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colection of papers regarding earthquake and earquake analysis and design from the well known PEER
The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) is a multidisciplinary research and education center with headquarters at the University of California, Berkeley. PEER was founded in 1997 under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center Program as part of NSF's program to reduce losses due to earthquakes through the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP). The Federal Government, the State of California and private industry provide funding for the Center. Investigators from over 20 universities and several consulting companies conduct research in earthquake-related geohazard assessment, geotechnical and structural engineering, risk management, and public policy.

PEER organizes its research around the concept of performance-based earthquake engineering. This new technology enables earthquake professionals to design facilities to meet the specific seismic performance needs of owners and other stakeholders, including considerations such as safety, cost, and post-earthquake functionality. PEER’s research defines appropriate performance targets, and develops engineering tools and criteria that can be used by practicing professionals to achieve those targets.

In addition to conducting research to develop performance-based earthquake engineering technology, PEER actively disseminates its findings to earthquake professionals who are involved in the practice of earthquake engineering. PEER also conducts Education and Outreach programs to reach students, policy makers, and others interested in earthquake issues.

PEER has nine Core Institutions but actively involves researchers, educators, students, and earthquake professionals from

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1998
9801 Seismic Performance of Well-Confined Concrete Bridge Columns
9802 Seismic Evaluation of 196 kV Porcelain Transformer Bushings
9803 Repair&Upgrade Procedures for Welded Beam to Column Connections
9804 Defining the Links Between Planning, Policy Analysis, Economics and Earthquake Engineering
9805 Rocking Response and Overturning of Equipment Under Horizontal Pulse-Type Motions
9806 Effect of Damping Mechanisms on the Response of Seismically Isolated Structures
9807 Empirical Evaluation of Inertial Soil-Structure Interaction Effects
9808 Behavior and Failure Analysis of a Multiple-Frame Highway Bridge in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake
1999
9901 Interaction in Interconnected Electrical Substation Equipment Subjected to Earthquake Ground Motions
9902 Capacity-Demand-Diagram Methods for Estimating Seismic Deformation of Inelastic Structures; SDF Systems
9903 Characterization of Site Response General Site Categories
9904 Adoption and Enforcement of Earthquake Risk-Reduction Measures
9905 Seismic Evaluation of 550 kV Porcelain Transformer Bearings
9906 Rocking Response and Overturning of Anchored Equipment under Seismic Excitations
9907 Documentation of Strengths and Weaknesses of Current Computer Analysis Methods for Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Members
9908 Envelopes for Seismic Response Vectors
9909 Performance Improvement of Long Period Building Structures Subjected to Severe Pulse-Type Ground Motions
9910 U.S.-Japan Workshop on Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology for Reinforced Concrete Building Structures
9911 Performance Evaluation Database for Concrete Bridge Components and Systems under Simulated Seismic Loads
9912 Rehabilitation of Nonductile RC Frame Building Using Encasement Plates and Energy-Dissipating Devices
9913 Building Vulnerability Studies; Modeling and Evaluation of Tilt-up and Steel Reinforced Concrete Buildings
9914 Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of 230-kV Porcelain Transformer Bushings
2000
0004 An Evaluation of Seismic Energy Demand; An Attenuation Approach
0005 Performance-Based Evaluation of Exterior Reinforced Concrete Building Joints for Seismic Excitation
0007 Cover-Plate and Flange-Plate Reinforced Steel Moment-Resisting Connections
0008 Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns Having Varying Aspect Ratios and Varying Lengths of Confinement
0009 Structural Engineering Reconnaissance of the August 17, 1999, Kocaeli (Izmit), Turkey, Earthquake
0010 The Second U.S.-Japan Workshop on Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology for Reinforced Concrete Building Structures
2001
0101 Experimental Study of Large Seismic Steel Beam-to-Column Connections
