H. Kit Miyamoto, Bob Glasgow, and Amir S. J. Gilani ASCE Conf. Proc. 369, 232 (2010) For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Suspended ceilings have suffered major damage in past earthquakes. This damage has been non‐proportional, has occurred in moderate events even for adequately […]
Earthquake Simulator Testing and Seismic Evaluation of Suspended Ceilings
H. Kit Miyamoto, Amir S. J. Gilani, Andrei M. Reinhorn, Bob Glasgow, Oren Lavan J. Archit. Eng. 16, 63 (2010) For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Past seismic events have demonstrated the vulnerability of suspended ceilings, classified as nonstructural components, to earthquake damage. Engineers, […]
Identification and Modeling of Limit States of Viscous Dampers under Large Earthquakes
H. Kit Miyamoto, Amir S. J. Gilani, and Akira Wada ASCE Conf. Proc. 364, 85 (2009) For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Fluid viscous dampers have been extensively used in new construction and seismic retrofit. They provide a reliable mean of dissipating seismic […]
Probabilistic Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Steel Moment Framed Buildings Incorporating Damper Limit States
H. Kit Miyamoto, Amir S. J. Gilani, Christopher Ariyaratana, and Akira Wada ASCE Conf. Proc. 369, 130 (2010) For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. An advanced concept for design of steel moment framed structures, sizing steel members per code guidelines for strength and […]
Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of 230-kV Porcelain Transformer Bushings
Amir S. Gilani, Andrew S. Whittaker, and Gregory L. Fenves Earthquake Spectra 17, 597 (2001) | Cited 3 times For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Static and earthquake-simulator testing of two 230-kV, 3000A, Type-U transformer bushings manufactured in the mid 1980s by […]
Performance of Structures with Passive Energy Dissipaters
H. Kit Miyamoto and J. P. Singh Earthquake Spectra 18, 105 (2002) | Cited 4 times For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the earthquake performance of structures with passive energy dissipaters. This paper addresses the […]
Identifying the Collapse Hazard of Steel Special Moment-Frame Buildings with Viscous Dampers Using the FEMA P695 Methodology
H. Kit Miyamoto, Amir S. J. Gilani, Akira Wada, and Christopher Ariyaratana Earthquake Spectra 27, 1147 (2011) For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. An innovative design using steel special moment frames sized per building code requirements for strength and viscous dampers to […]
Earthquake Performance of Porcelain Transformer Bushings
Andrew S. Whittaker, Gregory L. Fenves, and Amir S. J. Gilani Earthquake Spectra 20, 205 (2004) | Cited 1 times For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. The earthquake performance of 196-kV, 230-kV, and 550-kV porcelain transformer bushings was studied by earthquake-simulator experimentation and analysis. […]