Amir S. J. Gilani, Kit Miyamoto, and Lon Determan Miyamoto International, Inc., West Sacrament, CA For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. The parking structure on the California State University, Sacramento, campus comprises two connected six-story units, totaling approximately 1 million square […]
Next Generation Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering for Steel Moment Frame Buildings with Dampers
H. Kit Miyamoto, Miyamoto International / Tokyo Institute of Technology Amir Gilani, Miyamoto International Akira Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Steel Special Moment Resisting Frames (SMRFs) with Viscous Damping Devices (VDDs) have been used by […]
Survey Of Damaged School And Hospital Buildings In The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquakes, Retrofit Options, And Application To Turkey
H.K. Miyamoto1, and A.S. Gilani, Miyamoto International, Inc. Akira Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. On 12 May 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck China, approximately 80 km west of Chengdu in the Sichuan […]
Current Implementation Practices Of Passive Energy Dissipaters In The United States
H. Kit Miyamoto and Amir S.J. Gilani Miyamoto International, Inc, West Sacramento, CA, USA For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Performance based design (PBD) and a system of steel special moment resisting frames with viscous damping devices were used for the […]
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 […]
The 2007 West Sumatra Earthquake: Seismic Hazard Mitigation In Developing Countries
H. Kit Miyamoto and Amir S. Gilani Miyamoto International, Inc., West Sacramento, CA, U.S. For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Seismic hazard mitigation in developing countries is critical since even moderate earthquakes adversely affect many lives. On March 6, 2007, a […]
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 […]
Retrofit Of Historic 3-Story Nonductile Concrete Structure Using Performance-Based Engineering And Innovative Technologies
Lon M. Determan, S.E. and Kit Miyamoto, M.S., S.E. , Miyamoto International, Inc. For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. This paper presents how performance-based engineering made possible the transformation of a deteriorated, historic 3-story automobile sales and service center into a […]
Seismic Retrofit of a Hospital Building Using Fluid Viscous Dampers
Amir Gilani, Miyamoto International, Inc. West Sacramento CA/USA Kit Miyamoto, Miyamoto International, Inc. West Sacramento CA/USA Nahib Youssef, Nahib Youssef & Associates, Los Angeles, CA/USA For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. Seismic performance of a multi-story hospital structure located in Southern […]
U.S. Experience – Seismic Rehabilitation Of Historic Structure With Dampers
Kit Miymoto, President & CEO, Miyamoto International, Inc. Lon Determan, Senior Associate, Miyamoto International, Inc. Amir Gilani, Project Engineer, Miyamoto International, Inc. Robert D. Hanson, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan For full access to this technical paper click here and we will contact you shortly. The 145,000-sf (13,470 m2) building, […]