Aerodynamic Methods for Mitigating Wind-Induced Building Motions
Excessive wind-induced motions of tall buildings most frequently result from vortex shedding induced across-wind oscillations. This form of excitation is most pronounced for relatively...
Dynamic Response of a Building with Dual System
The paper presents the dynamic response of a 30-story building with dual system consisting of cross-bracing and beam-column moment resisting frames. Two types of beam-column connections,...
Analysis and the Design of Multi-Layer Viscoelastic (V.E.) Dampers for Tall Structures
Vibrational motion of tall buildings can be damped by employment of viscoelastic passive dampers in the structure. The type of dampers selected depend on locations where relative displacements,...
Local Wind Pressures on Roofs
The paper reviews the results of the most recent research studies in the evaluation of wind pressure coefficients for the design of roof cladding elements. The effect of roof geometry...
Ballasted Single Ply Design Guide Development
A new roofing concept called ballasted single ply has now captured about 25% of the new and retrofit flat roof market. This concept relies on the use of ballast to provide the wind resistance...
Load Combinations for LRFD With Wood Construction
Probability based limit states design for wood construction is complicated by the fact that wood is a natural material with large variations in mechanical properties and is sensitive to...
Heath Building?Load Paths of an Underpinning
A case study of an underpinning is presented which, in principle, consists of the introduction of a transfer system in an existing building. The transfer system modifies the load paths...
Codified Reliability for Structures During Construction
It is generally acknowledged that the most critical stage of a structure's lifetime is that of construction, leading to failures or locking in forces and deformations that...
Standards for Design Loads During Construction: An ASCE Effort
ASCE embarked on a new standards activity by the Design Loads for Structures During Construction Standards Committee. The objective of the effort is the development of standard guidelines...
Remote Automatic Data Acquisition Systems
Personal computers have been used on two projects to monitor peformance of structures in an automatically triggered mode. In both cases a local PC is used to continually monitor a triggering...
Pressure Measuring System for Wind Loads
A project to acquire wind and building surface pressure data in the field is continuing at Texas Tech University. A test building of dimensions 30 ? 45 ? 13 ft (9.1 ? 13.7 ? 4.0 m) and...
An Overview of the U.S. Coordinated Program for Masonry Building Research
The U.S. Coordinated Program for Masonry Building Research is a time-phased set of specific research tasks addressing materials, component and system behavior. The objective of the program...
What's Wrong With Superfund
In nine years of the federal government's Superfund program, $4 billion has been spent and only 38 of the 1,175 sites on the national priority list have been cleaned. There...
Suburban Superfund
Discovery of methane seeping into houses at a new development near Newark, Del. set off investigations that eventually led to the U.S. EPA declaring the site eligible for Superund cleanup...
Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards
A Rapid Screening Procedure (RSP) developed for use nation-wide is based on a 'sidewalk survey' of a building, in which a Data Collection Form is completed by...
ATC 14: A Methodology for the Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings
A new method for evaluating the seismic resistance of existing buildings has been developed based on the historic performance of buildings in past major earthquakes. This methodology identifies...
ATC-22: Development of a Handbook for ATC-14
The ATC-22 project is the development of a Handbook for the application of the methodology of ATC-14 for the seismic evaluation of existing buildings. The development of the Handbook itself...
Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings
Procedures for the safety evaluation of buildings in earthquake damaged areas have been developed. Two evaluation techniques, Rapid Screening and Detailed Inspection, are described. Rapid...
Earthquake Resistant Design Using Friction Pendulum Connections
The Friction Pendulum System (FPS) offers a simple approach for increasing a structure's earthquake resistance. The approach uses steel connections which absorb earthquake...
Friction-Dampers for Economic Seismic Design
A novel structural system, which combines the strength and stiffness of a braced frame and energy dissipation capacity of the friction-dampers, has been used in the design of a reinforced...
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