0102 Seismic Response Analysis of Highway Overcrossings Including Soil-Structure Interaction
0103 A Modal Pushover Analysis Procedure to Estimate Seismic Demands for Buildings; Theory and Preliminary Evaluation
0104 Organizational and Societal Considerations for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
0105 Stiffness Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Isolators
0106 Development of an Electrical Substation Equipment Performance Database for Evaluation of Equipment Fragilities
0107 The Rocking Spectrum and the Shortcomings of Design Guidelines
0108 Experimental and Computational Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Beam-Column Connections for Seismic Performance
0109 Ground Motion Evaluation Procedures for Performance-Based Design
0110 Amplification Factors for Spectral Acceleration in Active Regions
0111 Analytical and Experimental Study of Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Isolators
0112 Development of Geotechnical Capabilities in OpenSees
0113 Modeling Soil Liquefaction Hazards for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
0115 Damage to Bridges during the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake
0116 Statistics of SDF-System Estimate of Roof Displacement for Pushover Analysis of Buildings
2002
0201 Nonstructural Loss Estimation; The UC Berkeley Case Study
0202 The Third U.S.-Japan Workshop on Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology for Reinforced Concrete Building Structures
0203 Investigation of Sensitivity of Building Loss Estimates to Major Uncertain Variables for the Van Nuys Testbed
0204 Invited Workshop on Archiving and Web Dissemination of Geotechnical Data
0205 Guidelines, Specifications, and Seismic Performance Characterization of Nonstructural Building Components and Equipment
0206 The Use of Benefit-Cost Analysis for Evaluation of Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Decisions
0207 Seismic Performance of Pile-Wharf Connections
0208 Component Testing, Stability Analysis and Characterization of Buckling-Restrained Unbonded Braces
0209 Documentation and Analysis of Field Case Histories of Seismic Compression during the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake
0210 Centrifuge Modeling of Settlement and Lateral Spreading with Comparisons to Numerical Analyses
0211 Analytical and Experimental Study of Fiber-Reinforced Strip Isolators
0212 Effects of Fault Dip and Slip Rake on Near-Source Ground Motions; Why Chi-Chi Was a Relatively Mild M7.6 Earthquake
0213 Probabilistic Models and Fragility Estimates for Bridge Components and Systems
0214 Inelastic Seismic Response of Extended Pile Shaft Supported Bridge Structures
0215 Seismic Behavior of Bridge Columns Subjected to Various Loading Patterns
0216 Estimation of Uncertainty in Geotechnical Properties for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
0217 Structural Characterization and Seismic Response Analysis of a Highway Overcrossing Equipped with Elastomeric Bearings and Fluid Dampers
0218 Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Building Exterior Joints with Substandard Details
0219 Economic-Engineering Integrated Models for Earthquakes; Socioeconomic Impacts
0220 Barriers to Adoption and Implementation of PBEE Innovations
0221 The Fourth U.S.-Japan Workshop on Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology for Reinforced Concrete Building Structures
0222 Characterization of Large Velocity Pulses for Laboratory Testing
0223 Effects of Large Velocity Pulses on Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns
0224 Performance of Beam to Column Bridge Joints Subjected to a Large Velocity Pulse
2003
0301 Shake Table Tests and Analytical Studies on the Gravity Load Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Frames
0302 Software Framework for Collaborative Development of Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis Program
0303 Probabilistic Response Assessment for Building-Specific Loss Esitmation
0304 Experimental Assessment of Columns with Short Lap Splices Subjected to Cyclic Loads
0305 Response Assessment of Nonstructural Building Elements
0306 Performance of Circular Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns under Bidirectional Earthquake Loading
0307 Uncertainty Specification and Propagation for Loss Estimation Using FOSM Method
0308 A Technical Framework for Probability-Based Demand and Capacity Factor Design (DCFD) Seismic Formats
0309 Sequencing Repairs after an Earthquake; An Economic Approach
