Structural Wood Composites in Bridge Construction
Wood composites, known collectively as Structural Composite Lumber (SCL), are a family of wood-based products that better utilize the available wood fiber of a tree. This paper describes...
Applications of Wood Materials for Innovative Bridge Systems
This paper describes completed research and the status of research underway on timber bridges that are part of the USDA Forest Service timber bridge initiative. The initiative includes...
Bibliography of Steel Columns
This book, which was prepared by the Committee on Compression Members of the Structural Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, attempts to provide a complete bibliography...
Designing in Circles
Round buildings are a popular�but sometimes expensively perceived�design choice. With careful engineering and planning, they can offer a creative, cost-competitive option. They add another...
Replacing an Urban Foundation
Baltimore's new subway extension will pass close to a 6-story reinforced concrete building near the Inner Harbor. Its timber piling foundation was threatened by the dewatering...
Retaining Forest Roads
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, manages a vast system of roads which provide access to America's national forests. More than 250,000 miles of roads exist...
Structures Congress Abstracts 1990
Abstract only. The following themes are included: Rehabilitation and future challenges, Bridges, Earthquake engineering, Dynamic loads on structures, Metals and composite construction,...
Haunches and Hangers
The $210 million VA Medical Center at Houston features a structural system as innovative for the 1990s as the interstitial space concept was in the 1960s. The medical center, designed...
Fired Up at Fort Drum
The U.S. Army's first major privatization contract was signed for design, construction, operation and ownership of the Fort Drum powerplant at the newly constructed base for...
An Overview of Structural Reliability Methods
Recent developments in structural reliability theory and better availability of load and strength data suggest that reliability-based design (RBD) methods should be considered as a practical...
Improved Techniques for Assessing Structures
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has specially designed and equipped the tower testing station located within their Transmission Line Mechanical Research Center (TLMRC) near...
Effects of Fabrication on Local Stress Conditions
Factors connected with fabrication that impact on the behavior of structural steel members are reviewed. Residual stresses that result from basic steel production and subsequent fabrication...
Repair and Rehabilitation of Damaged Steel Flexural Members
In earlier years, the primary method for repairing steel flexural members was to replace the member. However, with the cost of labor and material increasing dramatically over the last...
Six Story Tubular Atrium
The author designed an atrium structure with two stair-stepped atriums placed at 45? to the tower 'Figueroa at Wilshire' in Los Angeles, California. This structure...
Toronto Skydome Retractable Roof Stadium?The Roof Concept and Design
The Toronto SkyDome is a first of its kind sports stadium with a retractable roof which results in, essentially, a fully open air stadium with the roof fully retracted. This unique roof,...
The Fabrication and Erection of the Minneapolis Convention Center
A new convention center is part of the City of Minneapolis' successful plan to maintain an economically strong downtown core. It is the latest addition to a list of civic...
Changes in Tubular Design Codes
This paper summarizes a number of changes in design provisions for tubular structures that have recently been adopted. These are the result of a number of research advances concerning...
Effective Length Factors for Type-PR Frame Members
The effects of PR-Type connections and loading arrangement on frame stability and the effective length factor of columns are evaluated for portal frames and three-story three-bay frames...
Buckling Design of Vierendeel Reticular Shells
Double layer reticular shell structures carry very little transverse shear, thus, it may be appropriate to substitute the inter-layer diagonal members with 'space'...
Stability of Plates Under Eccentric Edge Loads
A linear finite element analysis was conducted to study the stress distribution in the web and the flange when the beam is subjected to a patch load applied in the plane of the web or...
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