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This paper introduces a high-rise building ambient vibration test project in Laibin. Some results obtained from full-scale
measurements of the dynamic behavior of 10 high-rise buildings are described. Different pre- and post-processing
Operational Modal Analysis and Rational
Yun Zhou, Ph.D.; Yi Zhou; techniques were used for ambient vibration signal analysis, from which the modal parameters were obtained using three
Finite-Element Model Selection for Ten OMA techniques. By rationally analyzing and modeling the stiffness of the infill walls, six finite element (FE) models were
Weijian Yi, Ph.D.; Taiping
High-Rise Buildings based on On-Site built in PKPM and SAP2000 to estimate the analytical modal information. The influences of the infill wall mass and
Chen; Dexian Tan; and Site Mi stiffness on the dynamic properties of a high-rise building are further discussed. According to the identified and calculated
Ambient Vibration Measurements
results, all three modes emerged in each modal dense region in the frequency domain of high-rise buildings. Finally, based
on 25 proposed empirical equations, the fundamental periods of 10 buildings are calculated and summarized.

Numerical model for the dynamic and

Guillermo M. Álamo · Luis A. This paper presents a three–dimensional linear numerical model for the dynamic and seismic analysis of pile-supported
seismic analysis of pile‑supported
Padrón · Juan J. Aznárez · structures that allows to represent simultaneously the structures, pile foundations, soil profile and incident seismic waves and
structures with a meshless integral that, therefore, takes directly into account structure–pile–soil interaction.
Orlando Maeso
representation of the layered soil

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of a
Shallow Two-Story Underground RC Box
Structure
This paper aims to develop a simplified but comprehensive approach relating to vulnerability assessment in the form of
Jungwon Huh ID , Quang Huy fragility curves on a shallow two-story reinforced concrete underground box structure constructed in a highly-weathered
soil. In addition, a comparison of the results of earthquakes per peak ground acceleration (PGA) is conducted to determine
Tran ID , Achintya Haldar ,
the effective and appropriate number for cost- and time-benefit analysis. The ground response acceleration method for
Innjoon Park and Jin-Hee Ahn buried structures (GRAMBS) is used to analyze the behavior of the structure subjected to transverse seismic loading under
quasi-static conditions.

Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Deep
Beam with High Strength Reinforcement
using SAP2000 Software
Sarah Hashim Ebaid
This thesis consists of two major parts. the first part is about design deep beams by a simply supported beam MS1-2 having
shear span to depth ratio of less than 2 has been first designed using truss modeling in SAP2000 Software, using modeling
thick shell element technique. The results of design obtained from FEM modeling has been compared with design obtain in
the available literature. The second part is about study the behavior of deep beams with high strength reinforcement with
various shear span to depth (a/d) ratios and deferent reinforcement ratio ρ to study the strength parameters such as, first
crack load, the ultimate failure load, load of yielding in main tension reinforcement, strains in main tension reinforcement,
deflection at ultimate load, and mode of failure. The design results obtained from SAP2000 shell thick model was show a
good agreement compared with results obtained in the available literature.

Geotechnical Engineering
Design Illustrations on the Use of Soil
Office and The Hong Kong
Nails to Upgrade Loose Fill Slopes
Institution of Engineers
Given in the GEO-HKIE (2011) Report, GEO-HKIE prepared three worked examples pursuant to the new
recommendations, which are presented in this report. The first example demonstrates the procedure for adopting the hybrid
nail arrangement, which is a novelty to local practitioners. The second example assumes that steeply inclined nails have to
be adopted due to site constraints. The design therefore includes the provision of an embedded concrete footing which aims
to reduce slope deformation. The effectiveness of the nail arrangement is verified by numerical analysis. The last example
considers a fill slope with loose fill of a considerable depth, and illustrates the procedure to delineate the non-liquefiable
loose fill zone by limit equilibrium method. Recommendations in respect of the selection of design parameters are also
presented in the worked examples.

Finite element modeling of buildings with Iason Pelekis Frank McKenna This paper addresses the computational modeling of buildings that have either been designed to rock on the soil beneath
their foundation (foundation rocking) or at the foundation–structure interface (structural rocking). Within OpenSees,
structural and foundation rocking on dry Gopal S. P. Madabhushi foundation and structural rocking were modeled using a beam-on-a-nonlinear- Winkler foundation model (BNWF)
sand Matthew J. DeJong combined with flat-slider elements for footing–soil and superstructure–footing interactions, respectively.

In this thesis, soil-structure interaction effects in buildings are studied using relatively simple models prepared by a general-
purpose structural analysis software (SAP2000). A symmetrical, 6-story, 6-bay reinforced concrete moment resisting frame
A STUDY ON MODELING SOIL-
Nawaf Hani Muslim Al- is considered for both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) building models. Seismic responses of three
STRUCTURE INTERACTION EFFECTS different building structures (with varying dynamic characteristics) on three different homogeneous, elastic soil mediums are
dayyeni computed and compared with the responses of the corresponding fixed base models. Soil-structure interaction effects are
IN BUILDINGS
modeled by two approaches: (i) using soil springs representing the soil impedance functions (substructure method), and (ii)
modeling the soil medium directly along with the structure and the foundation (direct analysis method).