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Influence of failure mode uncertainty on the collapse capacity of RC components
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2020-04-22)
Acceptance criteria for reinforced concrete components are selected based on the assumption that the failure mode of a component is deterministic. This paper makes a case suggesting that such an assumption may be untrue ...
Real world investigation of seismic performance of buildings with hollowcore floors
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2020-04-22)
The cyclic test on a super-assembly of hollowcore floor and frames at the University of Canterbury around 2003 revealed the seismic vulnerability of hollowcore floor practice at that time. Subsequent tests were conducted ...
Dealing with uncertainty in prediction of lateral spread
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2022-04-27)
Prediction of lateral spread for seismic assessment and design includes considerable uncertainty. Two widely used prediction methods are Youd et al. (2002) and Zhang et al. (2004). Five case studies across the Wellington ...
Seismic Performance of Precast Hollow-core Units Seated Within the Plastic Hinge Region
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2022-04-27)
This paper discusses the susceptibility of hollow-core floor units to sustain a higher degree of damage when they are seated within the plastic hinge regions of the supporting beam. This damageability of these so-called ...
Post-earthquake functional recovery: A critical review
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2022-04-27)
Functional recovery not only transforms the retrofit of damaged buildings from an earthquake event but also contributes to community resilience. This paper aims to provide a state-of-the-art literature review of functional ...
Risk-targeted framework for seismic design: Maintaining serviceability
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2022-04-27)
Changes to how seismic loads are determined for building design are imminent, as necessitated by the ongoing National Seismic Hazard Model update. The authors recently proposed a framework to produce risk-targeted hazard ...
Testing of heavily damaged reinforced concrete walls repaired using concrete and steel replacement
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
Post-earthquake damage assessments are essential to decisions on the need for and extent of structural repairs. Despite this, New Zealand currently has no official guidelines to evaluate the residual capacity of ...