Numerical Methods for Solution of Finite Element Systems
A personal summary of solution methods for the static and dynamic analysis of finite element systems, which have been developed during the past 30 years, will be given. Numerical techniques...
Analysis of the Non-Planar Response of a Cantilever, with the Aid of Computerized Symbolic Manipulation
The nonlinear differential equations governing the static deformations of a cantilever with a tip mass are formulated and analyzed with the aid of computerized symbolic manipulation. The...
Optimal Location of Active Controllers Subjected to Seismic Excitation
In the application of structural control to seismic structures certain locations are advantageous for placement of the actuators. These locations reduce the structure's response...
Frequency Response Design of Controlled Structures
The installation of optimal control systems has been shown to be effective in reducing the vibration responses of structures. In addition to the effectiveness, there are many factors that...
A Family of Concurrent Algorithms for Transient Finite Element Solutions
We derive a family of methods for solving the equations of motion arising in structural dynamics which makes effective use of the architecture of concurrent computers. The algorithm is...
Neural Network Approaches in Structural Mechanics Computations
The neural computing paradigm has not been extensively researched in terms of its applicability to a wide variety of structural engineering problems. At an intellectual level this research...
A Knowledge Based System for Deriving Qualitative Seismic Behavior
The analysis and design of complex or critical facilities, such as tall buildings, nuclear power plants, offshore structures, or cable stayed bridges requires that these facilities be...
Some Interactive Graphics and Parallel Processing for Earthquake Engineering
Ongoing research at Cornell University on computer-aided earthquake engineering of building structures is exploiting innovations in computing in several areas. Although some of the approaches...
Superquadric Object Representation for Dynamics of Multi-Body Structures
While the finite element representation of an object in terms of nodal coordinates and shape functions is ideal for representing the stress and energy state, it is not well suited to the...
Optimizing the Design of High-Rise Steel Buildings
The approximate stiffness method is utilized for a proposed procedure to evaluate the stiffness of the various frames and the stiffness of the members within the frames to provide a drift-controlled...
Optimal Design of Tall RC Tube Buildings
The analysis and design of reinforced concrete framed tube buildings is formulated as a nonlinear optimization problem and solved using modern design optimization software. The influence...
Vector Optimization of Structural Systems
In this paper the basic ideas of vector optimization are presented, and both the weighting and constraint methods are applied to vector optimization of truss systems by minimizing the...
A Method of Computing Impact and Fatigue Life in the Railway Steel Girder Bridge
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamic interactions between an steel girder bridge and a moving freight train. A non-linear, 100-ton, freight car vehicle model and a 70-ft...
Sprayed-On Polymer Mortar Construction
Sprayed-on polymer mortar has been used to construct low-cost, lightweight structures in a variety of locations. The addition of the two-component additive to one cubic yard of mortar...
Lessons Learned from Dynamic Tests of Shear Panels
Thirteen 8-ft by 8-ft shear panels and fifteen 16-in by 18-in shear panels were tested dynamically at the Structural Testing Laboratory, Richmond Field Station, University of California,...
Overview of Programs at Sandia National Laboratories
This paper presents on overview of the containment integrity programs at Sandia National Laboratories. Companion papers at this conference give greater details about the construction,...
Fourier Series Expansion on Determination of Response Bound of Beam
Fourier series expansion is suggested to discrete the continuous vibrating system by regarding Fourier constants as generalized displacement parameters. The orthogonal merit to the terms...
Aerodynamic Modeling of Chimneys
The wake induced acrosswind behavior of circular cross-section structures, such as industrial chimney, has been studied for many years using wind tunnel models. Due to the relaxation of...
Inelastic Response of Buried Pipelines Due to Landslide Effects
During earthquakes, a buried pipeline may experience significant loading as a result of large relative displacements of the ground along its length. Large ground movements can be caused...
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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