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September 12th, 2024

Seismic assessment of residential building typologies: emphasis on masonry buildings

Following the seismic events that shook Albania in November 2019, more than 14,000 buildings were impacted, resulting in 51 fatalities, […]

September 4th, 2024

Seismic Performances of Masonry Educational Buildings during the 2023 Türkiye (Kahramanmaraş) Earthquakes

Huge losses of life and property occurred as a result of two independent catastrophic earthquakes on 6 February 2023 in […]

September 4th, 2024

Influence of Confined Concrete Models on the Seismic Response of RC Frames

In this study, the influence of confined concrete models on the response of reinforced concrete structures is investigated at member […]

September 4th, 2024

Field Reconnaissance and Earthquake Vulnerability of the RC Buildings in Adıyaman during 2023 Türkiye Earthquakes

The 6th February 2023 Pazarcık and Elbistan earthquakes (Mw = 7.7 and Mw = 7.6) caused great destruction in many cities and […]

September 4th, 2024

Investigation of seismic performance of a premodern RC building typology after November 26, 2019 earthquake

This study evaluates the seismic performance of a premodern six story reinforced concrete building typology designed during the communism period […]

September 4th, 2024

Observed failure modes in existing URM buildings after earthquake in Albania

This study explores the vulnerability of Unreinforced Masonry (URM) structures to seismic events, aiming to uncover the causes of failure […]

November 30th, 2023

Effects of near-fault and far-fault ground motions on nonlinear dynamic response and seismic damage of masonry structures

Abstract: This study explores the seismic behavior of masonry buildings in close proximity to a fault rupture as compared to […]

November 10th, 2023

Reflections from the 2019 Durrës Earthquakes: An Earthquake Engineering Evaluation for Masonry Typologies

wo earthquakes struck the NW region of Albanian territory on 21 September 2019 (Mw = 5.6) and on 26 November 2019 […]

November 10th, 2023

Numerical study to evaluate the structural response of the basilica of St. Sotiri

Basilicas constructed in the post-Byzantine time in Balkans cover a period of 400 years, from the 16th century to the […]

November 10th, 2023

A Comparative Study of the Effects of Earthquakes in Different Countries on Target Displacement in Mid-Rise Regular RC Structures

Data from past earthquakes is an important tool to reveal the impact of future earthquakes on engineering structures, especially in […]