Why the Location of Center of Rigidity Changes for Each Story Even for Symmetric Structures?
Question: Why the Location of Center of Rigidity Changes [...]
The Definition of Design Basis Earthquake Level and the Retrofit Need for Structures Designed for Older Codes
Question: I noticed that with the updates of codes it [...]
Why building codes require a base shear scaling for the RSA procedure?
Question: Why in different building codes (UBC 97 or ASCE [...]
ETABS End Offsets, Panel Zone and Moment Releases
An informative hand-written notes explaining the concepts of End Offsets, [...]
Resonance Amplification of Dynamic Response of Structures
Prof. Pennung Warnitchai of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), [...]
Structural Analysis: Are We Relying Too Much on Computers?
An interesting two part series of articles authored by Prof. [...]
Significance of Soil-Structure Interaction in Seismic Response of Buildings
In current design office practice, a commonly used modelling assumption [...]
Torsional Irregularity Check and Accidental Torsion
Question: I am currently working in a Consultancy firm [...]
The Importance of Understanding Structural Behavior
Once my PhD advisor told me a story. He [...]
Can We Build Jacob’s Ladder?
Can we build Jacob's Ladder???