SESOC has, over a period of time, developed and acquired a number of structural software design programs. This paper will preview a new development, namely “Gen-Wall”, a software program developed specifically for the ...

In this study, a new anchorage system has been introduced by employing the recently developed Resilient Slip Friction Dampers (RSFDs) as ductile self-centring hold-downs for liquid storage tanks. This new anchorage mechanism ...

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 ...

Reinforced concrete (RC) structural walls are effective lateral force-resisting components that are commonly implemented in tall buildings. Recent studies have investigated the impact of minimum vertical reinforcement ...

Gusset plates connect lateral bracing to a building by fixing two perpendicular edges into the corners of a frame. This results in a gusset plate having a non-uniform cross-sectional area and generally, each gusset plate ...

The lateral design of piled foundations for buildings in liquefiable ground is challenging because of potential reduced lateral support and possible lateral ground displacements. Soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis ...

Moment-resisting frames are one of the efficient lateral-load resisting systems in terms of providing architectural freedom in design and imposing smaller forces on foundations. Recent major earthquakes have resulted in ...

In the current design practice, the strength of Asymmetric Friction Connections (AFCs) is calculated considering the friction force developed at both sliding interfaces using the bolt tension reduced by the moment – shear ...

The design philosophy has changed over the past 20 years in seismic engineering. Structures moved from failing in a controlled ductile manner, to low damage design, to more recently, nearly no damage design (S. Ramhormozian, ...

This paper summarises a newly proposed practice-oriented method to predict elastic floor acceleration response spectra for estimating demands on nonstructural components. The approach builds on previous contributions in ...