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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Seismic Performance and Flexural Capacity Analysis of Embedded Steel Plate Composite Shear Wall Structure with Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in the Plastic Hinge Zone by Junlong Li, Guoqiang He, Jianbo Tian

“…Due to its high axial bearing capacity and good ductility, the embedded steel plate composite shear wall structure has become one of the most widely used lateral force-resisting structural members in building construction. However, bending failure is prone to occur during strong earthquakes, and the single energy dissipation mechanism of the plastic hinge zone at the bottom leads to the concentration of local wall damage. …”
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Can Employee Training Stabilise the Workforce of Frontline Workers in Construction Firms? An Empirical Analysis of Turnover Intentions by Wenyan Yao, Mohd Anuar Arshad, Qinjie Yang, Jianping Tan

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Modeling and Seismic Performance Analysis of Grid Shear Walls by Weijing Zhang, Caiwang Li, Xiao Chu

“…In this paper, based on an earthquake engineering simulation open system (OpenSees), a new modeling approach for grid shear walls is proposed, and nonlinear analysis of two grid walls with different grid sizes under cyclic load is carried out. …”
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Coupling Beams’ Shear Capacity Prediction by Hybrid Support Vector Regression and Particle Swarm Optimization by Emad A. Abood, Mustafa Kamal Al-Kamal, Sabih Hashim Muhodir, Nadia Moneem Al-Abdaly, Luís Filipe Almeida Bernardo, Dario De Domenico, Hamza Imran

“…The data of RC coupling beams collected from the previous works were utilized to build the proposed model. Several performance metrics, including RMSE, R2, and MAE, were employed to compare the performance of the optimized model against a baseline SVR model and previous approaches. …”
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Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of the Cliff-Attached Buildings Equipped with Energy Dissipation Devices Under Obliquely Incident Seismic Waves by Zhuoxin Yang, Dewen Liu, Jiayu Zhou, Li Zhang, Wenyuan Liao

“…Cliff-attached structures are structures attached to slopes and connected tightly, which is particularly complex to analyze due to the foundations’ unequal grounding and the lateral stiffness’ irregularity. In rare earthquakes, seismic waves are usually obliquely incident on the foundation at a certain angle. …”
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Comparative Study of Statistical Features to Detect the Target Event During Disaster by Madichetty Sreenivasulu, M. Sridevi

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Monitoring of Technical Condition of Buildings by Seismic Method by Alena A. Kurdanova, Mikhail N. Voskresenskiy, Elena A. Kosorotova, Gennadiy I. Parygin

“…The research object is the natural resonance frequencies of the buildings of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (UB RAS) located in Ekaterinburg and their distribution at observation points. …”
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Fragility functions for reinforced-concrete frames classified by joint strength margin: the case of interior beam–column joint by Takashi Takeuchi, Hajime Okano, Kazutaka Shirai

“…Probabilistic approaches using fragility functions effectively assess building damage caused by major earthquakes and consequent repair costs. …”
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Development of Analytical Method for Cable-stayed Bridges Considering Local Damages Caused by Failure of Supporting Cables by Ahmed Ramadan Ahmed, Qais Abdulrahman Ali Qais, Nikolay A. Yermoshin

“…Bridge structures are often subjected to extreme conditions such as rough weather, earthquakes, impacts from traffic accidents, and even blasts. …”
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Potential and limitations of noise-based surface-wave tomography for numerical site effect estimation: a case study in the French Rhône valley by Lavoué, François, Froment, Bérénice, Gélis, Céline, Boué, Pierre,  Chaljub, Emmanuel, Stehly, Laurent, Beauprêtre, Sophie, De Martin, Florent,  Gisselbrecht, Loïc, Pilz, Marco, Moiriat, Denis, Cushing, Edward Marc

“…In certain geological settings such as sedimentary basins, the ground motion induced by an earthquake may be amplified by local site conditions. …”
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Protección del Patrimonio en Valparaiso (Chile): Proyecto "MAR VASTO" Heritage protection in Valparaiso (Chile): The "Mar Vasto" project by Maurizio Indirli, Minchel Sotero Apablaza

“…Being the city declared patrimony of the humanity by, UNESCO in 2003, the following main outcomes have been achieved: to evaluate the impact of main hazards (earthquake, tsunami, fire, and landslide); to provide a vulnerability analysis for three historical churches San Francisco, Las Hermanas de la Divina Providencia, La Matriz, comprised of various materials (masonry, concrete, wood, and adobe) and located in different city areas); to carry out an architectural and vulnerability analysis for a pilot building stock in the Cerro Cordillera historic area; to suggest guidelines for future urban planning; and to develop a GIS digital data base (well organized, user-friendly and easy to be implemented in the future), providing hazard maps and scenarios. …”
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The Dynamic Properties of Historic Timber-Framed Masonry Structures in Bursa, Turkey by M. Bilal Bağbancı, Özlem Köprülü Bağbancı

“…Timber-framed masonry structures are known as an effective earthquake load resisting system in high seismicity regions such as Bursa, Turkey. …”
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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN DEVELOPING CATASTROPHE INSURANCE MARKET by Darko Blazhevski

“…Making a legally binding solution must be well thought out in the segment of law enforcement. …”
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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN DEVELOPING CATASTROPHE INSURANCE MARKET by Darko Blazhevski

“…Making a legally binding solution must be well thought out in the segment of law enforcement. …”
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