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Seismic Performance Assessment of Seismically Isolated Buildings Designed by the Procedures of ASCE/SEI 7

Keywords: Earthquake engineering, Seismic isolation, ASCE/SEI 7, Collapse performance, Risk assessment, Probabilistic analysis Abstract: This report presents an analytical study of the seismic ...
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Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, Standards ASCE/SEI 7-16, has been updated

Several significant updates have been added to the new edition of Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, Standards ASCE/SEI 7-16. The recently released ...
Engineering News-Record

NEHRP Recommendations Likely To Improve Seismic Design

Code-based earthquake engineering is on the verge of getting simpler, thanks to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s recommendation to replace the traditional seismic hazard maps with ...
Medicine Buffalo

Property Modification Factors for Seismic Isolators: Design Guidance for Buildings

Keywords: seismic isolation, ASCE 7-2016 Standard, system property modification factors, bounding methods of analysis Abstract: This report provides guidance on the application of the provisions of ...
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Updated ASCE 7-22 standard includes first-ever criteria for tornado-resistant design

The updated ASCE/SEI 7-22 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures includes the first-ever criteria for tornado-resistant design. “We’re not designing tornado ...