Consequential Fire Loads on Structures
Much less consideration has been given to the performance of modern structural and architectural systems during fires and to the minimization of damage that threatens the integrity of...
Estimation of Structural Damping of Buildings
The full-scale data on damping ratio are collected from 77 buildings within Japan. Almost all data are obtained from vibrations with a very small amplitude such as microtremor, man-power...
A Statistical Analysis of Wind Damage to Single-Family Dwellings Due to Hurricane Hugo
The claim files of 575 policy holders of the South Carolina Windstorm and Hail Underwriting Association were analyzed to determine the nature of wind damage to single-family dwellings...
Current and Future Research in Steel Bridge Structures
The topics I have listed are ones which I am aware through discussions with various researches, designers, and industry representatives. The list of topics is presented as a starting point...
Seismic Issues in Structural Engineering Codes and Practice
It is necessary that we view the seismic events in an overall probabilistic mode and determine the criteria for acceptable damage at various levels of service in the building. We need...
Aesthetic Considerations in the Design of a Stack Extension
The Connecticut D.E.P. mandated increase in height of the boiler stack at Backus Hospital in Norwich, CT presented many problems. Adding a new 45 foot vertical section atop the old brick...
Bridging the Gap Between Architecture and Engineering
Building design is interdisciplinary by nature. Indeed, the collaboration of architect and structural engineer is critical to the success of building design projects. Yet with few exceptions...
Educating A Structural Engineer
It is important for universities to equip college graduates with a strong theoretical background necessary for sound engineering judgement. It is equally important for universities to...
When are Loads Taught? A Case Study and National Trends.
Several years ago, structures faculty of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming revised their structures courses to meet several new educational...
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...
Teaching Structural Loading: A Case Study
CVEG 4803: Structural Loading course was formulated three years ago as an undergraduate senior elective course. In this course structural dynamics is introduced for one third of the course....
Sensors and Techniques for Structural Monitoring
This paper summarizes measurement requirements for the monitoring of engineering structures and describes new sensor/system configurations that are finding useful application in field...
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...
A New Way of Teaching Structural Engineering With the `AN/EX' Mini-Laboratory
Students in the AN/EX lab first use a custom-written preprocessor to generate a proper input file to run the professional-level M-STRUDL structural analysis program to predict the load...
Structural Failure and Quality Assurance of Space Frames
Space frame has been developed rapidly in China and used to wide extent to cover various types of buildings. The large scale of application will unavoidably cause quality problems. Damages...
Prisms and Antiprisms
Prisms form a group of mathematical figures, that have found widespread application in many disciplines, but especially in architecture and in building structures. They have two identical...
Possibilities and Problems of Latticed Structures
Several fundamental aspects of space frames which are sometimes referred to as latticed structures are discussed. Terminology of the structural system is first considered. Special features...
Membrane Structures: Technological Innovation and Architectural Opportunity
Presented is a list of materials used in building an airhouse. There are so many other moves in tensile structures and the present interest is in ETFE foils because of light transmission/cost...
Fabric Structures for Public Buildings
The design of the enclosure structure of the new Denver Airport derived from twenty years of experience with the design and engineering of fabric structures for permanent buildings. This...
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