Experimental Testing of Laterally Loaded Large Scale Bridge Abutments
The challenges to a bridge analyst in defining abutment boundary conditions and the current state of the practice are presented. Variables within the abutment system are defined and discussed...
Correction Factor Method for Building Analysis Under Sequential Dead Loads
The effect of the sequential application of dead load due to the sequential nature of construction is an important factor to be considered in the multistory frame analysis. One of the...
An Efficient Analysis of Framed-Tube Structures
An efficient model for analysis of framed-tube systems is proposed in this study. The proposed model can represent the interaction between plane frames consisting the tube system. Analysis...
Dynamic Inelastic Analysis of Tall Buildings
Members with undesirably early formed plastic hinges as well as excessive conservatism introduced in the preliminary design of tall buildings can be identified by the behavior state study...
Optimal Design of Building Structures Using the Predetermined Sections
A practical optimization algorithm for the member design of building structure is presented in this paper. The emphasis is particularly concentrated on the practical applicability of the...
Reliability-Based Design of Transmission Towers Under Wind and Ice Loadings
This study suggests a practical but rational approach for the development of reliability-based LRFD criteria for transmission towers under wind and ice loadings in Korea. Based on available...
Floor Response Spectra Analysis Including Correlations of Multiple Support Motions
This paper deals with the response spectrum analysis method of the secondary structures including the correlation effects between nonuniform support excitations. Based on the random vibration...
Damage Estimation of Existing Bridge Structures
During recent earthquakes, severe damage have been reported in many bridge structures. Regardless of many damaged structures, methods to identify damage of structures are still limited...
Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Structural Frames Using Reduced Order Models
In order to provide more realistic and economical design of large structures it is necessary to perform analyses which take into account both material and geometric nonlinearities. Unfortunately,...
A Reduced Order Model for the Seismic Analysis of Building-Soil Systems
A finite element based, reduced order, numerical model has been developed for the nonlinear analysis of building-soil systems. The reduced order system model employs an equivalent continuum...
A Shear Transfer Model for Floor-To-Wall Connections in Concrete Masonry Structures
Based upon experiments conducted at the Univ of California, San Diego (UCSD) on floor-to-wall connections in concrete masonry structures, a constitutive model was developed for the overall...
Ductility Analysis of Overload and Settlement
The concept of sufficient ductility to avoid premature or brittle failures is gaining wide acceptance in structural engineering and is an important aspect in mitigating the consequences...
Development of an Improved Rapid Seismic Analysis Procedure
New developments in computer capabilities and lessons learned from recent earthquakes have facilitated improvement of the Rapid Seismic Analysis Procedure (RSAP) currently specified in...
Analysis of Masonry Walls with Smeared and Discrete Crack Models
To design modern reinforced masonry structures for seismic loads and to evaluate the seismic safety of existing unreinforced masonry buildings, the shear resistance of masonry shear walls...
Three-Dimensional Analysis Model for Complete Masonry Buildings
For the predictive and diagnostic analysis of the complete nonlinear response of masonry buildings to seismic load input, a 3-D finite element model is under development at UCSD. The model,...
New Views for Modeling Dynamic Response of URM Buildings
Various computational models are used to depict seismic response of an unreinforced masonry building that was subjected to the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. The worthiness of various analytical...
Interactive Buckling Analysis of Stiffened Shells Using Pregnant Sheel Elements
Two distinctive modes of failure dominate the failure of stiffened plates and shells, viz. the short-wave local mode and the long-wave overall mode. A new finite element technique which...
An Innovative Connection Detail for High-Rise Buildings
Composite columns consisting of hollow steel tubes filled with high strength concrete have been used in high rise building construction in the USA and Far East Asian countries. The focus...
Seismic Design of Steel Beam-to-Box Column Connections
This paper is a study of the ductility requirements of steel beam-to-box column connections using the bolted beam web and welded beam flange details. Since the beam moment at the connection...
Behavior and Design of Angle Connections Subjected to Cyclic Axial Force and Shear
The objectives of this study were to establish cyclic behavior of double angle shear connections subjected to axial load and to develop design recommendations. Five cyclic tests of double...
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