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    • A review of international guidance for tsunami loading on buildings 

      Toma, Charlotte; Till, Henry; Stephens, Max (2022-04-27)
      Tsunami loading on structures creates a potentially controlling structural demand that is less understood than other design loads. Guidance for tsunami loading scenarios is sparce, and there is a great deal of variation ...
    • Meet EDDIE – QuakeCoRE’s new earthquake test dummy 

      Vinnell, Lauren; Johnston, David; Hogan, Lucas; Stephens, Max; Horspool, Nick (2023-04-19)
      Until recently there has been limited understanding of the relationship between behaviour during earthquake shaking and risk of injury. Studying human behaviour during shaking is important, however, because with a better ...
    • Seismic Performance Comparison of New Zealand and Japanese Concrete Moment Frames 

      Buck, Nicole; Stephens, Max; Hogan, Lucas; Clarke, Georgi (2023-04-19)
      Observations of the performance of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in Japan showed buildings designed using Japanese standards resulted in less damage and downtime compared to buildings ...
    • Tsunami resilience: Aotearoa New Zealand's path to integrated risk management and engineering design 

      Johnston, David; Tan, Marion; Tapuke, Kelvin; Toma, Charlotte; Stephens, Max; Wotherspoon, Liam; Leonard, Graham; Power, William; Adikari, Kasuni (2024-04-09)
      Tsunami threats persist along coastlines worldwide, necessitating proactive measures to safeguard lives and property. Recent catastrophic events, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2011 Japan tsunami, have ...