Articles

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Comparison of Base Shears Estimated from Floor Accelerations and Column Shears, Earthquake Spectra (2011)

This paper compares base shears computed from floor accelerations (inertial base shear) and column shears...

 

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Variability and Accuracy of Target Displacement from Nonlinear Static Procedures, International Scholarly Research Network Civil Engineering (2011)

This paper compares the target displacement estimate from four current nonlinear static procedures—FEMA-356 CM, ASCE41...

 

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Simplified Procedure for Seismic Evaluation of Piles with Partial-Moment Connection to the Deck in Marine Oil Terminals, Journal of Structural Engineering (2010)

This paper presents development of a simplified procedure for seismic evaluation of piles with partial-moment...

 

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Linear Analysis of Ordinary Bridges Crossing Fault-Rupture Zones (with Anil K. Chopra), Journal of Bridge Engineering (2009)

Rooted in structural dynamics theory, two approximate procedures for estimating peak responses of linearly elastic...

 

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Nonlinear Analysis of Ordinary Bridges Crossing Fault-Rupture Zones (with Anil K. Chopra), Journal of Bridge Engineering (2009)

Rooted in structural dynamics theory, three approximate procedures for estimating seismic demands for bridges crossing...

 

Reports

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Bridge Design for Earthquake Fault Crossings: Synthesis of Design Issues and Strategies (with Bing Qu, Osmar Rodriguez, and Jennifer Tures), CP/SEAM-2012/01 (2012)

As shown by the bridge damages observed from recent earthquakes, the bridges crossing earthquake faults...

 

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Base Shear Estimated from Floor Accelerations and Column Shears, Structural Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Report No: CP/SEAM-2010/01 (2010)

This paper compares base shear computed from floor accelerations (inertial base shear) and column shears...

 

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EVALUATION OF CURRENT NONLINEAR STATIC PROCEDURES FOR CONCRETE BUILDINGS USING RECORDED STRONG-MOTION DATA (with Charles Chadwell), Data Utilization Report California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (2007)

This study evaluates current Nonlinear Static Procedures (NSPs) specified in the FEMA356, ASCE-41, ATC-40, and...

 

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Preliminary Report On September 28, 2004 Parkfield Earthquake (with Charles Chadwell), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (2004)

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.0 (Mw) struck the Central Coast of California at 10:15:24...

 

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Preliminary Report on December 22, 2003 San Simeon Earthquake, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (2003)

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.5 ( Mw) struck the Central Coast of California at...

 

Conference Proceedings

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Seismic Analysis of Buildings to Recorded Motions, Data Utilization Report California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, Report No. CP/SEAM-09/01 (2009)

This investigation focused on developing an improved understanding of challenges associated with computation of nonlinear...

 

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Evaluation of Current Nonlinear Static Procedures for Concrete Buildings Using Recorded Strong-Motion Data (with Charles Chadwell), SMIP07 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data (2007)

This paper evaluates current Nonlinear Static Procedures (NSPs) specified in the FEMA- 356, ASCE-41, ATC-40,...

 

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Evaluation of Nonlinear Static Procedures Using Strong-Motion Building Records, Proceedings of SMIP04 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data (2004)

The objective of this investigation is to evaluate the FEMA-356 Nonlinear Static Procedure (NSP), the...

 

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Evaluation of Modal Pushover Analysis: SAC Buildings Excluding Gravity Loads (with Anil K. Chopra), Proceedings of the 2002 Structures Congress (2002)