Nonlinear time history analysis (NTHA) is an important engineering method in order to evaluate the seismic vulnerability of buildings under earthquake loads. However, it is time consuming and requires complex calculations ...

Throughout the years Turkey has encountered several disastrous earthquakes that had done major losses in lives and in the economy. The loss was huge and that brought the attention of Ministry of Public Works in Turkey to ...

The recent earthquakes in some part of the world showed the disastrous effect on civilian areas. Most of the existing RC buildings designed only considering gravity loads without seismic design criteria. Therefore, an ...

One of the most important issues of today's world is increasing of physical expansion of urban areas and cities which emanate from the rapid urbanization process. Modern cities, that are samples of development, are subjected ...