A performance-based seismic design (PBSD) method is aimed at controlling the structural damage based on precise estimations of proper response parameters. PBSD method evaluates the performance of a building frame for any seismic hazard, the building may experience. Use of this method for vertical irregular building is verified with comparison of conventional method. Vertical irregular frame is ...

A performance-based seismic design (PBSD) method is aimed at controlling the structural damage based on precise estimations of proper response parameters. PBSD method evaluates the performance of a building frame for any seismic hazard, the building may experience. Use of this method for vertical irregular building is verified with comparison of conventional method. Vertical irregular frame is ...

Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) procedure is now considered as a robust tool for estimating the seismic sidesway collapse capacity of structures. However, the procedure is time-consuming and requires numerous nonlinear response-history analyses. This paper proposes a simplified Modal Pushover Analysis (MPA) procedure for IDA of RC moment-resisting frames. The proposed method uses the dynamic...

The aim of this study is to compare the seismic performances strengthening techniques applied reinforced concrete (RC) non-ductile frames tested under effects loads. In experimental part study, one-third scale, one-bay, two-storey hollow brick infilled RC were strengthened with five different and reversed cyclic lateral One being reference, bricks plastered on both sides, one was plain mortar, ...

Comprehensive methodologies based on a fully probabilistic approach (i.e., the performance-based earthquake engineering approach, PBEE), represent refined and accurate tool for seismic performance assessment of structures. However, those procedures are suitable building-specific evaluations, appearing extremely time-consuming if applied at urban scale. In proposed contribution, simplified loss ...

This work aims to provide an effective structural solution, minimizing the discomfort during works’ execution, for how retrofit Day-Hospital building of National Cancer Institute “G. Pascale Foundation” in Naples. The vulnerability has been preliminarily evaluated this scope, using linear static and dynamic analyses according code provisions. performance index terms peak ground acceleration (PG...

In this paper we present an optimal design procedure for secondand third-order active resistance-capacitance (RC) single-amplifier building blocks that are used to build a high-order tolerance-insensitive allpole filter. The design procedure of low-sensitivity, low-pass secondand third-order active-RC allpole filters, with positive feedback, has already been published. The design was extended t...

The study was designed to investigate the effects of dietary Selenium-enriched radish sprouts (Se-RS), Vitamin E (Vit E), and Rhodobacter capsulatus (RC) on immunity, cholesterol concentration, and fatty acid composition in broiler meat. A total of 100 two-week-old male broiler chicks were randomly assigned into five dietary groups: I) Control; II) Se-RS (5 μg/kg Se-RS); III) Se-RS+RC (5 μg/kg ...

The paper deals with design of low-order RC filters working in current mode (CM). As the basic building blocks, transconductors (OTA) with single input and multiple outputs are used. One-loop, two-loop and multi-loop structures are discussed. The adjoint VM-CM transformation is used to obtain new circuits from known VM prototype. The designed structures are verified by Pspice simulations using ...

Abstract—The optimal design procedure of buckling restrained braces (BRBs) in reinforced concrete (RC) building structures can provide the distribution of horizontal stiffness of BRBs at each story, which minimizes story drift response of the structure under the constraint of specified total stiffness of BRBs. In this paper, a simple rule is proposed to convert continuous horizontal stiffness o...