Automated Design of Reinforced Concrete Components
This paper presents strategies for automating the design of reinforcement in two types of concrete components, namely T-beams and circular columns. These strategies may serve as examples...

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...

CADD for the Structural Engineer
There is a need for educating structural engineers on Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) programs. Many structural engineering firms use a combination of in-house and commercially...

An Integrated Knowledge System of Seismic Vulnerability and Risk for Engineered Facilities
This paper describes an integrated knowledge system for the assessment of the seismic vulnerability and risk of engineered facilities. The system integrates knowledge from many fields...

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...

A Knowledge-Based System for Evaluating the Seismic Resistance of Existing Buildings
The large number of existing buildings designed without considerations of seismic loading warrants the development of computer aids for the evaluation of their seismic resistance. Since...

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...

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...

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...

Optimization of Structures Subjected to Vibrations
A minimum cost optimization procedure is presented for the analysis of multi-degree freedom structures subjected to steady, transient and random vibration environment. The procedure is...

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...

Optimization for Exact Stability of 2-Bar Trusses
This paper is concerned with the structural optimization problem of minimizing the weight of a 2-bar truss subject to nonlinear stability constraints. Optimization problems for stability...

Polymer Concretes
Polymer Concrete (PC) is prepared by using polymeric materials to bond inert aggregates in a fashion similar to that of Portland Cement in the preparation of Portland Cement Concrete (PCC)....

Fast Track Paving May Offer Applications to Structures
'Fast Track' is a technique that permits portland cement concrete pavements to be opened to traffic in a day or less after they are poured. The method has been...

Microsilica (Silica Fume) Concrete Durability in Severe Environments
Microsilica (silica fume) concrete has provided increased durability in a variety of aggressive environments. Technical information is presented for microsilica concretes exposed to fire,...

Testing of Reinforced Concrete Bridges for External Reinforcement
Several continuous reinforced concrete slab bridges were constructed in the 1950's with spans ranging from 30 ft. to 60 ft. Longitudinal cracks were observed in the tension...

Fatigue and Fracture Evaluation of Riveted Bridge Members
Among the major concerns of bridge engineers today are the fatigue damages that have been accumulated in riveted members and the safety of riveted structures. Many of these structures...

 

 

 

 

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