New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Panel Zone Strength in Moment Frames with Slabs 

      MacRae, Gregory; Macalister, Ed; Henderson, Cameron (2024-04-09)
      Despite the common occurrence of composite slabs in steel structures, they are often excluded from design considerations, which may lead to undesirable panel zone yielding due to increased demands. Through the utilisation ...

    • Insights into the Response of Multi-Storey Eccentrically Braced Frame Steel Structures to Earthquake Ground Motion 

      Hyland, Clark; Thang, John (2024-04-09)
      Insights were gained from the 2010 Christchurch earthquake series into the performance of eccentrically braced frame (“EBF”) buildings up to around 20 storeys high. An elastic-plastic finite element analysis method using ...

    • Multistage Friction Connection Optimisation 

      MacRae, Gregory; Brosnan, Ruaidhri; El-Mashalgi, Bader; Luo, Zheng; Chanchí Golondrino, Jose; Coral Potosí, Hugo Anderson (2024-04-09)
      This paper describes the use of multi-stage friction connections (MFCs) to modify hysteresis curve characteristics of structures in order to decrease their peak and residual displacements. Both cases with and without P-delta ...

    • Moment Curvature Analysis of wide-flange steel columns with local buckling dominant mode of failure 

      Niroomandi, Arsalan; Najafgholipour, Mohammad Amir; Hatef, Ghader (2024-04-09)
      One of the key information that can provide an insight into the seismic behaviour of structural elements is their force-displacement curve. Such a curve can be obtained based on a moment-curvature analysis and using an ...

    • Seismic Ratcheting Considerations 

      MacRae, Gregory; Hussain, Mereen (2024-04-09)
      This paper describes recent research conducted to understand the effects of structural characteristics on the seismic response of single storey structures with a ratcheting tendency. The ratcheting tendency was characterised ...

    • Informing Clients on the Business Case for Seismic Resiliency 

      Stanway, Jan; Steneker, Paul; Parker, Will; Le Heux, Mitchel; Mery, Magno; Arnold, David; Campbell, Paul; Ghodsi, Tony; Jacques, Chris; Johnston, William; Mastschuch, Richard; Morales, Yanko (2024-04-09)
      The role of structural engineer has been to ensure life safety of building occupants during a seismic event. In the past, a singular focus on this performance target has resulted in structures that relied on the dissipation ...

    • Earthquake Protection Technologies for Structural and Non-Structural Applications: Case Studies Worldwide 

      Lopez Gimenez, Javier; Drouin, Thomas; Coria, Camila B.; Ozcanli, Karim Efe; Taboada, Diego (2024-04-09)
      Seismic hazards pose significant risks to the built environment, demanding effective mitigation measures. In recent years, there has been a surge in seismic control technology development, highlighting its crucial role in ...

    • Enhancing Structural Resilience: Three-Dimensional Seismic Isolation (3DSI) in Practice 

      Pourmasoud, Masoud (2024-04-09)
      This research introduces a novel three-dimensional seismic isolator designed to evaluate the coupled horizontal-vertical responses of a five-story building. A comprehensive structural analysis using the OpenSees software ...

    • Performance of Seismically Isolated High-Speed Railway Bridges against Near-Fault Ground Motions 

      Jangid, Ravi; Kumar, Manish (2024-04-09)
      The first high-speed rail (HSR) corridor in India, built on viaducts and bridge structures, is currently under construction between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. This corridor passes through seismic Zone III, whereas future corridors ...

    • Exploring resiliency between different steel lateral systems for new construction 

      Welch, David P.; Canney, Nathan; DeBock, D. Jared (2024-04-09)
      It is known that while base level, code compliant structural designs produce buildings with a low likelihood of collapse, there is little guarantee that buildings will remain functional following moderate to severe ...

    • Seismic Performance of Prefabricated Modular Mass Timber Structures with Inter-Story Isolation. 

      Lal, Rajnil; Hashemi, Ashkan; Quenneville, Pierre (2024-04-09)
      Prefabricated Modular Mass Timber (MMT) construction provides an alternative to traditional on-site light timber construction. MMT buildings comprise of prefabricated volumetric modules assembled on-site to form a larger, ...

    • Pres-Lam: An innovative and collaborative timber solution 

      Higgins, Peter; Gin, John; Keen, Jared; Coulthard, Amber; Smith, Tobias (2024-04-09)
      The pressing need for resilient structures in earthquake-prone regions has led to the development of innovative seismic solutions. Among them, PRESSS and Preslam stand out as a groundbreaking approach. This paper offers ...

    • A Case for Resilience in New Zealand 

      Beetham, Tessa; Zimmerman, Reid; Stratford, Cain (2024-04-09)
      The concepts of resilience and holistic building performance drive the seismic design approach for structures with national significance or special post-disaster functions. Although considerable advancements have been made ...

    • From Research to Practice: Case Study on Mixed Angle Screws Hold Down Connections for a 6-Storey CLT Shear Wall Building 

      Wright, Tom; Stankowitz, Bjorn (2024-04-09)
      Mass timber structures are a growing topic in the New Zealand design environment. To design mass timber buildings to the moderate or high seismic demands of much of New Zealand, strong stiff, and ductile seismic systems ...

    • Te Living Pā: Kaitiakitanga; Whanaungatanga; Akoranga 

      Ballagh, Rowan; Maclean, James; Chin, Eng Liang (2024-04-09)
      The Living Pā is a 3-storey mass timber building currently being constructed for Te Herenga Waka Victoria University at their Kelburn Campus. Full Living Building Challenge certification is a central goal for the project. ...

    • Standardised timber moment-resisting frames for multistorey buildings 

      Tombleson, Jack; Newcombe, Michael; Leslie, Sam; Hewitt, Andrew (2024-04-09)
      The paper presents preliminary findings from an extensive experimental testing campaign (Project Skyscraper) performed on full-scale moment-resisting timber frames intended for application in multistorey buildings. The ...

    • Low-Rise Buildings Guideline – Stage 1 Review 

      Tatham, Henry; Whitla, Georgia (2024-04-09)
      The seismic assessment of low-rise buildings is an important area of seismic assessment in New Zealand given the prevalence of these types of structures, especially outside the main centres. The Joint Committee for the ...

    • Impact of base conditions on the bracing performance of LTF walls 

      Liu, Angela; Carradine, David (2024-04-09)
      Residential buildings in NZ are often low-rise light timber-framed (LTF) buildings where LTF walls provide the gravity and lateral load resisting systems. LTF building construction largely follows the prescriptive standard ...

    • A risk-based framework to account for step-change behaviour in seismic assessment 

      Zaidi, Faraz; Elwood, Ken; Hulsey, Anne (2024-04-09)
      In New Zealand, the seismic assessment of existing buildings focuses on life safety risk. The assessed capacity of a building is limited by the capacity corresponding to any vulnerability (or weakness) that can potentially ...

    • New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model Revision 2022: Hazard changes with respect to NZ NSHM 2010 

      Bora, Sanjay; Bradley, Brendon; Di Caprio, Chris; Gerstenberger, Matt; Howell, Andy; Nicol, Andy; Van Dissen, Russ (2024-04-09)
      Revision of New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model (NZ NSHM 2022) represents a significant change not only in hazard results but also in terms of methods and processes in comparison to NZ NSHM 2010. The changes span ...