System Identification of a Large Structure Using Pseudo-Dynamic Test Data
This paper deals with structural modeling and the determination of optimal nonlinear models by applying system identification techniques to inelastic pseudo-dynamic test data from a full-scale,...
Tradeoffs Between Active Control and Identification of Structural Systems
This paper explores the tradeoffs between structural identification and structural control in a quantitative manner. Through the intemediary concept of an optimal input, it is shown that...
Biaxial Damage Assessment
The structural system under investigation is a frame subject to seismic excitations. The analysis accounts for the spatial distribution of beams, columns and bracing system. It also considers...
Seismic Isolation of a Flight Simulator Manufacturing Facility
The corporate headquarters of Evans & Sutherland is located in the University of Utah Research Park which is in Salt Lake City, Utah. A major fault runs through Salt Lake City...
Seismic Repair, Restoration and/or Upgrading of Existing Buildings
The ultimate goal of this paper is to discuss the selection of the most efficient (optimal) strategies and techniques for upgrading an existing building. To achieve this goal, it was considered...
Historic Background of Seismic Construction in San Francisco
A seismic design and construction tradition has developed in California because of the unique experience with local earthquakes. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, building performance...
A Geotechnical Analysis System with Applications for Drilled Shaft Foundations
The development and components of a geotechnical analysis system are described and illustrated for drilled shaft foundations. This finite element-based analysis system incorporates several...
Some Expert System Applications in Geotechnical Engineering
Knowledge-based expert systems (KBES) represent a new technology for computer-aided engineering. These systems can be useful in situations which involve expert judgments for effective...
Patterns of Erosion Along the Atlantic Coast
Shoreline erosion data are needed in the implementation of recent legislation that authorizes the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to provide advance insurance payments for the...
The Coastal Management Program in Brazil
As a proposal to guide the rational utilization of coastal resources, the Brazilian government established the National Coastal Zone Management Plan (PNGC), according to the Federal Law...
Environmental Economic factors of the Southern Brazilian Coast
The goal of this study is a large-scale synthesis of the ecological and economic characteristics of the Southern Brazilian Coast. The coastal area is formed by a watershed, a lagoon, and...
Low Cost Wave Measurement Program
This paper addresses some problems related to a wave measurement program in the coast emphasizing costs, environmental hazards and technological problems. Subjects covered include coastal...
The Geographical Information System of the Brazilian Coastal Management Program
The paper discusses the coastal management program presents; and two modules which are intimately associated and integrated with the system of geoenvironment information: the Zoning and...
Environmental Evaluation of the Coastal Area of Marci? District: A Methodological Essay
This paper is part of an integrated study of the coastal environment of the county of Marica, Rio de Janeiro, where the environmental alterations of the urban expansion phenomenon were...
Facilities Management With CADD
Tyson led a project that began in 1985 to develop an integrated alphanumeric and graphic database for facilities management at Stanford University. Many large institutions could benefit...
Microcomputers: Investing in the Future
There is more to a successful computer system than simply going to the nearest supplier and buying the most up-to-date equipment. Engineering firms, while not being reluctant about installing...
GIS:Technology for Transportation
Geographic Information Systems show promise as important tools for transportation engineers. As computer hardware continues to become less expensive and more powerful, and as the software...
Automated Design of Wastewater Plants
Computers have been used for individual steps in design of wastewater treatment plants, and now these steps have been tied together, linked by an aggregate computer program the designers...
The National PDES Testbed?An Overview
Product Data Exchange Specification (PDES) is an ambitious project with the goal of developing a standardized format for representing and exchanging information about almost any manufactured...
A Survey of CASE Tools
This paper will trace the history of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE), describe CASE tools at each stage of the software engineering evolution, and discuss the future and trend...
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