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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...

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,...

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...

Strengthening of a Multi-Story Building with Deflection Constraints
Occasionally the existing structural or nonstructural systems of a building being strengthened require the imposition of deflection constraints or limits in order to avoid an undesirable...

On Reliability-Based Structural Optimization for Earthquakes
Previous studies of reliability-based structural optimization have been extended in order to investigate the applicability of the linear statistical model in cases where random parameters...

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...

Changes in Bridge Deck Flutter Derivatives Caused by Turbulence
This paper discusses some of the results of a wind tunnel study that tested the aeroelastic stability of section models in smooth and gusting flow. Wind gusts several times longer than...

Seismic Behavior of a Full-Scale K-Braced Steel Frame?Part I Gross Behavior
As a part of the U. S. -Japan Cooperative Research Program Utilizing Large-Scale Testing Facilities, a six-story, 2 by 2 bay, concentrically K-braced steel building was constructed in...

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...

The Earthquake Barrier
The earthquake barrier protects buildings from the horizontal ground vibrations of an earthquake by installing a 'force barrier and an energy barrier' at the...

Earthquake Response of Five Story Reinforced Concrete Masonry Test Building
In 1986, a full-scale five story reinforced masonry test building is to be constructed in the Japan Building Research Institute Large-Scale Structure Test Laboratory, and through 1987...

Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Masonry Walls and Beams
Many reinforced masonry walls and beams were tested as a part of the U. S. -Japan cooperative research program on masonry building structures. Six concrete block and two clay brick masonry...

Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction for RC Lifelines
The behavior of buried cylinders merits attention because of the impact of lifeline survivability under earthquake effects, and failures may adversely affect many communities that employ...

Effect of Seismic Wave Inclination on Structural Response
A new procedure is developed using the computer program SASSI to evaluate the effects of inclined propagating shear waves on three-dimensional seismic soil-structure interaction (SSI)...

Application of Modern Control Theory for Building Structures
Active control systems can be used to reduce the effect of strong-motion earthquakes. During the past two decades, various approaches have been applied to find the optimal control law....

Seismic Isolation of Bridge Structures
Seismic isolation concept has been extensively developed and applied in New Zealand and is receiving increased attention in the United States. Two bridge projects have incorporated the...

Interdependence of Dynamic Analysis and Experiment
This paper emphasizes the importance of experimental research to the development of reliable analytical methods for predicting the behavior of structures subjected to static or dynamic...

Dynamic Response Correlation Using Simplified Models
A simplified model for building response which has a W. Ramberg-W. R. Osgood hysteresis is developed in a discrete sense. It is then used to evaluate the response of an instrumented, bearing...

 

 

 

 

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