A 10-story building looms above UC San Diego’s earthquake shake table near Scripps Ranch. Next week, the device will simulate an earthquake to see whether a structure made from a lightweight, recycled ...

This paper describes investigations in respect of the seismic performance of a large-span high-rise building in a mountainous area. The building consists of a 135 m high shear wall structure and a 174 ...

The protection of buildings against natural disasters, particularly earthquakes, has become a major focus of modern civil and structural engineering. This issue is especially critical in regions ...

This study is reported in "Science in China Series E: Technological Sciences, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 529-555, May, 2008." (http://tech.scichina.com) This research ...