0310 A Beam-Column Joint Model for Simulating the Earthquake Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames
0311 The Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology for Reinforced Concrete Building Structures
0312 Implementation Manual for the Seismic Protection of Laboratory Contents; Format and Case Studies
0313 Effects of Connection Hysteretic Degradation on the Seismic Behavior of Steel Moment-Resisting Frames
0314 Finite Element Reliability and Sensitivity Methods for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
2004
0401 Seismic Performance of Masonry Buildings and Design Implications
0402 Analytical Investigations of New Methods for Reducing Residual Displacements of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns
0403 Evaluation and Application of Concrete Tilt-up Assessment Methodologies
0404 Seismic Performance of an Instrumented Tilt-up Wall Building
0405 Performance-Based Seismic Design Concepts and Implementation
0406 Performance-Based Regulation and Regulatory Regimes
0407 Ground Motions for Earthquake Simulator Qualification of Electrical Substation Equipment
0408 Seismic Qualification and Fragility Testing of Line Break 550-kV Disconnect Switches
0409 Electrical Substation Equipment Interaction; Experimental Rigid Conductor Studies
2005
0501 Empirical Characterization of Site Conditions on Strong Ground Motion
0502 Fragility Basis for California Highway Overpass Bridge Seismic Decision Making
0503 A Taxonomy of Building Components for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
0504 Numerical Modeling of the Nonlinear Cyclic Response of Shallow Foundations
0505 Performance Characterization of Bench- and Shelf-Mounted Equipment
0506 Global Collapse of Frame Structures under Seismic Excitations
0507 Experimental and Analytical Studies on the Seismic Response of Freestanding and Anchored Laboratory Equipment
0508 Damage Accumulation in Lightly Confined Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns
0509 Test Applications of Advanced Seismic Assessment Guidelines
0510 First NEES_E-Defense Workshop on Collapse Simulation of Reinforced Concrete Building Structures
0511 Van Nuys Hotel Building Testbed Report; Exercising Seismic Performance Assessment
0512 PEER Testbed Study on a Laboratory Building; Exercising Seismic Performance Assessment
0513 Stochastic Characterization and Decision Bases under Time-Dependent Aftershock Risk in Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
0514 Workshop on Modeling of Nonlinear Cyclic Load-Deformation Behavior of Shallow Foundations
0515 CPT-Based Probabilistic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Initiation
0516 Seismic Response and Reliability of Electrical Substation Equipment and Systems
2006
0601 A Guide to Seismic Safety on the UC Berkeley Campus
0602 Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Highway Demonstration Project
0603 Performance of Lifelines Subjected to Lateral Spreading
0604 Probabilistic Seismic Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Structural Components and Systems
0605 Advanced Seismic Assessment Guidelines
0606 Nonlinear Analysis of a Soil-Drilled Pier System under Static and Dynamic Axial Loading
0607 Analytical Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Walls for Predicting Flexural and Coupled–Shear-Flexural Responses
0608 Vector-Valued Ground Motion Intensity Measures for Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis
0609 Quantifying Economic Losses from Travel Forgone Following a Large Metropolitan Earthquake
0610 Application of the PEER PBEE Methodology to the I-880 Viaduct
0611 Probabilistic Seismic Demand Analysis Using Advanced Ground Motion Intensity Measures, Attenuation Relationships, and Near-Fault Effects
0612 Societal Implications of Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
2007
0701 Boore-Atkinson NGA Ground Motion Relations for the Geometric Mean Horizontal Component of Peak and Spectral Ground Motion Parameters
0702 Campbell-Bozorgnia NGA Ground Motion Relations for the Geometric Mean Horizontal Component of Peak and Spectral Ground Motion Parameters
0703 Beam-Column Element Model Calibrated for Predicting Flexural Response Leading to Global Collapse of RC Frame Buildings
0704 Numerical Models for Analysis and Performance-Based Design of Shallow Foundations Subjected to Seismic Loading
0705 Uncertainty and Correlation in Seismic Risk Assessment of Transportation Systems
0706 Development of Improved Procedures for Seismic Design of Buried and Partially Buried Structures
0707 Performance Modeling Strategies for Modern Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns
