The performance of passive battered piles resisting the embankment-induced lateral soil movements may differ from that active pile and axially loaded existing vertical adjacent to embankment constructions. This study was part a preliminary feasibility investigation for reinforcement plan an actual project, aiming experimentally investigate under movement. To this end, sequence reduced-scale mod...

Unreinforced masonry (URM) walls comprise vertical piers and horizontal spandrels, which together form the lateral load resisting system. Whereas past research yielded significant advances in the understanding of the force–deformation characteristics of masonry piers, knowledge of the behaviour of masonry spandrels is lacking. This paper makes a contribution to our understanding of the seismic ...

Bukit Tinggi may experience low earthquake hazard but are still at high risk of substantial damage and loss. Dense concentration of buildings and infrastructure in some areas mainly due to the hospitality industry can generate this high risk level. This study is focused on identify, inventory and rank buildings in Bukit Tinggi to assess seismic vulnerability buildings. The methodology is based ...

Seismic design may require non-conventional concept, due to the fact that the stiffness and layout of the structure have a great effect on the overall structural behaviour, on the seismic load intensity as well as on the internal force distribution. To find an economical and optimal structural configuration the key issue is the optimal design of the lateral load resisting system. This paper foc...

Non-structural elements of a building are not a part of the main load-resisting system. Therefore, these are often neglected from the structural design point of view. Performance in the past earthquake clearly pointed out that in view of the absence or inadequacy of design provisions for non-structural elements and their attachments it has resulted in poor performance of several life line build...

The corrugated steel plate shear wall (CSPSW) has high strength, ductility, and energy dissipation capacity can be used as the lateral force-resisting system of multi-story high-rise buildings. vertical load transmitted by upper floor frame columns may inevitably act on wall. However, influence gravity performance is not considered in most studies. To investigate behavior walls considering actu...

Recently, corrugated steel plate shear walls have been shown to be an efficient lateral force resisting system for building structures. Corrugated plates higher out-of-plane stiffness and improved buckling stability in comparison with flat which result hysteretic behavior. However, the thickness of may limited due cold-form process restrictions. This paper investigates cyclic performance double...