Researchers Test Steel-Concrete Composite
In Plain View
(Available only in Special Structural Issue) A structural engineer's work is typically hidden beneath layers of concrete and plaster, but the Pittsburgh Civic Center in the...
Foundation Design for the Elevated Station
The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is located at an elevation of 2,850 m on the 3,200 m thick polar plateau, a field of ice and snow that is moving toward the ocean at a rate of 10...
Battling Concrete Corrosion
For decades engineers have fought concrete corrosion, but few methods have offered a long-term solution�until now. Electrochemical techniques such as electrochemical chloride extraction...
Best of Both Worlds
All around the Pacific Rim structural engineers are experimenting with concrete filled steel tubes as structural elements. The concrete filled tubes take advantage of the best properties...
Bridging Substance with Style
Engineers used an elegant form to come up with a functional solution when designing the new Damen Avenue Arch in Chicago. Two steel ribs, created using heat induction bending, closely...
Holding Court
Contractors had their work cut out for them when structural engineers specified concrete-filled steel tubes for the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse's perimeter columns....
Glass Rebar's Growing Pain
Although engineers have used glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforcing bar in applications as diverse as winery roofs and bridge decks, a lack of standards and understanding by...
Isolating the Arts
The LG Kangnam Building in Seoul, Korea, is a multi-use, 140,000 sq m project, consisting of a 40 story, 183 m tall office tower, an adjacent 9-story acoustically base-isolated performing...
Cable Access
By moving the expansion joints off the main, cable-stayed span and creating innovative cable connections and tower configurations, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc. (PB)...
Behaviour of Fiber Concrete Reinforced with Steel Spirals under Cyclic Compressive Loading
High Strength Concrete for Prestressed Concrete
Practical Use of High-Strength and High-Flowable Concrete to be Filled Inside the Steel Tube Columns
Case Study of the Optimal Design of a Structural Steel Framework
It's All in the Bracing
When the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) hired Weidlinger Associates Inc., Cambridge, Mass., to renovate the Aquarium Station stop along the subway system's...
Fracture and Fatigue Behavior of Steel Structures: The Importance of Details
Seismic Retrofit of the Poplar Street Bridge
Effects of Vertical Content of Ground Shaking on 2-D and 3-D Inelastically Responding Steel Frames
Composite Joist Behavior and Design Requirements
Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Steel?Concrete Structures
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