Vibration control and energy harvesting of adjacent structures by electromagnetic dampers considering soil-structure interaction by Xiaofang Kang, Zongqin Wu, Wei He, Xinqi Wang, Xueqin Jiang

“…Additionally, the system efficiently converts seismic energy into electrical energy, with energy harvesting reaching peak values under intense seismic waves, such as those observed in Mexico City earthquake conditions. This innovative system not only enhances seismic performance, particularly in soft soil conditions, but also offers energy resilience by supplying emergency power, thus highlighting its potential for sustainable urban infrastructure.…”
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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN DEVELOPING CATASTROPHE INSURANCE MARKET by Darko Blazhevski

“…Regarding the risks, we consider that compulsory insurance should cover earthquake and flood, although at the individual level the consequences of the flood affect a relatively smaller population coverage. …”
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Emergency Communication and Quick Seismic Damage Investigation Based on Smartphone by Ruicong Han, Xuefeng Zhao, Yan Yu, Quanhua Guan, Deli Peng, Mingchu Li, Jinping Ou

“…The communications in the quake-hit area are always cut off from the outside after the earthquake, and the traditional seismic field investigation method calls for immense time to accomplish house-to-house investigation, which goes against timeliness of the emergency rescue. …”
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Three-Dimensional Seismic Response Analysis of Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea by Xin Bao, Jingbo Liu, Shutao Li, Fei Wang

“…Reef islands are valuable terrestrial resources for ocean exploitation and utilization but face the serious threat of earthquake disasters. This study takes Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea as the research object and establishes a three-dimensional (3D) reef-seawater model to investigate the seismic response of Zhubi Reef. …”
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Simulation Experiment Study on Impacting the δD Value of Aromatic Compounds by Yi Duan, Yingzhong Wu, Lantian Xing, Yingqin Wu, Yang Zhao, Zhongping Li, Lanhua Ma

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The Effects of Dynamic Loading on Hysteretic Behavior of Frictional Dampers by Hamid Rahmani Samani, Masoud Mirtaheri, Amir Peyman Zandi, Hamid Bahai

“…During an earthquake excitation, a frictional damper may experience many cycles of dynamic loading. …”
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Spectral Assessment of the Effects of Base Flexibility on Seismic Demands of a Structure by J. Borzouie, J. G. Chase, G. A. MacRae, G. W. Rodgers, G. C. Clifton

“…Base flexibility of structures changes and can increase the demands on structural elements during earthquake excitation. Such flexibility may come from the base connection, foundation, and soil under the foundation. …”
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Determining the Dynamic Settlement of the Foundation Adjacent to Slope Using Analytical Method by Mohammad Javad Shabani, Ali Ghanbari

“…Based on field studies, the topographic slope effects worsen the structural damage in an earthquake. It is very vital to determine the amount of foundation settlement adjacent to the slope. …”
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Quantitative Identification of Pulse-Like Ground Motions Based on Hilbert–Huang Transform by Zhen Liu

“…In order to compare the effects of two pulse-like ground motion identification methods, HHT-based method and wavelet-based method, respectively, are used to identify ground motions in Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER). After identifying the 3066 groups of ground motions selected from PEER, it is found that the HHT-based method can identify 229 pulse-like ground motions, and the wavelet-based method can identify 150 pulse-like ground motions. …”
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Seismic Capacity Assessment of Confined Brick Masonry Building: An Experimental Approach by Asfandyar Ahmed, Imad Ahmad, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Tayyab Naqash, Bashir Alam, Muhammad Fahad, Sajjad Wali Khan

“…However, unreinforced brick masonry buildings performed poorly in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, in Pakistan, resulting in a decline in the use of brick masonry. …”
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Risk-Based Multiobjective Optimal Seismic Design for RC Piers Using the Response Surface Method and NSGA-II by Sicong Hu, Yixuan Zou, Yufeng Gai, Zheng Huang, Guquan Song

