Visualizing the Performance of Structural Optimization Processes
Graphical constructions are discussed that enable the performance of iterative structural optimization processes to be evaluated visually. The first, a basins of attraction construction,...
Computer-Based Interactive Design for Prestressed Concrete Structures
Prestressed concrete structures can provide a highly desirable solution for many structural applications because the designer gains control over several additional parameters as compared...
A PC-CAD System for Prefabricated Steel Bridges
A microcomputer-aided analysis and design system for prefabricated steel bridges is presented in this paper. The system was customized to perform all the required engineering to analyze,...
Computerized Bridge Monitoring System
Research at the University of Connecticut has generated a full scale vibrational monitoring system for installation on a Connecticut bridge. The monitoring system consists of a field computer...
Integrated Structural Engineering Solution for Design, Drafting and Analysis
Computervision Corporation is a leading CAD/CAM/CAE vendor that offers a complete integrated structural solution to customers. This structural solution allows customers to manage intricate...
Integrated Structural Design Software in the IBM Architecture & Engineering Series
The Architecture and Engineering Series (AES) software by IBM is a high function, fully integrated design, drafting, and information system. The system provides three dimensional geometry...
Integration of CAD and Structural Engineering for Building Design
Many design/build contractors have publicized successes using three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided-design (CAD) models. Structural engineers contribute equipment support structures as...
Computer-Aided Structural Analysis
Finite Element Methods and other numerical techniques are often taught nowadays in the undergraduate Structural Analysis courses. Commercial, structural computer programs are becoming...
COMBAT.PC; a New Windows-Based Tool for Three-Dimensional Dynamic Analysis of Multi-storied Building Structures
By some accounts, analytical capability without the power of visualization is little productive; visualization is the tool that will turn computational power into practical results. COMBAT.PC...
MINLP and MILP Strategies for Discrete Sizing Structural Optimization Problems
We address an important practical problem of optimum structural design in the presence of discrete sizing constraints. In addition, the topology of the structure may vary as well. The...
An Analysis Procedure for Cable Structures Using an Isoparametric Finite Element
The computer modeling and analysis of cable structures creates a major problem for the analyst in that the geometry of the cables is dependent on analysis results. The purpose of this...
Computer Modelling of Concrete Cover Effect on the Behavior of Fiber Concrete Subjected to Monotonic Pullout
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the concrete cover effect on the bond behavior of bars embedded in normal and fiber reinforced concrete. Nonlinear finite element analysis is...
A Parallel Fron Large-Scale Stris
A methodology for large-scale structural analysis using a parallel frontal solution algorithm is developed and implemented on the Alliant FX/80 Multiple Instructions Multiple Data (MIMD)...
Parallel Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Methods for Structural Analysis Problems with Multiple Loadings
This paper describes the use of conjugate gradient method for finite element problems with multiple loading cases. Specifically, we introduce a modified conjugate gradient method for the...
Program Design with Algebraic Specifications
This paper demonstrates the use of algebraic methods in specifying the functional properties of engineering software components, an approach that enables one to focus on software design...
Data Modelling for Steel Frame Structures
The first step to automate any facet of structural engineering is developing a suitable data representation upon which the computer program will operate. However, there is no standard...
What Object-Oriented Programming Can Mean for Structural Engineers
In recent years, object-oriented programming has become an important topic in the computational community. Although generally viewed as a programmers' tool, object-oriented...
GIS in Transportation Modeling: Merging MINUTP with GIS
Transportation system modeling involves a great deal of information on features which are geographically distributed over a study area. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are suited...
Effect of Camera Geometry on Thermographs for Pavement Crack Detection
The research focused on the effects of camera heights and tilt angles on the ability to detect cracks in thermographs obtained with an infrared camera. Results indicate that differences...
Geographic Engineering Management System
The Memphis District Engineering Division is developing a GIS type data base as part of a Geographic Engineering Management System (GEMS) to assist both the District and the Lower Mississippi...
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