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Seismic Research Program for Highway Construction
This paper provides an overview of the highway research program being conducted by the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER). This six-year program, which is sponsored...

Seismic Study of Historic Bridges in Eastern United States
The main objective of this paper is to study the Barrackville bridge and its response in resisting static and seismic loads. Since the design was based on controlled deflections, the analyses...

SemiActive Structural Control: A Low Cost Fix for An Infrastructure at Risk
There is increasing societal pressure on the engineering profession to develop cost effective methods to extend the service life of the civil infrastructure. While the degradation of the...

Progress in Reinforced Concrete Column Design: An Introduction
The Joint ASCE-ACI Committee 441 on Reinforced Concrete Columns is investigating a number of problems related to structural behavior and design of reinforced concrete columns. This paper...

Design of Lateral Steel in Columns
Lateral steel in columns is generally required for shear resistance, confinement of concrete and prevention of buckling of longitudinal bars. This paper is limited to the design of lateral...

Progress in Reinforced Concrete Column Design
This paper reviews some of the design procedures used for both braced and unbraced frames constructed in reinforced concrete. The discussion refers to the problems of material and geometric...

A Study of Jointless Bridge Behavior
The pressing need for maintenance free and low construction cost bridges, has increased the interest and activity in building integral or jointless bridges. The investigation of the behavior...

Design of Box Girder Bridges by Nonlinear Theory
A modified design procedure applicable to a large number of conventional box girder bridges with longitudinally-stiffened flanges has been presented in this paper. It determines the ultimate...

Harmonization of Reliability-Based Timber Engineering Codes and Standards
An overview of activities related to harmonization of reliability-based timber design codes and standards is presented. The overview is based on information generated through a NATO Advanced...

The Canadian Approach in the Design of Wood Structures: Conversion to Limit States Design
During the early 70's, the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) established the principle that structural design be carried out using the limit states design (LSD) method. The technical...

Evaluation of Wood Floor Vibration Design Criteria
In the United States, floors in wood buildings are designed according to strength and deflection criteria under static uniform loads. With the introduction of engineered joist products...

Load and Resistance Factors for Bridge Design Code
The paper summarizes the code development procedures used for the new LRFD (load and resistance factor design) bridge code. The current specifications use allowable stresses and/or load...

LRFD Provisions for Wood Bridges
A project to develop a load and resistance factor design (LRFD) edition of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Standard Specifications for Highway...

Unified Code Provisions for Concrete Bridges
Provisions on limiting the flexural reinforcement adopted in the new AASHTO LRFD Specification for Bridge Design are summarized (1). They address minimum and maximum levels of reinforcement...

Effects of Site Conditions of Earthquake-Resistant Design of Structures
After a brief discussion of the importance of reliable establishment of design Earthquake Ground Motions (EQGMs) for efficient Earthquake-Resistant Design (EQ-RD) of structures, this paper...

Site Effects on Strong Shaking and Seismic Risk: Recent Developments and Their Impact on Seismic Design Codes and Practice
The very strong influence of localized poor or 'adverse' geological/geotechnical foundation conditions on patterns and concentrations of damage during a number of recent earthquakes (e.g.:...

Seismic Behavior of Type PR Steel Frames
Type PR(partially restrained 'simple framing') is one of the methods of design specified in the AISC LRFD(1986) Design code for the design of unbraced steel building frames. In this method...

Guide for the Design of Prestressed Concrete Poles
With the aim of providing engineers with some basic tools and guidelines for the design of structures, the committee prepares code and policy changes, and to expand input of manufacturers...

Overview - Electrical Substation Structures Design Guide
The ASCE Substation Structures subcommittee of the Committee on Electrical Transmission Structures (CETS) is developing a substation structures design guide. The guide discusses the analysis...

Lateral Load Resisting Systems for Circular Buildings
The design of structural systems to economically limit inter-story drift and building acceleration for circular high rise buildings is presented within the framework of two recently constructed...

 

 

 

 

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