In the last two decades, high-rise timber buildings have been built using glulam truss system, even with limited openings. Moment-resisting frames (MRTF) semi-rigid beam-to-column connections can be an architecture-friendly way to provide a load-carrying system vertical and horizontal loads for buildings. these structures, of adequate ductility are crucial ensure robustness energy dissipation. ...

This work applies 64,765 simulated seismic ground motions to four models each of 6or 20-story, steel special moment-resisting frame buildings. We consider two vector intensity measures and categorize the building response as “collapsed,” “unrepairable,” or “repairable.” We then propose regression models to predict the building responses from the intensity measures. The best models for “collapse...

This article covers the impact of soil initial stress field heterogeneity (ISFH) in wave-passage analysis and prescribed structural acceleration context dynamic soil–structure interaction (DSSI) analysis. ISFH is directly related to natural behavior where a significant increase net effective confinement, as case foundation under building, tends soil’s modulus strain. creates heterogeneous vicin...