0708 Assessing Seismic Collapse Safety of Modern Reinforced Concrete Moment-Frame Buildings
0709 Integrated Probabilistic Performance-Based Evaluation of Benchmark Reinforced Concrete Bridges
0710 Computational Modeling of Progressive Collapse in Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures
0711 Bar Buckling in Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns
0712 An Assessment to Benchmark the Seismic Performance of a Code-Conforming Reinforced Concrete Moment-Frame Building
07100 Seismic Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Including Effects of Masonry Infill Walls
07101 Generalized Hybrid Simulation Framework for Structural Systems Subjected to Seismic Loading
2008
0801 Seismic Performance Objectives for Tall Buildings
0802 Treatment of Uncertainties in Seismic-Risk Analysis of Transportation Systems
0803 Guidelines for Nonlinear Analysis of Bridge Structures in California
0804 Benchmarking of Nonlinear Geotechnical Ground Response Analysis Procedures
0805 Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Design Evaluation Procedure for Bridge Foundations Undergoing Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Ground Displacement
0806 Shaking Table Tests and Numerical Investigation of Self-Centering Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns
0807 Using OpenSees for Performance-Based Evaluation of Bridges on Liquefiable Soils
0808 Toward Earthquake-Resistant Design of Concentrically Braced Steel-Frame Structures
0809 NGA Model for Average Horizontal Component of Peak Ground Motion and Response Spectra
0810 Technical Manual for Strata
08101 Seismic Performance Objectives for Tall Buildings
08102 Modeling of Unreinforced Masonry Infill Walls Considering In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Interaction
08103 Experimental and Computational Evaluation of Current and Innovative In-Span Hinge Details in Reinforced Concrete Box-Girder Bridges
08104 Experimental and Analytical Study of the Seismic Performance of Retaining Structures
2009
0901 Evaluation of Ground Motion Selection and Modification Methods; Predicting Median Interstory Drift Response of Buildings
0902 Improving Earthquake Mitigation through Innovations and Applications in Seismic Science, Engineering, Communication, and Response
09101 Report of the First Joint Planning Meeting for the Second Phase of NEES&E-Defense Collaborative Research on Earthquake Engineering
09102 Reinvestigation of Liquefaction and Nonliquefaction Case Histories from the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake
09103 Performance Evaluation of Innovative Steel Braced Frames

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Experimental and Analytical Study of the Seismic Performance of Retaining Structures

Recent changes in codes and improved understanding of strong ground motions have led increased demands in the seismic design of retaining structures. Correspondingly, the dynamic loads computed using currently available design procedures significantly exceed loads used the design of most of the existing retaining structures, suggesting that they may have significantly underdesigned. Field evidence from recent major earthquakes fails to show significant problems with the performance of retaining structures designed for static pressures only. In view of this, an experimental and analytical study of seismic earth pressures
on cantilever retaining structures was performed to address the apparent discrepancy between
theory and actual performance. Two sets of dynamic centrifuge model experiments were performed to evaluate magnitude and distribution of seismically induced lateral earth pressures on retaining structures and to study the seismic response of retaining wall–backfill systems. Two U-shaped cantilever retaining structures, one flexible and one stiff, were used in each experiment to model prototype structures representative of retaining-wall designs currently under consideration by the Bay Rapid Transit (BART) and the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). Dry medium-dense at 61% and 72% relative density was used as backfill. The results obtained from the centrifuge experiments were used to develop and calibrate a two-dimensional (2-D) nonlinear finite element (FE) model built on the OpenSees platform. The finite element model was used to further study
the seismic response of retaining wall–backfill systems and to evaluate the ability of numerical
modeling in capturing the essential features of the seismic response observed in the centrifuge
experiments.