Seismic Analysis and Design using the Endurance Time Method

Homayoon Estekanchi is a professor of Civil Engineering at Sharif University of Technology. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from SUT in 1997 and has been a faculty member at SUT since then. He is a member of Iranian Construction Engineers Organization, ASCE, Iranian Inventors Association and several other professional associations. His research interests include a broad area of topics in structural and earthquake engineering with a special focus on the development of the Endurance Time Method and the Value Based Seismic Design.Hassan Vafai has held position of professorship in civil engineering at different universities including: Sharif University of Technology, Washington State University and University of Arizona. He was founder and editor-in-chief of Scientia, a peer-reviewed international journal of science and technology. Throughout his professional career, he has received numerous awards and distinctions including: emeritus distinguished engineer by the National Academy of Sciences, Iran; an honorary doctorate by the Senatus Academicus of Moscow Region State Institution of Higher Education and the "Order of Palm Academiques," awarded by the Ministry of Education, Research and Technology of France.

• Introduction to the Endurance Time Method. Properties of the Endurance Time Excitation Functions. Duration Properties of the Endurance Time Excitation Functions. Generating ET Excitation Functions by Numerical Optimization. Correlating Analysis Time with Intensity Indicators. ET Analysis of Framed Structures. Multicomponent Endurance Time Analysis. Performance-Based Design with the Endurance Time Method. Value Based Seismic Design with ET. Seismic Resilient Design by ET. Sample Engineering Application: EDR Seismic Performance