Keywords: NEESWood. Seismic protection systems. Woodframe structures. Multistory structures. Residential structures. Performance-based seismic design. Seismic damping. Seismic isolation systems.

A three dimensional seismic isolation system was developed and experimentally validated for high-voltage electric power transformers of weight in the range of 300 to 800kip. Although the validation ...

Japanese seismologists required approximately 20 minutes to accurately determine the full magnitude of last March's massive earthquake off Japan, precious moments for disaster response activation. Now ...

The response of a nuclear installation’s structure during an earthquake depends on the characteristics of the ground motion, the surrounding soil and the structure itself. Soil– structure interaction ...

Seismic instrumentation systems are important elements for plant safety. They provide crucial information for the assessment of safety required to restart a plant after a shutdown caused by an ...

Scientists recently used the drillbit seismic technique to image fractures and shear zones associated with the San Andreas fault near Parkfield, Calif. Low-level energy produced by the drillbit served ...