Abstract: The debris field of earthquake-induced building collapse can block or reduce the capacity of adjacent sidewalks and roads, hinder emergency and evacuation operations, and therefore adversely influence the seismic resilience of a community. To consider the...
Seismic Loads
Seismic Assessment of Damaged Margherita Palace Using Applied Element Method
This paper was presented at the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE) in Santiago, Chile, January 9th-13th, 2017. The paper is a result of research into the use of Extreme Loading for Structures in seismic assessment and retrofitting historic...
ELS at the 16th World Congress on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE)
Are you attending the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE) in Chile January 9th-13th, 2017? Learn more about how you can use Extreme Loading for Structures for the performance based design of structures against seismic, blast, high wind, impact,...
Progressive Collapse Assessment of Multistory Reinforced Concrete Structures Subjected to Seismic Actions
rogressive collapse is a catastrophic partial or total failure that mostly occurs when a structure lose a primary structural component or more like a column or any vertical load-resisting component. This loss could be as a result of a car accident, explosion of a service system, an aircraft crash, a bomb in a criminal or […]
Release of SteelSmart System 7 – Service Pack 1
SteelSmart System 7 Service Pack 1 Updated “Special Seismic Design” in the Shear Wall Module. Updated “Fastener Design” in the Curtain Wall Module. Updated 2013 Hilti fastener database. Updated “Bridging Connection”...