Browsing Proceedings of the 2024 New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Annual Technical Conference by Issue Date

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    • Standardised timber moment-resisting frames for multistorey buildings 

      Tombleson, Jack; Newcombe, Michael; Leslie, Sam; Hewitt, Andrew (2024-04-09)
      The paper presents preliminary findings from an extensive experimental testing campaign (Project Skyscraper) performed on full-scale moment-resisting timber frames intended for application in multistorey buildings. The ...

    • Dynamic Shaking Layer models for large New Zealand earthquakes (M6.5+): from rapid source characterization to landslide and impact forecasting 

      Kaiser, Anna; Andrews, Jen; Fry, Bill; Horspool, Nick; Lukovic, Biljana; Massey, Chris; Warren-Smith, Emily; Chamberlain, C.; Goded, Tatiana (2024-04-09)
      GNS Science has developed a new Shaking Layers tool to rapidly deliver near-real time ground shaking maps for New Zealand, available directly through GeoNet. Shaking Layers combines observed strong motion data with ground ...

    • Performance of RC buildings in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes 

      Shegay, Alex; Tajiri, S.; Kusunoki, Koichi; Ilki, Alper; Atasever, Kurtulus; Aydogdu, Hussein; Demir, Cem; Cinar, Tolga; Unal, Goktug; Halici, Omer; Onishi, N.; Andirir, G.; Maeda, Masaki; Monical, Jonothan; Sugimoto, K.; Yoon, R.; Asai, T.; Lus, H.; Raouffard, M.; Dogan, F.; Demir, U.; Caglar, Akkaya; Yazgan, Ufuk; Liu, H.; Orakcal, Kutay; Yenidogan, C.; Gullu, M.; Nakamura, A. (2024-04-09)
      The 2023 Mw 7.7-7.8 Turkey-Syria earthquakes were devastating events that resulted in widespread damage throughout several regions of western Turkey. In March 2023, the Architectural Institute of Japan deployed a team of ...

    • Seismic Retrofitting Concrete Structures with Post-installed Connections in New Zealand 

      Caloba Aguiar, Samuel; Narayan, Suman; Kundu, Kamalika; Muñoz Arriagada, Gonzalo (2024-04-09)
      Seismic Retrofitting of concrete structures in New Zealand is of utmost importance, as highlighted by the most recent catastrophic Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. With more than 2,800 earthquake-prone buildings ...

    • Performance-based Assessment and Seismic Strengthening of the Christ Church Cathedral 

      Smith, Joel; Oliver, Stuart; Carney, Peter (2024-04-09)
      The Christ Church Cathedral is a significant landmark for New Zealand. It was severely damaged in the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes – the Tower and Rose Window/western façade of the Cathedral suffered partial collapses while ...

    • Impact of seismic demand on construction costs 

      Del Rey Castillo, Enrique (2024-04-09)
      The legally binding earthquake performance requirements in New Zealand's Building Act and Building Code emphasise building collapse prevention, allowing for a certain degree of damage to resist the seismic load. However, ...

    • Experimental Testing of Brittle RC frames Strengthened by RSFJ-toggle bracing system 

      Veismoradi, Sajad; Watson, Tom; Baylis, Alex; Zarnani, Pouyan; Quenneville, Pierre (2024-04-09)
      This paper investigates the performance of the new retrofitting system, consisting of self-centering damper resilient slip friction joint (RSFJ)-toggle bracing system, as a global retrofitting method for deficient RC frame ...

    • Panel Zone Strength in Moment Frames with Slabs 

      MacRae, Gregory; Macalister, Ed; Henderson, Cameron (2024-04-09)
      Despite the common occurrence of composite slabs in steel structures, they are often excluded from design considerations, which may lead to undesirable panel zone yielding due to increased demands. Through the utilisation ...

    • Improving structural performance of an existing EBF and moment frame structure using fluid viscous dampers 

      Canney, Nathan; Burkett, Lawrence; Camajani, Joseph (2024-04-09)
      Improving the performance of existing buildings is a critical function for engineers and one of the most impactful ways we can improve the sustainability of buildings. By re-using and upgrading existing building stock, we ...

