Although conventional reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls are prevalent in mid-rise to high-
rise framed buildings located in moderate to high seismic regions around the world, these …

Rocking structural systems have been proposed as a promising solution for designing
resilient building structures. These low-damage systems can prevent significant economic …

The 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes in New Zealand revealed (1) improved structural
response resulting from historical design advancements,(2) poor structural performance due …

In this study, a novel D-type self-centering (SC) eccentrically braced frame (EBF) based on
superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) is proposed. Unlike traditional SC-EBFs using a …

Abstract About 2% of Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings taller than nine stories suffered
serious damage in structural walls during the 2010 Chile earthquake. The observed damage …

This research article investigates the correlation between a suite of global structural
parameters and the observed earthquake responses in 43 reinforced concrete shear wall …

Residential reinforced concrete buildings performed well during the 2010 M w 8.8 Maule,
Chile earthquake. However, brittle damage was observed in reinforced concrete structural …

The satisfactory structural behavior observed during large earthquakes and the high
seismicity of the country has conditioned the Chilean society to expect immediate occupancy …

The buckling of longitudinal reinforcing steel is one of the most important failure stages of
reinforced concrete (RC) flexural specimens under seismic loading. To study the influential …

Performance of reinforced concrete (RC) walls in recent laboratory tests and in recent strong
earthquakes has revealed that thin wall boundaries are susceptible to concrete crushing …