Advances in Seismic Performance and Risk Estimation of Precast Concrete Buildings

Andrea Belleri, Bruno Dal Lago, Hugo Rodrigues

Frontiers Media SA

Engineering Built Environment Earthquake Engineering

Keywords: Precast concrete,­seismic risk,­connections,­Joints,­Structual Retrofit

Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) 2016-2020: Mitigating the Impact of Natural Hazards on Civil Infrastructure and Communities

Julio Alfonso Ramirez, Marcial Blondet, Carlos Estuardo Ventura, Katrin Beyer, Tiziana Rossetto, Michael Keith Lindell, Franklin Lombardo

Frontiers Media SA

Engineering Built Environment Earthquake Engineering

Keywords: natural hazards,­NHERI,­Earthquakes,­Hurricanes,­windstorms,­storm surge,­tsunami

Recent Advances and Applications of Hybrid Simulation

Wei Song, Chia-Ming Chang, Vasilis K. Dertimanis

Frontiers Media SA

Engineering Built Environment Earthquake Engineering

Keywords: hybrid simulation,­Real-time hybrid simulation,­Compensation algorithms,­stability analysis,­uncertainty

Seismic Analysis and Retrofitting of Historical Buildings

Antonio Formisano, Michele D’amato

Frontiers Media SA

Engineering Built Environment Earthquake Engineering

Keywords: Cultural heritage,­modeling,­Interventions,­seismic analysis,­Structural diagnosis

Recent Advances and Applications of Seismic Isolation and Energy Dissipation Devices

Dario De Domenico, Enrico Tubaldi, Izuru Takewaki, Theodore Karavasilis, Andrea Dall’Asta, Oren Lavan

Frontiers Media SA

Engineering Built Environment Earthquake Engineering

Keywords: Seismic base isolation,­Energy dissipation devices,­Tuned mass damper,­performance-based seismic engineering,­Reliability-based design,­dampers,­Damper optimization,­Earthquake-resistant structures

Innovative Methodologies for Resilient Buildings and Cities

Izuru Takewaki, Masayuki Kohiyama, Tomaso Trombetti, Solomon Tesfamariam, Xinzheng Lu

Frontiers Media SA

Resilient buildings and cities are in the center of common interests in modern academic communities...

Engineering Built Environment Earthquake Engineering

Keywords: resilience,­robustness,­Earthquake risk,­structural control,­Monitoring

Mega Quakes: Cascading Earthquake Hazards and Compounding Risks

Katsuichiro Goda, Tiziana Rossetto, Nobuhito Mori, Solomon Tesfamariam

Frontiers Media SA

Large-scale earthquake hazards pose major threats to modern society, generating casualties,...

Engineering Built Environment Earthquake Engineering

Keywords: Mega Quake,­Earthquakes,­Tsunamis,­Cascading hazards,­Compounding Risks

Critical Earthquake Response of Elastic-Plastic Structures Under Near-Fault or Long-Duration Ground Motions: Closed-Form Approach via Impulse Input

Izuru Takewaki

Frontiers Media SA

The specialty section Earthquake Engineering is one branch of Frontiers in Built Environment and...

Engineering Built Environment Earthquake Engineering

Keywords: earthquake engineering,­uncertainty,­Ground motion,­Structural parameter,­Interval analysis,­robustness,­redundancy,­Earthquake input energy,­double impulse,­critical excitation method,­Energy transfer function,­Upper bound of input energy,­Earthquake Response,­Critical response,­Elastic-plastic response,­Ductility factor,­Near-fault ground motion,­fling-step input,­forward-directivity input,­triple impulse,­Long-duration ground motion,­resonance,­Multiple impulse