This paper investigates the response of tilt-up (referred to as “big-box”) buildings subjected
to two extreme hazards to which they have been observed to be susceptible—high winds …

In the seismic retrofit of the existing masonry buildings, dissipative and deformable roof
diaphragms could offer an efficient solution in cases where both the adoption of steel ties or …

In this paper, the in-plane deformability of floors in Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures has
been investigated in order to establish the role of lightening elements made of both …

Buildings having rigid walls and flexible roof diaphragms (RWFD) are a type of building
construction widely used for light industry in the United States; they incorporate rigid in …

An elastic parametric study of simplified single‐and multi‐story building models presented in
a companion paper shows that seismic building response depends on the period (s) of the …

The objective of this paper is to study the elastic seismic response of simplified building
models that include considerations of the vertical lateral force resisting system (walls) and …

The objective of this paper is to investigate the seismic time history response of single-story
buildings with a wide range of wall and roof diaphragm periods and ductility. Current design …

Steel housing solutions made of thin-walled cold-formed steel profiles (CFS) appear to be
competitive in seismic areas because of their light weight and the associated reduced mass …

Performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) considers certain metrics to assess the
seismic response of buildings, which integrate economic losses into the design process …

A seismic collapse evaluation study of buildings with rigid walls and flexible roof diaphragms
(RWFD) presented in the companion paper indicates that this type of structure, as designed …