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The Applied Technology Council (ATC) has entered into a contract with the Federal Emergency Manag... more The Applied Technology Council (ATC) has entered into a contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop a next generation of performance-based seismic design guidelines for buildings (the ATC-58 project). As currently envisioned, the ATC-58 project will extend over approximately a 12-year period. The guidelines developed by the project are to be applicable to the design of new buildings

Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, 2010

Performance-based seismic design methods in the United States originated as a practical and effec... more Performance-based seismic design methods in the United States originated as a practical and effective means to permit the identification and mitigation of hazardous existing buildings and the development of new buildings capable of superior seismic performance. However, these methods quickly evolved into a tool to justify the development of new buildings that do not conform to building code requirements, and are not necessarily capable of superior performance, but which can be demonstrated to provide acceptable levels of safety and serviceability. This practice has become particularly prevalent in the design of very tall buildings in the Western United States. The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, working with the tall building design community, has developed a methodology for designing tall buildings that encompasses and improves upon the procedures developed during the past 10 years of practice.

Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design, 2005

Handbook of Structural Engineering, Second Edition, 2005

... and California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREe), formed specifical... more ... and California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREe), formed specifically to ... has developed the technical basis for the current model national seismic design codes ... buildings; the de facto national standard for postearthquake safety evaluation of buildings ...

Journal of Structural Engineering, 2002

Abstract: A performance prediction and evaluation procedure based on nonlinear dynamics and relia... more Abstract: A performance prediction and evaluation procedure based on nonlinear dynamics and reliability theory is presented. It features full integration over the three key stochastic models: ground motion hazard curve, nonlinear dynamic displacement demand, and ...

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 1998

This paper reviews the performance of welded steel moment frame buildings during the Northridge e... more This paper reviews the performance of welded steel moment frame buildings during the Northridge earthquake. Some of the studies being undertaken in the United States as part of the FEMA-funded SAC Steel Project are described. The intent of these studies is to devise improved ...

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 2006

Earthquake Spectra, 1988

The Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake of October 1, 1987Buildings at Risk. [Earthquake Spe... more The Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake of October 1, 1987Buildings at Risk. [Earthquake Spectra 4, 35 (1988)]. BG Jones, CN Nicolaides. Abstract. Current methods of risk assessment require determining the incidence ...

Earthquake Spectra, 2006

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Earthquake Spectra, 2003

Considerable research has been conducted worldwide to assess the unexpected damage to welded stee... more Considerable research has been conducted worldwide to assess the unexpected damage to welded steel moment-frame buildings during the 1989 Loma Prieta, 1994 Northridge, and 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquakes, as well as to find effective and economical ...