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SUMMARY:Rocking structures: Improved seismic assessment and design 
DTSTART:20141219T121500
DTEND:20141219T131500
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Matthew DeJong\, University of Cambridge\nThe rocking of s
 tructures during earthquakes is both essential to the assessment of existi
 ng structures and promising for the development of novel seismic design me
 thods. Regarding assessment\, the seismic collapse of masonry structures w
 ill first be considered\, and will be used to introduce the fundamental ch
 aracteristics of rocking motion. In this context\, a new framework will be
  presented which aims to significantly improve code-based procedures for a
 ssessment of out-of-plane collapse.\nRegarding seismic design\, more strin
 gent seismic performance objectives are inspiring new design methods which
  aim to reduce or locate damage\, even for large earthquakes. One such met
 hod\, which uses rocking to isolate the structure from the ground motion\,
  will be considered. In particular\, the relative importance of flexibilit
 y\, the effect of rocking on elastic modal response\, and the effect of ne
 ar-source ground motion will be discussed. Shake table test results will a
 lso be presented. In general\, the results provide a basis to improve curr
 ent design methods.\nBio : Dr Matthew DeJong is a Lecturer in Structural E
 ngineering at the University of Cambridge\, where he leads a research grou
 p focused primarily on earthquake engineering and masonry structures. Prio
 r to his current appointment\, he earned his BS at UC Davis\, his MS and P
 hD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, and he was a Fulbright S
 cholar at TU Delft. He has also worked as a structural engineering design 
 consultant in California.
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