Self-centering seismic-resistant structures: Historical overview and state-of-the-art

C Zhong, C Christopoulos - Earthquake Spectra, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This state-of-the-art review provides an overview of the evolution of self-centering structures
from early historical structures that inherently exhibited a recentering response to modern …

Near-fault ground motion characteristics and its effects on a collapsed reinforced concrete structure in Hatay during the February 6, 2023 Mw7. 8 Kahramanmaraş …

İ Kazaz, İH Bilge, M Gürbüz - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Ground motion in the vicinity of fault rupture produces pulse-type loading that may impose
severe lateral displacement demands on structures due to forward-directivity effects. The M …

Influence of near-fault ground motions with fling-step and forward-directivity characteristics on seismic response of base-isolated buildings

S Bhagat, AC Wijeyewickrema… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The behavior of base-isolated buildings under near-fault (NF) ground motions with fling-step
and forward-directivity characteristics is investigated using three-dimensional nonlinear …

Shear‐controlling rocking‐isolation podium system for enhanced resilience of high‐rise buildings

C Zhong, C Christopoulos - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid urban growth has been paired with a rapid increase in the demand for high‐rise
buildings, and has accelerated the need for develo** more resilient high‐rise buildings in …

[HTML][HTML] Towards understanding, estimating and mitigating higher-mode effects for more resilient tall buildings

C Christopoulos, C Zhong - Resilient Cities and Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has resulted in increased demand for tall buildings in many large and
medium-sized cities around the world. Current code-based standards for seismic design are …

Scaled shaking table testing of higher‐mode effects on the seismic response of tall and slender structures

C Zhong, C Christopoulos - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As structures are built taller and more slender, their response becomes increasingly
sensitive to dynamic loads that are induced by the buildings' higher‐frequency vibration …

Data set from shaking table tests of a slender MDOF structure with base-rocking mechanisms

C Zhong, C Christopoulos - Earthquake Spectra, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Numerical models of seismic-resistant structures are typically validated by comparing
numerically predicted key seismic response parameters to those obtained from benchmark …

Seismic analysis of a modern 14‐story reinforced concrete core wall building system using the BTM‐shell methodology

M Mavros, M Panagiotou, I Koutromanos… - Earthquake …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper uses computational simulation to investigate the lateral load‐displacement
behavior and failure modes of a modern 14‐story reinforced concrete (RC) core wall …

Shake table testing of shear-controlling rocking isolation podium system for mitigating higher-mode effects in tall buildings

C Zhong, C Christopoulos - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents shake table testing results of a scaled tower specimen equipped with a
novel self-centering shear and moment dual-base mechanism system, termed the shear …

Seismic performance evaluation of posttensioned hybrid precast wall-frame buildings and comparison with shear wall-frame buildings

HADS Buddika, AC Wijeyewickrema - Journal of Structural …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Seismic performance of posttensioned hybrid precast wall systems has been mainly studied
in the past without considering the interaction of the wall system with the rest of the structure …