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    • Code Based Design vs. Performance Based Design 

      M. Puthanpurayil, Arun; Jury, Rob; D. Hooper, John; Carr, Athol (2024-04-09)
      Modern day design codes are the result of six decades of seismic engineering developments most of which have been focused on elastic modal methods. Modal methods are strictly not applicable to inelastic systems and hence ...
    • “Modal crimes” in structural engineering 

      Carr, Athol; J. Carr, Athol; Sharpe, Richard; Jury, Rob (2023-04-19)
      With increasing seismic hazard as advised by the NSHM 2022 for entire New Zealand, there is a huge demand for the retrofit of existing building stock to achieve higher earthquake resilience. One of the ways to achieve a ...