Majid Tavakolinia

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How to determine the factors for converting "geomean" ground motions to "maximum-direction" ground motions?

Dear researchers Maximum-direction ground motions are used to prepare seismic hazard maps provided in United State Geologic Survey (USGS) instead of geomean ground motions (the product of hazard...

23 November 2020 1,370 0 View

What is New Next Generation Attenuation Relationships (NNGAR) and how are they different from other attenuation relationships?

Dear researchers The provisions of ASCE 7-10 states that New Next Generation Attenuation Relationships (NNGAR) has been used in the process of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) to...

16 November 2020 1,489 4 View

What is the suitable force-deformation curve for nonlinear dynamic analysis and its related acceptance criteria for use in performance-based design?

Dear researchers As you know, one of the challenges of using nonlinear procedures is to determine the behavior of plastic hinges of members with deformation controlled action that this behavior...

11 November 2020 5,387 3 View

Stiffness changes of the structures due to modeling P-Delta effects in Sap2000 are more significant than OpenSees. which is more accurate?

Dear researchers The modeling of P-Delta for the structural elements (specially columns) reduce the stiffness of the structure and consequently increase the period of vibration. Now, these...

25 October 2020 7,497 5 View

Is 3Muri a reliable software for seismic evaluation of masonry structures using Push over analysis?

Dear researchers The equivalent frame method can be used for macro modeling of masonry structures in order to seismic evaluation and retrofit according to ASCE 41 provisions. But, this method is...

24 September 2020 6,444 7 View

Does modal participating mass ratio reflect the effectiveness of Tuned Mass Dampers (TMDs)?

Dear researches In general, the value of modal participating mass ratio (MPMR) for each vibration mode represents the participation of each mode in the structural responses. when a structure...

03 September 2020 1,665 9 View

Is scaling period (T) recommended in seismic codes logical in order to scaling process of the earthquake records?

Dear researchers What is your opinion about the criterion recommended in seismic codes for determining scaling period, which are used to scale ground motion records? As you know, the mentioned...

28 August 2020 5,791 5 View

How can I model active mass damper (AMD) in opensees?

Dear researchers I can model tuned mass damper (TMD)in opensees platform. Now I want to model active mass damper (AMD) in opensees. So, how can I model its auxiliary equipment including sensors,...

28 August 2020 10,360 1 View

Any information about various initial and life cycle cost models of Tuned Mass Dampers (TMD)?

Hello everybody Despite a few TMD cost models available in the literature, I am searching for more accurate initial and lifetime cost models of translational TMDs for Life Cycle Cost Analysis...

15 August 2020 8,426 5 View

Does anyone have any information about linking Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) of structures and basic principles of Building Information Model (BIM)?

Hello everybody I would like to link two topics, LCCA and BIM, each of which deals with "structural and earthquake engineering" and "construction management" in civil engineering, respectively....

07 August 2020 3,044 8 View