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Spring Stiffness for Beam-Column Analysis of Soil-Structure Interaction Problems
The objective is to provide a simple means of analytically combining a two-dimensional foundation with a beam-column structure so that the procedure can be used for preliminary design...

Dynamics of Machine Foundation
The art of designing machine foundations, supporting vibratory load has changed from the approximate rule-of-thumb to the scientifically sound engineering procedure. However, the vast...

Interactive Analysis and Design Program for Girder Bridges
An interactive microcomputer program for the analysis, design, and rating of girder bridges is presented. The program, GBRIDGE, is user-friendly, menu-driven, and developed in modular...

A Microcomputer CAD System for Seismic Design of Regular Highway Bridges
A microcomputer program to implement the recent seismic design guidelines for highway bridges is described. The methodology was developed by the Applied Technology Council (ATC) and is...

Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction by the Boundary Element Method: A Comparison Study
A comparison study of three Boundary Element Method approaches is attempted on the basis of a typical three-dimensional, dynamic soil-structure interaction problem. The vertical transient...

Solving Finite Element Structural Dynamic Problems on Small Computers Using Semi-Explicit Methods
Numerical techniques based on the partial decomposition of a coefficient matrix, are developed for structural dynamic problems. Improved iterative techniques are discussed which could...

Response of Eccentrically Braced Tall Buildings
The inelastic dynamic response aspects of tall steel buildings with eccentric K-bracing and eccentric X-bracing systems are examined, when subjected to factored El-Centro and computer...

Predictions of Thermally Induced Stresses in Thin Walled Grain Storage Bins Under Declining Ambient Temperatures
A generalized constitutive equation for cohesionless sands based on elasto-plastic theories is applied to a grain bin system. The validity of the theory is established through the finite...

Measuring Dynamic Occupant Loads by Microcomputer
Present building codes regard live loads caused by human movement as deterministic; values are based upon experience and tests run in 1912, 1922, and 1932. An experimental project to statistically...

Managing Software for More Efficient Design
Efficient design of structural members with microcomputers requires a large variety of analysis, design, and check programs. The management of these programs can best be accomplished with...

Symbols for Controlling CAD Software
The use of graphic symbols for controlling complex CAD software is discussed. Emphasis is put on the advantages of icons over text. Guidelines for developing and adapting graphic symbols...

Interactive Design of Reinforced Concrete Foundations
A new, highly graphical foundation design program, FOUNDATION-3D, provides the designer with a variety of easy to use foundation design tools in a flexible interactive environment. It...

Experience With Workstation-Based Design of Steel Structures
An example is presented of an interactive graphical structural analysis and design system suitable for individual-user workstations. The experience of a corporate engineering services...

Self-Adapting CAD Software
An approach for enhancing CAD and other interactive software is described. The goals of the approach are bifold, to customize complex programs which employ computer graphics, and to improve...

Interactive Computer Graphic Seismic Design of Frames
An interactive computer graphics approach for earthquake resistant design of two and three-dimensional steel frames is presented. Analysis and design are possible from code-related equivalent...

Integrated Design of Concrete Flat Plate Structures
An integrated structural design and drafting system for concrete flat plate floor systems is described. This system provides at a single computer workstation the tools necessary to layout...

Seismic Structural Optimization and Computer Programs
A generic system has been developed for the geometric design of highway retaining walls. Merging the three-dimensional coordinate geometry capabilities of the roadway design system (RDS)...

How To Design Highway Retaining Walls?A Practical Application of CADD
The recent work developed at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) including optimization algorithms and two computer programs, ODSEWS-2D-II and ODRESB-3D are discussed. Several numerical...

Engineering Optimization Via Genetic Algorithm
The application of a genetic algorithm (GA) to the optimal design of a ten member, plane truss is considered. Genetic algorithms are search procedures based upon the mechanics of natural...

Analysis and Optimum Design of Nondeterministic Structures under Random Loads
The importance of analyzing and designing structural systems by using a reliability-based approach is emphasized, including system safety requirements with regard to both serviceability...

 

 

 

 

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