Browsing Proceedings of the 2024 New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Annual Technical Conference by Title
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Omāroro Reservoir: A Case Study. It’s Cheaper to Work with Nature
(2024-04-09)By all accounts, Wellington, New Zealand is a challenging seismic environment for the design and construction of infrastructure. In recent years, this challenge has increased with our deeper understanding of Aotearoa’s ... -
Out-of-plane capacity of low-damage partition wall systems: the balance between maintaining robustness and allowing relative movement
(2024-04-09)The need for low-damage non-structural systems has been apparent following many major earthquakes, where significant damage has commonly been observed to the non-structural contents of buildings. Damage to non-structural ... -
P-delta or P-theta analysis?
(2024-04-09)Engineers have methods to estimating the displacements of inelastically responding structures in earthquakes. Rules to estimate such displacements for a structure with a certain period, damping, and hysteretic behaviour ... -
Panel Zone Strength in Moment Frames with Slabs
(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 ... -
Performance of RC buildings in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes
(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 ... -
Performance of Seismically Isolated High-Speed Railway Bridges against Near-Fault Ground Motions
(2024-04-09)The first high-speed rail (HSR) corridor in India, built on viaducts and bridge structures, is currently under construction between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. This corridor passes through seismic Zone III, whereas future corridors ... -
Performance-based Assessment and Seismic Strengthening of the Christ Church Cathedral
(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 ... -
Post-Earthquake Response: Update on the Improvements to the Rapid Building Assessment Process and Building Management In Emergencies
(2024-04-09)It is vital that New Zealand has both the systems in place and trained personnel ready to respond to earthquakes and other natural disasters. Rapidly assessing the usability of affected buildings and identifying an ... -
Practical issues in time-history analysis of low-rise concrete wall buildings with subterranean levels
(2024-04-09)In New Zealand, older power stations are commonly low-rise concrete wall structures with rigid basements housing generators, turbines and other electro-mechanical infrastructure at or below ground level. These structures ... -
Prediction of crack widths in NZS 3101 and its significance in the seismic design of connections
(2024-04-09)Cracking of reinforced concrete structures due to bending or tension has usually great significance on structural behaviour. Design codes limit crack widths for durability and aesthetic purposes. The research of cracking ... -
Pres-Lam: An innovative and collaborative timber solution
(2024-04-09)The pressing need for resilient structures in earthquake-prone regions has led to the development of innovative seismic solutions. Among them, PRESSS and Preslam stand out as a groundbreaking approach. This paper offers ... -
Proposal of repair index and strategy for recovery of reinforced concrete buildings damaged by earthquakes
(2024-04-09)Restoration of damaged buildings is an important issue for achieving smooth recovery of society after a devastating earthquake disaster. In general, in past earthquake disasters in Japan, demolition or repair judgement was ... -
QA/QC methods for grouted Drossbach duct connections in precast concrete shear wall panels – case study: new 12-storey building in Auckland
(2024-04-09)This paper explores the issues and limitations of grouted Drossbach duct connections, and investigates the quality assurance/control (QA/QC) methods used in the construction monitoring of a new 12-storey hotel in Auckland. ... -
Quantification of economic benefits of functional recovery-based design: a stepwise review of the methodology
(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 ... -
Rapid Earthquake Rupture Characterisation for New Zealand Using the FinDer Algorithm
(2024-04-09)For large and damaging earthquakes, rupture location and extent are critical inputs for impact forecasts and response decision-making. This information has the potential to significantly improve estimates of ground shaking, ... -
Recommended practice for seismic restraint design of suspended ceilings
(2024-04-09)Seismic restraint of suspended ceilings in the New Zealand environment has seen significant evolution over the past decade. Amendments to NZS1170.5 and updates to AS/NZS2785 are intended to drive better earthquake resilience ... -
Residential Reconstruction of Christchurch City Centre: Is sustainability the key to promoting inner-city living?
(2024-04-09)The aftermath of the 12 years following the earthquake has posed persistent challenges in achieving attracting permanent residents into the Christchurch City Centre. Despite City Council’s initiatives like the Central City ... -
Resin Injection ground improvement for liquefaction mitigation at Poverty Bay Rugby Club, Gisborne
(2024-04-09)Gisborne is located near the Hikurangi Subduction Zone which contributes to a significant amount of the seismic activity in New Zealand. This coupled with Gisborne’s soil profile consisting of liquefiable sands has resulted ... -
Seismic Performance of Prefabricated Modular Mass Timber Structures with Inter-Story Isolation.
(2024-04-09)Prefabricated Modular Mass Timber (MMT) construction provides an alternative to traditional on-site light timber construction. MMT buildings comprise of prefabricated volumetric modules assembled on-site to form a larger, ... -
Seismic Ratcheting Considerations
(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 ...