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Hastings boys' high school administration buildings, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Garrett, I. J. (1983-03-31)

Hazard-consistent collapse risk assessment of steel moment frame buildings in Wellington

Gurung Shrestha, Srijana; Chandramohan, Reagan; Dhakal, Rajesh (2021-04-14)

This study evaluates the seismic collapse risk of two modern ductile steel moment frame buildings designed as per the NZS 1170.5 seismic design standard. A four and twelve storey steel moment frame buildings located in ...

High voltage circuit breaker supported on a base isolating tripod for earthquake protection

Safi, B. F.; Pham, L. T.; Busby, M. J. (1989-09-30)

High-strain tests on lead-rubber bearings for earthquake loadings

Tyler, R. G.; Robinson, W. H. (1984-06-30)

Highlights of 30 years  of strong-motion recording in New Zealand

Cousins, W. J. (1993-12-31)

Historical incidence of Modified Mercalli intensity in New Zealand and comparisons with hazard models

Dowrick, D. J.; Cousins, W. J. (2003-03-31)

Horizontal timber diaphragms for wind and earthquake resistance

Smith, P. C.; Dowrick, D. J.; Dean, J. A. (1986-06-30)

How beneficial is earthquake prediction?

Adams, R. D. (1972-12-31)

How effective is a composting toilet system for protecting human health in an emergency context?

Brenin, Matthew; Gutierrez Gines, Maria J; Horswell, Jacqui; Stewart, Carol; Bohm, Kristin; Johnston, David (2021-04-14)

The Wellington Region is highly vulnerable to large earthquakes as it is crossed by active faults. Expected timeframes of 1 to 2 years for the re-establishment of networked wastewater management services provide urgency ...

How practitioners can work together to achieve better seismic performance outcomes for buildings and infrastructure

Wentz, Frederick (2021-04-14)

A key recommendation from the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission was that there should be “greater cooperation and dialogue between geotechnical and structural engineers” to help improve the seismic performance of ...

How well is the insurance industry served by existing research and technology?

Smith, Warwick D. (1990-06-30)

How would changes to serviceability limit state design criteria impact likely repair costs?

Sullivan, Timothy (2020-04-22)

The earthquake engineering community is currently grappling with the need to improve the post-earthquake reparability of buildings. As part of this, proposals exist to change design criteria for the serviceability limit ...

Hurricane Camille

Editor (1970-03-31)

Hybrid posttensioned rocking (HPR) frame buildings: Low-damage vs low-loss paradox

Dhakal, Rajesh (2021-12-01)

Hysteresis loops for timber structures

Dowrick, D. J. (1986-06-30)

Hysteretic dampers for the protection of structures from earthquakes

Skinner, R. I.; Tyler, R. G.; Heine, A. J.; Robinson, W. H. (1980-03-31)

Hysteretic modelling of moment-resisting nailed timber joints

Kivell, B. T.; Moss, P. J.; Carr, A. J. (1981-12-31)

Hysteretic restoring force characteristics of unbounded prestressed concrete framed structure under earthquake load

Nishiyama, M.; Mugurama, H.; Watanabe, F. (1989-06-30)

Identification of research needs for improving the aseismic design of building structures

Bertero, V. V. (1976-03-31)

Identifying vulnerable reinforced concrete buildings in Wellington using a simple assessment methodology

Balbirnie, Kieran; Chandramohan, Reagan; Pujol, Santiago; Wright, Joshua (2021-04-14)

The application of a simple yet effective method to assess reinforced concrete buildings in New Zealand is discussed. It is proposed that this method be used to identify and prioritise the most vulnerable reinforced concrete ...