Seismic Performance Evaluation of Building-Damper System under Near-Fault Earthquake by Xiaoli Wu, Wei Guo, Ping Hu, Dan Bu, Xu Xie, Yao Hu

“…The building-damper system designed by a seismic code is usually considered to be able to withstand the attack of strong earthquakes. However, near-fault earthquakes, especially those with the forward-directivity effect, might cause early and unexpected failure of code-designed dampers and consequent severe structural damage. …”
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Estimation of the Wenchuan Earthquake Rupture Sequence Utilizing Teleseismic Records and Coseismic Displacements by Deyu Yin, Qifang Liu, Jingke Wu

“…For the 12 May 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, two imbricate faults, Beichuan fault and Pengguan fault, have ruptured simultaneously. …”
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Seismic Fragility Analysis of Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge Considering Damping Effect by Xiangong Zhou, Lei Cao, Heng Han, Xiaobo Zheng, Hanhao Zhang, Zhiqing Zhang

“…The damper device makes the seismic performance of the structure significantly improved, and the reduction effect of the damper device on high-intensity earthquakes is more obvious than that on low-intensity earthquakes.…”
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Crisis Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Self-Organized Criticality Approach by Lucio Tonello, Luca Giacobbi, Alberto Pettenon, Alessandro Scuotto, Massimo Cocchi, Fabio Gabrielli, Glenda Cappello

“…These events are problematic for the subject and care providers but little is known about their occurrence, namely, possible relations among intensity, frequency, and duration. …”
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Nonlinear Pounding Analysis of Multispan and Simply Supported Beam Bridges Subjected to Strong Ground Motions by Hong-Yu Jia, Xian-Lin Lan, Nan Luo, Jian Yang, Shi-Xiong Zheng, Chao Zhang

“…The bearing stiffness affects significantly the displacement of the pier top and the cross-sectional internal force at the bottom of piers but has little effect on the collision force and number.…”
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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

“…The responses of the cables change little with the degree of the difference of site condition changing. …”
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Mechanism Analysis and Parameter Optimization of Mega-Sub-Isolation System by Xiangxiu Li, Ping Tan, Xiaojun Li, Aiwen Liu

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Development of Ground Freezing System for Undisturbed Sampling of Granular Soils by Youngseok Kim, Bumsik Hwang, Wanjei Cho

“…However, there has been little research on the ground freezing techniques since Korea had no records of liquefactions until the Pohang earthquake in 2017. …”
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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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Central Asia Cold Case: Siberian Pine Fingers New Suspects in Growth Decline CA 1700 CE by David M. Meko, Dina F. Zhirnova, Liliana V. Belokopytova, Yulia A. Kholdaenko, Elena A. Babushkina, Nariman B. Mapitov, Eugene A. Vaganov

“…We conclude that stress from low summer temperatures in the Little Ice Age was likely exacerbated by tree damage associated with weather extremes, including infamous Mongolian “dzuds”, over 1695–1704. …”
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Influence of Fluid Viscous Damper on the Dynamic Response of Suspension Bridge under Random Traffic Load by Yue Zhao, Pingming Huang, Guanxu Long, Yangguang Yuan, Yamin Sun

“…However, when the velocity exponent was 0.1, an excessive damping coefficient brought little improvement and may lead to high-intensity work under traffic flow, which will adversely affect component durability. …”
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