Wind Endurance
Although property casualty insurance companies are interested in a building's resistance to intense winds, risk underwriters traditionally take into account few, if any, wind-performance...
Breaking the Chains of Codification (Available only in Structural Engineering special issue)
Structural engineers should break free of the chains placed on them by national design standards and codes that translate into totally prescriptive design. Good structural engineers perform...
Geophysical Exploration for Engineering and Environmental Investigations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has prepared this Manual,
The Murrah Building Design
This chapter reviews the design of the Murrah building....
Threat Definition
This chapter comments on defensive design principles for structures....
Design Objective
This chapter comments on the objective of design for structures of different purposes that are subject to attack....
Architectural Countermeasures
This chapter discusses architectural elements that can be used to prevent, delay, or mitigate the extent of an attack....
Protecting Existing Buildings
This chapter comments on design principles that can be used to better protect existing buildings from the effects of an attack....
General Procedures for Conducting an Investigation
This section covers general procedures for conducting an investigation. Topics include lifelines and critical facilities to be investigated; the role of the team leader; getting started;...
Guy Anchors and Foundations
This section describes typical types of guy anchors that are commonly used today. It is not the intention of this guide to provide direction for the design of the anchor or foundation...
Design
This chapter discusses guyed structure design. Topics include loadings and design restrictions; guy clearances; guy design; guy anchorage; connections; structural design of poles and H-frames;...
Examples
This section includes several examples that illustrate many of the concepts presented in this guide. The examples and load cases have been simplified and may not represent actual design...
San Francisco Bay's Jeweled Necklace (Available only in
When one looks at a map of San Francisco Bay, three bridges stand out to form a link around the central part of the Bay. At night, it takes little imagination for one to see the lights...
A Gatehouse for Johnson
Philip Johnson's latest addition to his eclectic collection of architectural designs on his Connecticut property is a radical departure from his famed Glass House. Builders...
Construction Through Crude Oil
When the Hilltop Interceptor project in Cleveland confronted oil-saturated sandstone, designers had to rethink their shaft construction and support procedures. Among the hazards were volatile...
Shear-wall Retrofit
With the effects of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake still lingering and another quake looming sometime in the future, engineers faced with retrofitting the Pacific Gas & Electric...
Seismic Solutions for Steel Frame Buildings
After the Northridge Earthquake, damage in steel moment resisting frame connections stunned engineers. Now those engineers are scrambling to find and test new kinds of connections. This...
Spotlight on Steel Moment Frames
Engineers' confidence in moment connections was shattered when damage was discovered after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Such connections are now a hot subject for U.S....
Photogrammetric Mapping
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 14. This manual provides procedures, minimum accuracy...
Asphalt Update
Of the $150 million spent in the five-year Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP), $50 million went to research to improve the durability and cost-effectiveness of asphalt pavements--on...
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