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Seismic design of an XblocPlus® revetment using multi-model approach
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
When designing and constructing revetments, there is often a drive to reduce the footprint due to space constraints and a limited supply of suitable rock armour materials. Concrete armour units present a potentially more ...
Using holistic design to improve the seismic performance of non-structural elements and building resilience
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
Non-structural elements typically contribute around 80% of the total cost of a building. Damage to these components as well as works to repair and replace earthquake damaged non-structural elements can mean buildings are ...
Innovative Resin Injection Ground Improvement to Build Up Seismic Resilience of Existing Water Structures
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
The existing Wellington Water’s Waterloo Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in Wellington, New Zealand is an important post-earthquake facility for the Wellington region. The WTP is founded on soils prone to liquefaction and ...
Optimisation through an Alternative Solution approach to incorporating soil-structure interaction
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
The New Zealand Building Code is performance based. However, the most commonly adopted design methods utilise capacity-based Verification Methods such as B1/VM1. Although considerable time and cost is typically associated ...
Effect of uncertainties in collapse assessment of coupled CLT walls with energy dissipators as couplers and resilient hold-downs
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
Rocking coupled CLT walls with energy dissipaters as couplers provide increased stiffness and damping, enabling the design realisation of taller CLT structures. Researchers have proposed design methods and conducted ...
Optimising seismic resilience assessments -Part II:Integrating geophysical and geotechnical investigations
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
In a country frequently shaken by earthquakes, understanding the risk to infrastructure from seismic shaking is a vital part of any construction project. With no single technique able to fully capture the seismic hazard ...
Mitigation of liquefaction-induced lateral spread ground displacements using an in-ground pile wall
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
Liquefaction-induced lateral spread ground displacements can be damaging to buildings and their foundations. Buildings can either be designed/strengthened to tolerate such displacements, or ground improvement (e.g. compaction, ...