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In the early morning hours of February 6, 2023, a M W 7.8 earthquake occurred in Turkey, followed by four additional earthquakes throughout the day with MW of 5
The agencies are funding 20 projects to be conducted across 24 institutions through the Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) program, which they manage
Since the mid-1990s, a type of steel column that commonly features slender cross-sectional elements has become more prevalent in buildings along the West Coast
In certain regions of moderate seismicity, particularly in the central and eastern United States (CEUS), member sizes of the seismic force-resisting systems
Grade 60 reinforcement, with a nominal yield strength of 60 ksi (420 MPa), has been the primary type of reinforcement used in concrete construction in the US
The onset of structural collapse is used as the acceptance criterion in performance-based seismic engineering, but there is no consensus on how to define
Structural engineers are increasingly using Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE), instead of building code-based prescriptive procedures, in the design
Craig A. Davis, Laurie A. Johnson, Anne Kiremidjian, Alexis Kwasinski, Thomas Denis O'Rourke, Ellis Stanley, Kent Yu, Farzin Zareian, Katherine Johnson, Ayse Hortacsu
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Craig A. Davis, Laurie A. Johnson, Anne Kiremidjian, Alexis Kwasinski, Thomas Denis O'Rourke, Ellis Stanley, Kent Yu, Farzin Zareian, Katherine Johnson, Ayse Hortacsu
Lifeline infrastructure systems provide services to support communities, including life safety, public health, and social-economic factors. They require both
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