Amir SJ Gilani, H. Kit Miyamoto, Michael E. Kalinski, and Tsutomu Nifuku Northern Haiti is vulnerable to damage from potential earthquakes that can result in catastrophes nearing or exceeding the 2010 event. The Septentrional-Oriente Fault Zone passing close to the major cities including Cap Haitien, Ft. Liberte, and Port de […]
Proposed New Approach for the Seismic Evaluation Testing of Suspended Ceilings Systems
Amir SJ Gilani, Ph.D.1, S.M. Takirov2, L.M. Tedesco3 1Senior Associate, Miyamoto International, West Sacramento, CA, 95691 2 NEES Site Manager, University of California Berkeley, Richmond, CA 94804 3 Senior Manager, Ceiling Systems, USG Corporation, Chicago, IL 60661 For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact […]
Application of Seismic Dampers to Special Moment Frames
H. Kit Miyamoto, Ph.D., Amir SJ Gilani, Ph.D. Miyamoto International, West Sacramento, California Miyamoto International, West Sacramento, California For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. The application of seismic protection devices such as dampers has fundamentally altered the landscape of earthquake engineering and […]
Enhancing Sustainability of Structures: Retrofit of a Historic Building Using Energy Dissipation
Amir Gilani and H. Kit Miyamoto Miyamoto International, Inc., West Sacramento, CA, United States For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Energy dissipation was used to retrofit a historic high-rise reinforced concrete building in California. The building was constructed in the 1920’s […]
Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade of Historic Multi-Story Buildings in Sacramento, California
Amir S.J. Gilani, Miyamoto International, Inc., West Sacramento, CA H. Kit Miyamoto, Miyamoto International, Inc. West Sacramento, CA For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Structural performances of two historic high-rise buildings, constructed in the early 1920s and located in seismic zone […]
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) 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 the General Electric (GE) Company […]
Earthquake Performance of Porcelain Transformer Bushings
Andrew S. Whittaker, Gregory L. Fenves, and Amir S. J. Gilani Earthquake Spectra 20, 205 (2004) 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. The fundamental […]
Seismic Rehabilitation of a Nine‐Story Hospital Building Using Fluid Viscous Dampers
Amir S. J. Gilani, H. Kit Miyamoto, and Todd Kohagura ASCE Conf. Proc. 201, 3 (2006) For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Analytical investigations were undertaken to assess the seismic performance of a hospital building located in Southern California in seismic zone 4. The […]