It is known that bomb-laden vehicles target many buildings as a result of terrorist activities. The effects such attacks must be reduced and structures protected against blast effects. In high seismic hazard regions, are designed to earthquake resistant. One the methods used dampen on base isolation. Base isolation effective in distributing loads structure, similar loading. this study, distribu...

The distribution of stiffness, strength, and mass in both vertical horizontal orientations affects how well a high rise structure performs during powerful earthquake events. A building is considered irregular if there difference between the adjoining storeys. performance behavior regular G+10 reinforced concrete (RC) buildings under seismic loading are main topics current study. In this study, ...

To explore the possibilities and benefits of using CFRP (Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers) in strengthening RC building columns, quasi-static tests (compression bending) were carried out at Institute Earthquake Engineering Seismology - IZIIS, Skopje by variation concrete class, reinforcement percentage various technologies. Some recommendations outcomes regarding approach, technology conclusion...

A very large platform (2 stories RC frame) with plane size 1500m wide and 2000m long was built to cover the city railway communication hub area. About 50 isolation house buildings (9 stories RC frame) with 480,000 M were built on the top floor of platform. A new advanced isolation system named Storied-Isolation was used to ensure the seismic safety for this irregular structure with the largest ...

Abstract: Masonry infill is considered as a non-structural element in all type of buildings where masonry use. But, masonry infill walls are mainly used to increase initial stiffness and strength of reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings. This Open First storey is also termed as “Soft Storey”. The upper storeys have brick infilled wall panels with various opening percentage in it. In many cit...

Affiliations: 1 Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands 2 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PO 30.001 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands 3 Molecular and Population Genetics Laboratory, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Ox...

Metal Plate Shear Walls (MPSWs) represent an effective, practical and economical system for the seismic protection of existing RC framed buildings. They consist of one or more metallic thin plates, bolted or welded to a stiff steel frame, which are installed in the bays of RC framed structures. A case study of an existing RC residential 5-storey building, designed between the ‘60s and ‘70s of t...

Composite RCS building frames integrate reinforced concrete columns with structural steel beams to provide an efficient solution for the design and construction of earthquake-resisting structures. In this paper, an optimization framework is developed for performance-based seismic design of planar RCS moment resisting frames. The objective functions are defined as minimizing the construction cos...