Absolute Instantaneous Optimal Control Performance Index for Active Vibration Control of Structures under Seismic Excitation by Arcan Yanik

“…For numerical verification of the performance index, an eight-story shear building with a fully active tendon controller system under unidirectional earthquake is considered as the first example. For a more complex model, a three-dimensional tier building under the effect of bidirectional earthquakes is selected as second numerical example. …”
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A Novel Damage Detection Algorithm using Time-Series Analysis-Based Blind Source Separation by A. Sadhu, B. Hazra

“…The proposed damage detection algorithm is verified using extensive numerical simulations followed by the full scale study of UCLA Factor building using the measured responses under Parkfield earthquake.…”
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Comparative Dynamic Seismic Analyses of RC Minarets Strengthened with FRP and Buttresses by Erdem Türkeli

“…In recent earthquakes occurred in Turkey, an unexpected number of reinforced concrete (RC) minarets were heavily damaged or collapsed causing loss of lives and economic damages. …”
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Three Design Basis Accidents’ Analysis on the HTR-10GT by Minggang Lang, Heng Xie, Yujie Dong

“…They include an accident induced by station blackout, a case caused by the withdrawal of one control rod out of the core by a mistake, and a case resulting from an earthquake, respectively. The simulation results illustrate that the fuel peak temperatures in the core during these accidents are 1066°C, 1201°C and 1067°C, respectively. …”
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Influence of Concrete Compressive Strength on L-Shaped Shear Wall Performance in Buildings within High-Seismicity Zones by Salem Merabti, Layachi Guelmine

“… Reinforced concrete mid-rise structures are supported by shear walls to withstand lateral forces resulting from earthquakes. In this context, the presence of openings in these walls is essential both functionally and aesthetically. …”
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The Impact of the Disaster News on Social Capacity Building Against Disasters by Serhat Yılmaz

“…For this purpose, the contents of the Bodrum Earthquake’s (occurred on July 27th, 2017) news which were published in the first three most widely read newspapers in Turkey, and were broadcasted on the first three rated news programs, were analyzed by framing theory. …”
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Seismic Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings on Cohesive Soil Slopes by Using Adaptive Finite Element Limit Analysis by Weihua Luo, Minghua Zhao, Yao Xiao, Rui Zhang, Wenzhe Peng

“…By employing adaptive finite element limit analysis (AFELA), the seismic bearing capacity of strip footing on cohesive soil slopes are investigated. To consider the earthquake effects, the pseudostatic method is used. …”
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Between the common and the private space: Tensions in the maintenance of high-rise residential buildings by Natalia Ponce-Arancibia

“…Sometimes, these conditions manifest themselves in critical episodes, such as the total or partial loss of residential assets triggered by unexpected events, such as the 2017 earthquake in Mexico City. In this sense, this article intends to analyze the practices and social dynamics that hinder the collective appropriation of goods and common domain spaces in the residential environment. …”
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Study on Seismic Response and Damping Measures of Surrounding Rock and Secondary Lining of Deep Tunnel by Baoli Tang, Yongqiang Ren

“…Tunnel construction is gradually developing to areas with high in situ stress; the deeper the tunnel construction, the more intense the earthquake disturbance. Under the background of frequent earthquakes, the seismic characteristics of tunnels become an important content related to the safety and stability of engineering structures. …”
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Countermeasures Assessment of Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Deformation in a Slope Ground System by Davide Forcellini, Angelo Marcello Tarantino

“…Several systematic bidimensional FEM computations have been conducted to evaluate mitigation strategies under the action of an applied earthquake excitation. The presented study highlights the potential of computations in providing insights for analysis of liquefaction-induced lateral deformations. …”
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Eddy Heat Conduction and Nonlinear Stability of a Darcy Lapwood System Analysed by the Finite Spectral Method by Jónas Elíasson

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Effect of Ground Motion Orientation on Seismic Responses of an Asymmetric Stress Ribbon Pedestrian Bridge by Yi Zhang, Wuchuan Pu, Qishuo Zhang, Kaiwen Liu, Hua Dong

“…The stress ribbon bridge uses ribbon in high tension to transfer loads and exhibits geometric nonlinearity under dynamic earthquake excitations. A typical double-span asymmetric stress ribbon pedestrian bridge was introduced as a prototype, and nonlinear time history analysis was performed to investigate the effect of ground motion orientation on the structural responses. …”
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Study on the Emergency Management System considering Victims’ Self-Rescue Abilities by Wei Liang, Yanyan Huang, Jianyu Wang

“…Based on the background of the earthquake rescue operation, this paper studies the related contents of the cooperative emergency response system of disaster victims and rescuers by using the modeling and simulation method of the multiagent. …”
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Pole Allocation Applied to Two Buildings Connected by Joint Damper by Yoshiki Ikeda, Yuki Matsumoto

“…The unified governing equation, which expresses the relationship between an assigned control target and the structural parameters for an earthquake-resistant building, seismically isolated building, or passively controlled building, is extended to structural control using a joint damper. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Research on Defective Shield Segment under Cyclic Loading by Long-gang Tian, Zhi-qiang Hu, Jie Chen

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Numerical Analysis on Seismic Responses of a Large Metro Station in Sandy Area by Yu Liu, Xiao Liu

“…Under the action of fortification earthquake, the interlayer displacement angles of Taiyuan Street station are less than 1/550, indicating that the structure meets the seismic requirements.…”
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Do Akhbār Mulūk al-Andalus [Notícias dos Monarcas da Hispânia] à Crónica do Mouro Rasis by António Rei

“…The text of the first translation passed through several hands, places and situations until it disappeared in the earthquake of 1755. The Castilian translation and the Crónica General de Espanha of 1344, which had the former as its source, allowed us to reconstruct the text of the lost translation. …”
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The Monitoring-Based Analysis on Deformation-Controlling Factors and Slope Stability of Reservoir Landslide: Hongyanzi Landslide in the Southwest of China by Bing Han, Bin Tong, Jinkai Yan, Chunrong Yin, Liang Chen, Deying Li

“…The influences of precipitation and earthquake on the slope deformation of the Hongyanzi landslide were insignificant.…”
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Assessment of seismic performance of low-rise reinforced concrete frame structures with masonry infill using fragility curves by Septriyeni Afrizal Azia, Tanjung Jafril, Sunaryati Jati

“…The findings from this study highlight the importance of considering masonry infill in the design and assessment of RC frames for seismic resistance, and they contribute to the development of more effective seismic design strategies and retrofitting measures for buildings in earthquake-prone regions.…”
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Influences on the Seismic Response of the Gravity Dam-Foundation-Reservoir System with Different Boundary and Input Models by Denghong Chen, Chunping Hou, Feng Wang

“…The influences of two boundary conditions and their earthquake input models on the seismic analysis of the Pine Flat and Jin’anqiao gravity dam-foundation-reservoir systems are then investigated. …”
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