    • Simple Three-layer Pagoda Analysis 

      Liang, Haoyu; Chen, Jian; MacRae, Gregory; Jia, Liang-Jiu; Li, Minghao (2024-04-09)
      This paper describes the construction of a simplified three-storey pagoda and its behaviour. The following are developed: (i) a 1/20 scale 3-D printed overall structure model, (ii) a 1/10 scale 3-D printed model of one ...

    • Insights into the Response of Multi-Storey Eccentrically Braced Frame Steel Structures to Earthquake Ground Motion 

      Hyland, Clark; Thang, John (2024-04-09)
      Insights were gained from the 2010 Christchurch earthquake series into the performance of eccentrically braced frame (“EBF”) buildings up to around 20 storeys high. An elastic-plastic finite element analysis method using ...

    • Geotechnical design of a secant piled underground pump station in liquefiable ground 

      Ghanooni, Shahin; Milford, Jack (2024-04-09)
      The geotechnical design of underground structures with a high importance level, in a dense urban area, in liquefiable ground, and adjacent to existing structures that are sensitive to settlement is challenging because ...

    • Comparing alternative methods to account for shallow site effects in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulations 

      Kuncar, Felipe; Bradley, Brendon; de la Torre, Christopher; Rodriguez-Marek, Adrian; Zhu, Chuanbin; Lee, Robin (2024-04-09)
      Shallow site effects are usually not explicitly modelled in hybrid broadband ground-motion simulations, and their proper incorporation may be key to improving prediction at soil sites. This paper examines five methods to ...

    • Soil structure interaction in laterally displacing ground 

      Rama, Bhavesh; Palmer, Stuart (2024-04-09)
      Design or assessment of structures founded on ground with a potential for seismic induced ground displacements requires careful consideration of the associated soil structure interaction (SSI). These seismic ground ...

    • Low-Rise Buildings Guideline – Stage 1 Review 

      Tatham, Henry; Whitla, Georgia (2024-04-09)
      The seismic assessment of low-rise buildings is an important area of seismic assessment in New Zealand given the prevalence of these types of structures, especially outside the main centres. The Joint Committee for the ...

    • Quantification of economic benefits of functional recovery-based design: a stepwise review of the methodology 

      Habibi, Kasra; Cardwell, Robert; Chang-Richards, Alice; Filippova, Olga (2024-04-09)
      Recent earthquake experiences have shown that although life-safety objectives have been met, current seismic design standards were unable to ensure an acceptable level of robustness and recovery timeframe for all modern ...

    • Bridging engineering and social perspectives of post-earthquake functional recovery of commercial buildings 

      Nkrumah, Sally; Filippova, Olga; Ying, Fei (2024-04-09)
      The emerging post-earthquake functional recovery concept is gaining momentum among building professionals and policymakers. It highlights the importance of incorporating recovery-oriented objectives into building codes, ...

    • Seismic Ratcheting Considerations 

      MacRae, Gregory; Hussain, Mereen (2024-04-09)
      This paper describes recent research conducted to understand the effects of structural characteristics on the seismic response of single storey structures with a ratcheting tendency. The ratcheting tendency was characterised ...

    • Informing Clients on the Business Case for Seismic Resiliency 

      Stanway, Jan; Steneker, Paul; Parker, Will; Le Heux, Mitchel; Mery, Magno; Arnold, David; Campbell, Paul; Ghodsi, Tony; Jacques, Chris; Johnston, William; Mastschuch, Richard; Morales, Yanko (2024-04-09)
      The role of structural engineer has been to ensure life safety of building occupants during a seismic event. In the past, a singular focus on this performance target has resulted in structures that relied on the dissipation ...

    • The role of risk perception, risk communication, and comparative risk principles in resilience building 

      Vinnell, Lauren (2024-04-09)
      Increasing resilience to earthquakes through choices such as building design requires people to understand, evaluate, and act on risk. Therefore, any communication efforts, either formal or informal, which are aimed at ...