masonry and reinforced concrete walls. It i ...

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An Inertial Uni-Axial Interferometer-Based Accelerometer for Harsh Environments

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A simplified modeling method for multi-particle damper: Validation and application in energy dissipation analysis

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Particle dampers have received considerable attention in recent years as a novel damping technique. However, due to its high degree of nonlinearity, no mature damping model has been constructed. This article proposes an equivalent raft model that takes int ...

ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

Seismic vulnerability assessment of free-standing massive masonry columns by the 3D Discrete Element Method

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Free-standing masonry column is a recurrent typology of built cultural heritage. Usually raised without seismic design, columns are subject to intense rocking and overturning under strong ground motions. In this paper, a strategy to assess their seismic vu ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2021

Uncertainties in the Seismic Assessment of Historical Masonry Buildings

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Seismic assessments of historical masonry buildings are affected by several sources of epistemic uncertainty. These are mainly the material and the modelling parameters and the displacement capacity of the elements. Additional sources of uncertainty lie i ...

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Initial effective stress controls the nature of earthquakes

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Modern geophysics highlights that the slip behaviour response of faults is variable in space and time and can result in slow or fast ruptures. However, the origin of this variation of the rupture velocity in nature as well as the physics behind it is still ...

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