Conservation and Water Supply Planning at Army Installations
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the research being conducted by the U.S. Army Institute for Water Resources in providing technical assistance to the Installation Planning Division,...
Behavior and Design of Gravity Earth Retaining Structures
This paper summarizes recent research on the soil-structure interaction of gravity earth retaining structures and provides new design procedures for these structures. The procedures currently...
Stability Criteria for Revetments
A simplified 'black box' approach is presented for a number of revetment systems for banks and shore protection. The design criteria, based on the physical similarity...
Model Study of the Guadalupe River Bypass Culvert
A hydraulic model investigation of proposed channel improvements for the Guadalupe River Channel was conducted at the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi....
Behavior and Strength of Telescopic Steel Shores
To study the load distribution between concrete floors and shores during construction, the non-linear axial load-shortening behavior of a single post shore must be modeled properly. In...
Commentary on Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures (ACI 530-88/ ASCE 5-88) and Commentary on Specifications for Masonry Structures (ACI 530.1-88/ ASCE 6-88)
Wind Bracing
This chapter discusses the structural design of the bridge with regards to wind forces....
Analysis of Tapered and Stepped Columns by Analogy to Cantilever Deflection
An analysis is developed for handling the buckling design of tapered and stepped columns with the aid of the so called 'amplification factors'. When these factors...
Buckling Load of Tapered Columns
The basic tapered column with larger section in the center, is considered using Rayleigh-Timoshenko method. Column has linearly increasing Io with...
Buckling of Variable Cross-Section Columns
An approximate solution for the problem of buckling of variable cross-section columns, loaded by variable axial force is given, for several boundary conditions. Both the cross-section...
Cold-Formed Z-Sections Under Axial Load and Bending
The use of cold-formed Z-section members as beam-columns presents some unique design problems which are not adequately addressed in the current design specifications. If these members...
Automated Load Capacity Determination of Cold-Formed Steel Compression Members
This paper presents an automated approach for the evaluation of the axial load capacity of nine cold-formed steel sections according to the latest AISI-1986 Cold-Formed Steel Specification....
Strength of Biaxially Crooked Jumbo Columns
The ultimate strength of axially loaded jumbo columns with biaxial initial out-of-straightnesses is analyzed by the finite element method. The analysis makes use of the measured residual...
Stablity Considerations in the New E&CS Building
The new Engineering and Computer Science (E & CS) building at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) is a five-story structure characterized by two shear walls in the east-west...
Tripping and Strength of Asymmetrical Plate Stiffeners
Tripping (lateral-torsional buckling) of symmetrical or asymmetrical plate stiffeners can be analyzed by using differential equations or energy formulation. An analytical study is reported...
Portal Frame Stability with Nonproportional Loads
An inelastic theoretical study of the effect of various load paths is conducted on the in-plane behavior of an imperfect portal frame with flexible joints. The loading consists of concentrated...
Behavior of a Crack Under Reversed Cyclic Loading
The results of two series of basic experimental studies for opening and closing behavior in RC members are reported. For the first series, axial forces were applied to the specimens in...
Panel-Sheathed Shear Walls ? Past and Future
In order for a building to resist the lateral forces caused by wind or earthquake, it is necessary that the building include a lateral force resisting system. When the walls are designed...
Parametric Analyses of RC Shear Walls by FEM
In this paper, nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete shear walls is studied by using the finite element analysis. We applied numerical analyses to a wide range of parameters, such...
Mitigation of Wind-Induced Vibration of Tall Buildings
This paper summarizes a detailed study of the sensitivity of building acceleration to changes in structural stiffness, mass and damping and to the eccentricities in the centers of stiffness...
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