Puerto Rico is situated in an earthquake prone region. Most of residential buildings in Puerto Rico are reinforced concrete structures. Because of the imminent risk of being affected by a strong earthquake, it is important ...

Due to the scarce number of data available from instrumented buildings damaged during an earthquake, large scale shaking table tests of civil structures offer an invaluable opportunity to validate structural health monitoring ...

During a seismic event, structural damage may result from the vibration of the structure in response to ground shaking at its foundation. The assessment of structural damage after a seismic event is required to identify ...