World Conference on Documentation

The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering

Semi-active control devices have been shown to be more energy efficient than active devices and more effective in reducing seismic structural vibration than passive devices. A new type of semi-active control device, the piezoelectric friction damper has been made in this paper. Piezoelectric actuators used in the dampers can quickly and accurately respond to a voltage signal. They are also effe...

The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering

The ability to monitor the health of an instrumented structure, detect damage as it occurs, and issue an early warning during or soon after the earthquake (or some other natural or man made disaster), and before physical inspection is possible, has significant potential benefits in reducing loss of life and injuries, in emergency response, and in recovery following the disaster. The timeliness ...

The Fourth World Conference on Women.

The Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing during September 4-15, 1995, was a major success. The platform for action adopted by consensus at the conference is comprised of the mission statement, a global framework, critical areas of concern, strategic objectives and actions, and institutional and financial arrangements. The conference was an extension of other large international co...

First World Conference on Medical Education

The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering

The aim of this paper is to study the effects of Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) on the seismic response of coupled wall-frame structures on pile foundations considering the non-linear behaviour of the superstructure. According to the substructure method, the kinematic interaction analysis is performed by means of a numerical procedure obtaining the dynamic impedance functions and the foundati...