Keywords: Retrofitting. Braced steel truss bridge piers. Eccentrically braced frames. Self-stabilizing tubular links. Seismic load resisting systems. Finite element (FE) analyses. Parametric studies.

György Ligeti’s eccentrically compelling burlesque Le Grand Macabre, with an overture played by 12 car horns, and here sung in English, is a milestone in modern music theatre, and it explored ...