Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Wooden Door Frame by Eryu Zhu, Bin Wang, Dongqi Wei, Li Zhu

“…To prevent the wooden door frame of traditional rural houses from being stuck due to diamond deformation under earthquake and improve the seismic capacity of rural houses, an innovative method of reinforcing the angular displacement of the wooden door frame with channel steel and the diagonal brace is proposed. …”
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Seismic Test and Simulation of Spring Vibration Isolated Foundation for Turbo-Generator by Dong An, Tianwang Liu

“…The spring vibration isolation device can reduce the acceleration response of the TG (turbo-generator) deck and redistribute the horizontal earthquake action of the foundation according to the stiffness to give full play to the seismic capacity of the columns. …”
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Ductility and Strength Reduction Factors for Degrading Structures Considering Cumulative Damage by Edén Bojórquez, Sonia E. Ruiz, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, Juan Bojórquez

“…The results given in this paper provide insight into all relevant parameters that should be considered during seismic design of earthquake-resistant structures. Finally, some recommendations to evaluate the effect of cumulative damage on seismic design are suggested.…”
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A Wooden Pin Reinforcement of Ancient Chinese Wooden Temple: A Case of Daxiong Hall by Hua Zhang, Wuping Gao, Yanling Wang

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Analysing the Physical Quality of Reconstructed Residential Environment of Bam City by mahmod Ghadir, Soghra Shahrbabaki

“…In this regard, it is noteworthy that in December 2004 bam earthquake caused widespread damages. With over 9 years passed of this crisis and reconstruction after that, it is important to assess the quality of reconstruction. …”
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Literatura y “contra-historia”: los discursos del origen en Yo el Supremo y Moi, Toussaint Louverture by Javier Uriarte

“…I believe it is necessary and even –after the recent and devastating earthquake in Haiti– urgent to consider the emancipatory process in Latin American from the perspective of the Paraguayan and Haitian independences. …”
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Evaluation of the Floor Acceleration Amplification Demand of Instrumented Buildings by Baofeng Huang, Wensheng Lu

“…Parabolic distribution profiles were suggested that could envelop most of the FAA data, as demonstrated by the processed results. An earthquake experience-based importance factor was suggested in terms of the percentage of the enveloped records. …”
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Seismic Performance and Vibration Control of Rapid Construction Environmental Protection Wall Based on Artificial Intelligence by Jie Fu, Shuangxi Zhou, Li Liu, Mingxing Liu

“…Especially in other earthquake-prone areas, it is even more necessary to strengthen seismic isolation research to reduce vibration. …”
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The Maximum Height and Attenuation of Impulse Waves Generated by Subaerial Landslides by Baoliang Wang, Lingkan Yao, Haixin Zhao, Cong Zhang

“…Finally, the proposed equation was validated by applying it to the landslides that took place along the shore of the Zipingpu reservoir, which were triggered by the Wenchuan earthquake, and the results indicate that the calculated results are very close to the observed results.…”
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A Parametric Study of Nonlinear Seismic Response Analysis of Transmission Line Structures by Li Tian, Yanming Wang, Zhenhua Yi, Hui Qian

“…A parametric study of nonlinear seismic response analysis of transmission line structures subjected to earthquake loading is studied in this paper. The transmission lines are modeled by cable element which accounts for the nonlinearity of the cable based on a real project. …”
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Experimental Evaluation of the Seismic Response of Skewed Bridges with Emphasis on Poundings between Girder and Abutments by Ziqi Yang, Chern Kun, Nawawi Chouw

“…Observations from past earthquake events indicate that skewed bridges are seismically vulnerable due to induced horizontal in-plane rotations of the girder. …”
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Constant Ductility Site-Specific Yield Point Spectra for Seismic Design by Duofa Ji, Weiping Wen, Changhai Zhai

“…YPS are computed for EPP systems under 601 earthquake ground motions. YPS for four soil sites are quantitatively analyzed by considering the influence of the vibration period, ductility factor, damping ratio, postyield stiffness ratio, and P-delta effect. …”
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Investigation on Seismic Response of Long-Span Special Steel Truss Cable-Stayed Bridge by Yong Zeng, Xueqin Li, Yutong Zeng

“…The spectral characteristics and the duration of ground shaking have a greater influence on the maximum bending moment values corresponding to the height of the cable tower and the maximum axial force values of the main girder bars corresponding to the length of the bridge under earthquake action. The effect of steel truss girder stiffness parameter variations on structural internal forces of bridges and the effect of traveling wave effects on structural displacements of bridges in specific apparent wave velocity intervals do not exist universally.…”
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Impact of Randomized Soil Properties and Rock Motion Intensities on Ground Motion by Ayele Chala, Richard Ray

“…Seismic site response is inevitably influenced by natural variability of soil properties and anticipated earthquake intensity. This study presents the influence of variability in shear wave velocity (Vs) and amplitude of input rock motion on seismic site response analysis. …”
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Resilient Performance of Self-Centering Hybrid Rocking Columns: Theory, Experiment, and Numerical Simulation by Shi Yan, Tao Wang, Xing Su

“…A novel self-centering hybrid rocking column (HRC) with a replaceable soft steel energy dissipator (RED) is proposed to solve the issue of traditional frame structures being vulnerable to damage during earthquakes and difficult rehabilitation after. The resilient performance of the proposed RED-HRC was investigated by using theoretical, experimental, and numerical methods. …”
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Seismic Design Value Evaluation Based on Checking Records and Site Geological Conditions Using Artificial Neural Networks by Tienfuan Kerh, Yutang Lin, Rob Saunders

“…., shear wave velocity and standard penetration test value) as the inputs for predicting peak ground acceleration—the key element for evaluating earthquake response. Initial comparison results show that a neural network model with three neurons in the hidden layer can achieve relatively better performance based on the evaluation index of correlation coefficient or mean square error. …”
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Rock Deformation Estimated by Groundwater-Level Monitoring: A Case Study at the Xianshuihe Fault, China by Yuqing Zhao, You-Kuan Zhang, Xiuyu Liang, Zheming Shi, Yonglin Yang, Feifei Li

“…Rock deformations induced by active faults is an important topic in earthquake studies. Such deformations are usually measured with crossfault measurements (CFM), which are time-consuming and labor-intensive. …”
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Seismic Performance Evaluation of Footing-to-Circular RC Pier Connection Reinforced by High-Manganese Steel Bars (HMSBs) by Jung-Kyun Kim, Hak-Eun Lee, Jongmin Kim, Jiho Moon

“…A footing-to-reinforced concrete (RC) pier connection resists the lateral load induced by earthquakes as well as the gravity load. The footing-to-RC pier connection is the vulnerable part to strong earthquake loading. …”
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Fragility Analysis of a Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge Based on Structural Health Monitoring Data by Yuyao Cheng, Jian Zhang, Jiajia Wu

“…By considering the uncertainty of the location and intensity of future earthquakes, the PSHA deaggregation result can help to determine the most probable earthquake scenarios for the specific site. …”
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Study on Vibration Control and Parameters Influence of Cable Inerter Viscous Damping System by Ruoyu Zhang, Meigen Cao

“…Finally, the dynamic time history analysis of SDOF with CIVD under earthquake and fluctuating wind load is carried out to verify the damping performance of CIVD. …”
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