ASCE will be sunsetting the Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) in the coming months. We encourage you to start using the ASCE Library to perform content searches. In the ASCE Library, you can save your search results as well as receive email content alerts when new content relevant to your area of interest is published. Try it out today at https://ascelibrary.org.

 

Experimental Research and Parameters Optimization of a Prototype OWC Wave Power Device
The paper presents the experimental research and parameters optimization of a prototype oscillating water column (OWC) wave power device being built in China by Guangzhou Institute of...

Optimal Depth for Nearshore Wave Power Extractors of Fixed Type
An approach to find the water depth which brings the minimum cost of energy extracted with the wave power extractors of nearshore fixed type is proposed. A case study with Pendulor wave...

Wave Power Development in Taiwan
The feasibility study of wave power development in Taiwan was performed in two phases. The first phase included the calculation and assessment of the available wave energy along the coasts...

Review of Garolim Tidal Power Project
The feasibility study of Garolim tidal power project made in 1981 was reviewed in 1986 and updated in 1988. The review study generally confirmed the result of the 1981 study. The generator...

The Development of Tidal Resources in China: The Tidal Experimental Station of Jiangxia and Its No. 1 and No. 2 Bidirectional Tidal Water Turbine
This article outlines the development and use of tidal energy, specifically, the exploitable tidal energy and the situation of its use in China and introduces the first large bidirectional...

Pre-Experiments of OTEC Experimental Facility for Ocean-Based Mariculture-OTEC Pilot Plant Houyou
The ocean-based mariculture-OTEC pilot plant 'HOUYOU' was completed in March, 1989 and the at-sea test in Toyama Bay was carried out from July 18th until September...

Trends in Development of Steel Space Structures in Japan
Trends in recent development of steel spatial structures in Japan are reviewed. Starting from reviewing early development after the World War II, structural systems such as pyramidal roof,...

Methodology in ODSEWS-2D-II for Optimum Design of Structures to Seismic and Wind Forces
This paper presents the theoretical derivations and numerical procedures used in the computer program called ODSEWS-2D-II for the analysis and optimum design of 2-dimensional regular and...

Verification of Macroscopic Models for R/C Walls
Macroscopic models utilized in a plastic analysis for predicting the ultimate strength of reinforced concrete members have been developed in Japan as well as in Europe. In the JCI committee,...

Verification of Macroscopic Models or RC Walls by FEM
Several macroscopic models based on the limit analysis have been proposed for obtaining the ultimate strength of reinforced concrete shear walls in Japan. When using these models, it is...

Full-Scale Measurement on Chiba Port Tower
Chiba Port Tower is a tall tower, 125m high, with a rhombus shaped plan. All of the surfaces are covered with half mirror glass. On the top of the tower, a 'Tuned Mass Damper'...

Wind Resistant Design Manual for Highway Bridges
The new wind resistant design manual for highway bridges has been required recently in Japan. The working group was organized in the Japan Road Association is 1984 to prepare the manual....

Codification of Wind Effects for a Long Span Suspension Bridge
Construction of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, which will cross the Akashi Kaikyo Straits with a shore-to-shore of approximately 4 km, started in spring of 1988. Firstly discussions on the...

Bridge Loading Evaluation for Limit States Design in Japan
Some statistics regarding bridges in Japan are firstly explained. Next, the limit states design which will be introduced in 1995 for highway bridge design specification in Japan is briefly...

Inelastic Earthquake-Resistant Design of Bridges?Application to Concrete Cable-Stayed Bridges
Various methods of earthquake-resistant design of bridges use in both the U.S. and Japan are summarized and reviewed. Among them, principles of approximate and rigorous inelastic earthquake...

Instrumentation of the Shenyang T.V. Tower
The recently-completed Shenyang radio and television tower provides a unique opportunity to obtain comprehensive measurements of the along-span variation and coherence of wind-induced...

Development of Skewed Element for the Concrete Pavements
In the recent years, highway engineers introduced skewed joints in the concrete pavement with a 4 foot to 5 foot skew on a 24 foot width pavement, which results in only one wheel crossing...

Seismic Instrumentation and Its Implication for High-Rise Buildings in Japan
An outline of the present state of the strong earthquake motions observation systems in Japan and an example of the obtained records of an earthquake and its simulation analysis of a high-rise...

Seismic Design of Highrise Building with Mega Frame
The NEC corporation head office building is under construction at Shiba Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. This building is a highrise building of steel structure with the height of 180m. The structural...

Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation in Japan
The state of the art in Japan is reviewed on the evaluation of the seismic capacity of existing low- to mid-rise reinforced concrete buildings, taking into account the different resistance...

 

 

 

 

Return to search