Investigation of a Failed Concrete Joist System
The failure and distress of concrete joists contained in the promenade roof deck of a one-story, college, lecture hall building initiated an extensive investigation to determine the cause...
Current Forensic Courses in Civil Engineering
The ASCE is taking a leadership role in the prevention of failures of engineered facilities. The Technical Council on Forensic Engineering Education Committee recently completed a survey...
Tuned Mass Damper in Tall Building Design
Viscoelastic dN and tuned mass dampers are often used by tall building designers to control wind-induced building vibrations resulting from such phenomena as vortex shedding, galloping,...
Tuned Mass Dampers for Towers and Buildings
Tuned mass dampers (TMD's) are used to reduce the response of tall slender structures to resonant wind-induced oscillations. This paper reviews the authors' experience with the design...
Structural Design and Wind Resistance of Fukuoka Tower with T.M.D.
Fukuoka Tower, which was built in 1989, was projected as a monument, a observation tower and a broadcasting antenna with 234m high. In this tower, a Tuned Mass Damper(TMD) was set, in...
Relationships with Architects and Owners
There are many issues which affect the relationships between structural engineers and on the other, the owner clients. This paper discusses some of those issues from the point of view...
Wind Hazards Reduction Program
The 1990's mark the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. In this context, the Wind Effects Committee of the Structural Division strongly endorses the establishment of a...
Mitigation of Wind-Created Risks During Construction
Wind damage to structures during construction has been found to be significant and often catastrophic. Structural failures are often the result of wind loads that are far less than the...
Investigation of Full-Scale Performance of Structures?Research Potentials
It is well known that actual, or true, behavior of completed structures does not necessarily conform to often simplified analysis predictions. This may be due to any of several reasons...
Behavior of Horizontally Curved Steel Highway Bridges
Horizontally curved highway bridges represent up to 25 percent of the market for new steel-bridge construction each year. However, unanswered questions remain concerning the fundamental...
Bridge Management Research Needs
The present article deals with some aspects of bridge management of particular interest to bridge engineers and to bridge users at the moment. It addresses questions such as life-cycle...
Steel Alternates for the Hoover Dam Bridge
As input to the Environmental Impact Statement studies of appropriate long span bridges were performed for three alternate corridors across the Colorado River near Hoover Dam. Details...
Bridge Engineering and Life Cycle Cost
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) requires that all Federal Aid projects must 'consider...the use of life-cycle costs in the design and engineering of...
Recent Successes in Welding Jumbo Shapes
A rather unique structure utilizing jumbo shapes was recently designed and fabricated. The structure was 100% welded according to the specifications for welding jumbo shapes recently developed...
An Overview of the Potential Applications of Neural Networks in Civil Engineering
Neural networks are computational models inspired by the structure and operation of the brain. They are massively parallel systems, made up of a large number of highly interconnected,...
The Use of Built-Up Compression Members?A Fabricator's Viewpoint
A variety of cross-sections of built-up compression members that have been used are shown. Suggested items that need to be addressed for the successful design and fabrication are discussed....
Steel Bar Joist Performance: Design Deficiencies and Defects
Several failures of steel bar joist roofs have been investigated by the authors in the past decade. Many of these failures or performance problems have corresponded to bar joists manufactured...
Monitoring Performance of Full Scale Structures
General Physics Services Corporation (GPSC) of Columbia, Maryland has developed a device for the remote long-term monitoring of full scale structures, such as highway bridges. This patented...
Teaching Structural Engineering in Year 2000
The paper addresses the need for changes in engineering education in order to keep pace with the changes that have and will continue to take place in the workplace. Over the past 40 years...
Interfacing Academia and the Practicing Profession
The paper presents a discussion of current topics and instructional methods in structural engineering in the United States. Following a review of typical subject matter in analysis and...
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