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Evaluation of the Rotation Capacity of Wide-Flange Beams Using Shell Finite Elements
Numerical simulation can be useful for planning of experimental tests, performance of parametric studies, and achieving an understanding of complex three-dimensional behavior that may...

Behavior of Single Angles Under Compression and Biaxial Bending
Angle struts are being used extensively as web members of trusses, bracings of buildings, and they are widely used as main members in transmission and lattice towers. Because of their...

Stablity Considerations in the New E&CS Building
The new Engineering and Computer Science (E & CS) building at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) is a five-story structure characterized by two shear walls in the east-west...

Stability Analysis of Steel Compression Members by a Modified Finite Strip Method
The method of structural stability analysis utilized in this paper is a combination of the classical bending theory and the finite strip method. Combining the assumptions of traditional...

Hysteresis Studies Including Post Buckling of Angle Web-Members for Truss-Type Girders
The paper presents analytical studies of the buckling capacities and hysteresis behavior of angle-web members of truss-type girders. The eccentricity between the loading point and the...

Tripping and Strength of Asymmetrical Plate Stiffeners
Tripping (lateral-torsional buckling) of symmetrical or asymmetrical plate stiffeners can be analyzed by using differential equations or energy formulation. An analytical study is reported...

Stability Analysis in Bracing and Support Design
A post-buckling stability analysis is carried out for struts with multiple elastic lateral supports. Both hinged-end and fixed-end conditions are considered. A criterion of sufficient...

Lateral Buckling of Beams: General Considerations
The paper presents a solution for the elastic, lateral-torsional buckling of beams under unequal end moments using Worthington's method of superposition of modes involving...

Portal Frame Stability with Nonproportional Loads
An inelastic theoretical study of the effect of various load paths is conducted on the in-plane behavior of an imperfect portal frame with flexible joints. The loading consists of concentrated...

Optimal Shape Design of Columns for Buckling
A procedure for the shape optimization of a column for prescribed buckling load is developed. The procedure uses a new analysis technique that enables the formulation of the optimization...

Optimized Wall Thickness of Shells of Revolution
The aim of this paper was to develop a concept for the design of shells of revolution with different Gaussian curvature using a simplified finite element buckling analysis. A cooling tower...

Aestetics of Bridges Constructed by Dopravni Stavby, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
A survey of bridge concepts built in recent years by the State Enterprise Dopravni Stavby, Olomouc that ranks among the largest building trade firms in Czechoslovakia. This firm chooses...

An Optimal Design of Steel Pipe Pile Foundation
This paper presents an optimal design method for the steel pipe pile foundation of bridge pier using a nonlinear programming. It is firstly assumed that an imaginary wall model behaves...

Shape Optimization of Joints of Steel-Framed Diaphragm Wall
Shape optimization system of the joints of the steel-framed diaphragm wall (abbreviated as steel diaphragm wall) is discussed. The optimization problem is formulated as the minimum cost...

A Prototype Expert System for Steel Connections
A PC-based, menu-driven, five-module prototype knowledge-based system has been developed for steel connections. The system can solve various steel connection problems by utilizing the...

BABE: An Expert System for Structural Design of Bridge Abutments and Piers
A knowledge-based expert system named 'BABE' (Bridge and Building Evaluation) has been developed for the purpose of helping the user in planning, analysis and...

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...

Discrete Optimization of 3D Steel Frames
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of the application of a general discrete optimization procedure to the design of a realistic, three-dimensional steel building frame....

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...

Methodology in ODSEWS-2D-II for Optimum Design of Structures to Seismic and Wind Forces
This paper presents the theoretical derivations and numerical procedures used in the computer program called ODSEWS-2D-II for the analysis and optimum design of 2-dimensional regular and...

 

 

 

 

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