“…This method is used to determine the size and reinforcement ratios of piers to minimize the seismic risk of bridge systems and the construction cost of piers. The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research- (PEER-) based probabilistic seismic risk assessment approach and the response surface method (RSM) are adopted to develop the seismic risk response surface model, which represents the relationship between the design parameters of piers and the seismic risk of bridge systems. …”
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Adaptive compensation for multi-axial real-time hybrid simulation via nonlinear parameter estimation by Santiago Ruiz, Wei Song

“…Extensive simulations on the maRTHS incorporating various earthquake inputs, sensor noise, and model uncertainties, demonstrated an excellent tracking performance and strong robustness across four parameter estimation cases (EKF-TF, UKF-TF, EKF-SS, and UKF-SS). …”
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Study on Dynamic Response Characteristics and Damage Mechanism of Tunnel Lining at Entrance of Shallow Bias Tunnel by Lin Li, Xiaodan Guo, Zuyin Zou, Zhanyuan Zhu, Zihong Guo, Weimin Xiao, Deping Guo

“…The instability problem may cause dynamic effects such as earthquakes and blasting. Based on the seismic damage data collected from previous major earthquakes at the entrance of shallow-buried tunnel, the shaking table test and numerical simulation are used to analyze dynamic response characteristics and damage evolution characteristics of the tunnel in the shallow-buried hole at 30°. …”
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European Uunion Energy Security and Russia by N. A. Simonia, A. V. Torkunov

“…The results of the Europarliament elections in late May, 2014, were a graphic demonstration of the symptoms of this alarming for the EU disease, when the anti-EU parties in the four out 22 EU countries won the elections (France, United Kingdom, Denmark, and Greece) Those results, regardless of the panic headlines in mass media and statements like "shocking" or "earthquake" made by some politicians, were not able to significantly affect the nature of the European Parliament, though they can significantly complicate its work. …”
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Value realization of intelligent emergency management: research framework from technology enabling to value creation by Yan Guo, Yan Song, Mingyue Zhang

“…A detailed analysis approach from intelligent emergency technology enabling to enabling value creation in emergency management is proposed. Finally, earthquake disasters are taken as examples, and specific analyses of the intelligent emergency enabling and enabling value creation are explored; enabling value creation is discussed based on measurable indicators. …”
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Study on Pounding Response of Adjacent Inelastic SDOF Structures Based on Dimensional Analysis by Xuyong Chen, Huipeng Guo, Tao Wang, Qiaoyun Wu

“…The dimensional analysis method is applied to study the pounding response of two inelastic single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) structures under simplified earthquake excitation. The improved Kelvin pounding model is used to simulate the force and deformation of the collider during the contact process. …”
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Compressive sampling–based ultrasonic computerized tomography technique for damage detection in concrete-filled steel tube in a bridge by Binbin Li, Bo Liu, Fan Xu, Yang Liu, Wentao Wang, Tao Yang

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Explosion-Induced Stress Wave Propagation in Interacting Fault System: Numerical Modeling and Implications for Chaoyang Coal Mine by Xiaojun Feng, Qiming Zhang, Muhammad Ali

“…Exploring the propagation of stress waves in rocks with preexisting discontinuities is of great importance to reveal rock and geological engineering problems, particularly dynamic disasters like earthquakes and rockbursts in underground coal mining. …”
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Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Seismic Response of Shield Tunnel Spatial End Structure by Yijing Lu, Yongsheng Song, Yanzhen Wang, Jiale Yuan

“…The nonlinear dynamic behaviors of the seabed soil and concrete, the simulation of the bolt joints between ring segments by using cohesive models and the SMA shape memory alloy flexible joints, and the input ground motions produced by scaling from the high-level earthquake records are considered in detail. The results show that the shield tunnel spatial end structure increases nonlinearly in response to the increase of seismic motion intensity. …”
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Inferring Hydraulic Pressure Changes from Induced Seismicity Observations: Three Showcases from Geothermal Reservoirs by Christopher Koch, Stefan Baisch, Elmar Rothert, John Reinecker

“…For all datasets, individual earthquake source geometry could not be determined from source spectra due to the attenuation of the high signal frequencies. …”
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