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An Historical Perspective of Failures of Civil Engineering Works
The blight of failures has smitten civil engineering works since ancient times. An examination of historic cases reveals relationships to contemporary cases that are useful in guiding...

Seismic Acceleration Maps for Oregon
To evaluate the seismic hazard for the Corps dams in the Portland District, operating basis earthquakes (OBE) and maximum credible earthquakes (MCE) were established for seismic zones...

Seismic Resistance of an Elevated Water Tank?A Case Study
Current knowledge of earthquake risk and structural response has raised concern about the safety of elevated water storage tanks which were constructed several decades ago. This paper...

RC Structures Under Severe Loads?An Expert System Approach
The authors propose the application of expert systems to the post-test assessment of specific structural systems. In the study reported, an existing expert system shell was employed and...

Qualitative Physics and the Prediction of Structural Behavior
A key need in the application of expert systems to structural engineering design is the ability to predict structural deformation and stresses in the absence of a quantitative model. The...

Assessment of Safety Impacts of Highway Projects
In this paper the safety impact of highway improvement and maintenance activities is examined in terms of accident reduction potentials of these activities. There are three causes of accident:...

Delineation Effectiveness for Alcohol Involved Accidents
The approach to the problem of the alcohol impaired drivers to date has been directed at driver education and increased police enforcement. A complementary and parallel approach is presented...

Sighting Safety
This paper examines the interrelation between drivers' visual needs and the road environment. Specific elements of visual limitation and drivers at greatest risk are identified....

U.S.-Japan Coordinated Program on Masonry Research
An overview of the U. S. -Japan Coordinated Program on Masonry Research is presented. The program consists of parallel efforts in Japan and the United States to develop design methods...

Pseudo-Dynamic Testing of Structural Components
The pseudo-dynamic testing procedure is a simultaneous simulation and control process in which inertia and damping properties are simulated and flexibility properties are acquired from...

Hysteretic Behavior of Composite Diaphragms
Floor systems constructed with steel-deck-reinforced concrete are described. When used to resist lateral loads these systems are referred to as diaphragms. A description of a test arrangement,...

Significance of Nonlinear Modeling of R/C Columns to Seismic Response
Columns in reinforced concrete (R/C) structures exhibit complex hysteretic behavior during earthquakes. This can significantly influence predictions of overall response and damage distribution....

Refinements in Pseudo-Dynamic Test Procedures
One of the major concerns in seismic testing is whether the loading conditions imposed on a structure adequately represent those that might occur during a major earthquake. Response simulation...

Performance of Existing Buildings: Results of Benchmark Structure Analyses Performed in U.S.-Japan Workshops
In response to the need for better understanding of current safety evaluation methodologies, three U. S. -Japan workshops have been conducted on the evaluation of the performance of existing...

Three Phase Design for Wind Loads on Structures
The successful design of a structure requires three phases of work. These phases are: conceptual design, design development and design verification. The conceptual design is undertaken...

Behaviour of Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Structure on Realistic Foundation
A full-scale seven-story reinforced concrete building, tested as a part of U. S. -Japan Cooperative Research Program, performed well even under a severe earthquake loading condition. Nonlinear...

Seismic Behavior of a Full-Scale K-Braced Steel Frame?Part II Local Behavior
The full-scale six-story concentrically K-braced steel building was subjected to Miyagi-Ken-Oki simulated earthquake whose peak intensity was 500gal. Local behavior of the test building...

Slab Participation in Frames under Lateral Loads
A unique opportunity to study slab participation was afforded by the U. S. -Japan Cooperative project on large scale testing. The data obtained from the full-scale 7-story building tested...

Dynamics of 3-D Base Isolated Structures
The work described in this paper concerns the dynamic behavior of asymmetric base isolation systems consisting of laminated rubber bearings and hysteretic dampers. It is shown in this...

Problems of Spectral Analysis in Dispersion Tests
The use of dispersive surface waves and spectral analysis methods is new to the nondestructive testing of airfield pavements. Such tests are to determine whether mechanical properties...

 

 

 

 

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