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The Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of January 17, 1995: Performance of Lifelines
(1995)This report describes the damage to lifelines caused by the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake in Japan. It begins with a summary of the earthquake's seismological characteristics which is followed by separate chapters ... -
Highway Culvert Performance During Past Earthquakes
(1996)To assess performance of culverts during earthquakes, the authors reviewed reports from six earthquakes, interviewed highway officials in areas shaken by four earthquakes, and conducted field investigations in epicental ... -
Hokkaido Nansei-oki, Japan Earthquake of July 12, 1993
(1993)This report reviews damages caused by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake which occurred offshore, southwest of the Island of Hokkaido in Northern Japan on July 12, 1993. The earthquake caused moderately strong ground shaking ... -
Horizontal Impedances for Radially Inhomogeneous Viscoelastic Soil Layers
(1987)A study of the dynamic impedances of horizontally excited, radially inhomogeneous, infinite viscoelastic soil layers with a circular hole, and of piles embedded in a medium represented by such layers is made considering ... -
Hybrid Control of Seismic-Excited Nonlinear and Inelastic Structural Systems
(1991)Refined versions of the instantaneous optimal control algorithms for nonlinear or inelastic systems are proposed. Their advantage is that the control vector is determined directly from the measured response state vector ... -
Hysteretic Models for Cyclic Behavior of Deteriorating Inelastic Structures
(1999)Two hysteretic models (a polygonal model and a smooth model) for inelastic behavior of macro-models of structural components are developed. These models can simulate the deteriorating behavior of strength, stiffness, and ... -
IDARC Bridge: A Computational Platform for Seismic Damage Assessment of Bridge Structures
(1998)This report presents the theoretical background of a computer platform for three-dimensional inelastic analysis of bridge structures. The program adapts and extends some of the component and damage models of the existing ... -
IDARC Version 3.0: A Program for the Inelastic Damage Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures
(1992)This report summarizes significant modeling and program enhancements to the computer code, IDARC (see NCEER-87-0008) for inelastic damage analysis of reinforced concrete frame-wall structures. As described here, IDARC is ... -
IDARC2D, Version 4.0: A Computer Program for the Inelastic Damage Analysis of Buildings
(1996)This report summarizes recent enhancements to the IDARC computer program which has been and continues to be developed for the analysis of earthquake-induced damage to inelastic reinforced concrete structures. This report ... -
IDARC: Inelastic Damage Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Frame - Shear-Wall Structures
(1987)The needs for analytical tools to support experiments and design processes led the authors to develop a computer program for the Inelastic Damage Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Frame-Shear Wall Structures, IDARC. The ... -
Impact Assessment of Selected MCEER Highway Project Research on the Seismic Design of Highway Structures
(1999)This report details the independent review of the results obtained from each of the studies conducted under the four-year MCEER research project on the "Seismic Vulnerability of New Highway Construction" and assesses the ... -
Inelastic Response of Reinforced Concrete Structures with Viscoelastic Braces
(1993)The addition of viscoelastic braces in structures for vibration reduction was proposed and implemented in the past decade in metal models or full-scale structures. Viscoelastic braces provide energy dissipation, while the ... -
Instantaneous Optimal Control for Linear, Nonlinear and Hysteretic Structures - Stable Controllers
(1991)Recently, instantaneous optimal control algorithms have been proposed and developed for applications to control seismic-excited linear, nonlinear and hysteretic structural systems. In particular, these control algorithms ... -
Instantaneous Optimal Control Laws for Tall Buildings Under Seismic Excitations
(1987)A critical review of classical optimal control algorithms is made with respect to the specific application of structural control under seismic loads. With the earthquake ground acceleration being the major source of ...