In this study, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) analytical method has been developed for evaluation the collapse vulnerability (earthquake performance) of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings . In this study, collected ...

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 ...

To a certain extent, the performance of seismic analysis and design requirements for a building is considered as a substantial subject amongst Civil Engineers. In general, the lateral force resisting system is the ...

In recent decades, several methods have been proposed by earthquake engineering specialists for seismic multi-story building response reduction. However, many of these techniques have not been acknowledged by the ...

Depending on the many aspects of seismic performance evaluation procedures, different collapse performance levels may be obtained. Fragility curves in different limit states are the most important tools for evaluating the ...

Brick walls are often used as an infill element serving as partitions or as cladding in structure frames. In structural frame design method, infill walls are usually considered to be inert “nonstructural” elements and known ...

As Seismic isolation is one of the remedies for providing earthquake-resistant features for structural components, non-structural components, and contents of the building systems, its performance may become counter-productive ...