Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Fatigue Crack Growth in HSLA-80 Steel Box Beams
An acoustic emission is a transient elastic wave generated by the rapid release of energy from a localized source within a material. There can be many sources of acoustic emission in a...
Where do the Arrows Come From? Evaluating Structural Loads
Two elements of an undergraduate's structural education that are not treated well in most textbooks are (1) the development of correct loads and (2) load modelling-that is, how the load...
Experiences with an Undergraduate Structural Engineering Laboratory
An Undergraduate Structural Engineering Laboratory was recently implemented at Lehigh University with funds obtained from the National Science Foundation through its instrumentation and...
Long-Term Monitoring of Civil Structures using Smart Structures Techniques
A smart monitoring program for a hybrid concrete-steel building in Washington, D.C. has been developed. The building is currently being instrumented with a variety of strain and corrosion...
A Probabilistic Approach to the Response of Tall Buildings to Wind Loadings
Tall buildings constructed in recent years are light in weight, flexible and low in damping. This is the consequence of using lighter material with higher strength, and fewer interior...
Cyclic Performance of Riveted Connections
As part of a larger experimental project on seismic performance of older steel frames, seven concrete-encased and unencased connections were tested. The specimens consisted of both riveted...
Seismic Retrofit of R/C Columns with Inadequate Lap Splices
This paper presents experimental results on the use of rectangular steel jackets to improve the seismic performance of rectangular steel jackets to improve the seismic performance of rectangular...
Compressive Strength of Large Scale HSLA-80 Steel Cellular Sections of a Double Hull Ship Structure
An analytical and experimental large scale test program was conducted to investigate the instability failure modes of cellular double hull box sections. The main emphasis of the study...
Review of Cold-Formed Steel Purlin Design
The use of cold-formed steel members as roof purlins for single story industrial and commercial buildings is commonly recognized. These members typically have either a C- or Z-shaped cross...
Column and Beam-Column Design - A World View
This paper is concerned with the design of columns and beam-columns in steel building frames. Design provisions found in some selected codes viz. AS DR87164 87(Australia), BS5950 Part...
Some Aspects of Compression Member Design in Australia
The paper summarizes and elucidates the provisions of the Australian Standard AS4100-1990, Steel Structures, for the design of compression members. Emphasis is placed on those aspects...
Phoenix Central Library: Reading Room Roof
This paper discusses the design and analysis of the cable truss roof over the fifth floor reading room of the new Phoenix Central Library. Forty pairs of diagonally oriented cable trusses...
What Controls the Ultimate Load of a Glulam Dome?
A glulam dome is analyzed with the finite element method to determine the governing failure mode and ultimate snow loads. The dome consists of a triangulated network of curved glulam beams,...
Field Measurements of Tensile Forces on a Spherical Dome Sector Caused by Internal Load of a Granular Product in Storage
Using a number of existing equations developed application to silos, bins, and hoppers, the horizontal load resulting from the stored product can be calculated. In this paper, the physical...
AWS versus AIJ Tubular K-Connection Design Rules
Among various existing design rules for circular tubular connections, the AWS rules are compared with the AIJ rules because of differences between the two. Subjects of discussion include...
The Behaviour and Design of Stressed-Arch (Strarch) Frames
The paper presents an overview of the stressed-arch structural system and the associated research program undertaken at the University of Sydney between 1988 and 1992. The objectives of...
Design of Half-Through or Pony Truss Bridges Using Square or Rectangular Hollow Structural Sections
The initial part of this paper will outline some of the research, testing, and investigation which has been done on half-through truss bridges. This research is primarily concerned with...
Research and Application of Various Joints of Space Grid Structures in China
This paper introduces the research work results and applications of various joints of space grid structures in China. It also gives out formulas for determining the loading capacity and...
Research of Strength and Deformations with Long-time Loading and the Use of Glassfiber Reinforced Concrete in Shells
Presented is an experimental research on the properties of behavior on compression and tension of glassfiber reinforced concrete of alkali-resistant glass fiber under long-time load and...
Structural Tests on the Suspen-Dome System
The 'suspen-dome' system, which the authors have developed, consists of a single-layer truss dome and a cable structure. The present paper deals with the results of structural tests conducted...
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