A Practical Design and Construction of Tension Rod Supported Glazing
In designing a glass skin-covered space, for the atrium, entrance hall or other core part of a building complex, the high openness and quality requirements of the space often lead to the...
Expandable Structures with Incorporated Roofing Elements
In this paper design aspects of expandable structures with incorporated cover plates are studied. These roofing elements can be made by single plates or by self-folding plates. In both...
Seismic Performance and Retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge
Since its opening in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge has endured and functions as an important transportation link for Bay Area commerce and commuters. After an earthquake in 1989, T.Y. Lin...
Innovations in Major Suspension Bridge Design
Before the Tacoma disaster, the trend in bridge-building is on increasing slenderness. But since its occurrence, a high degree of aerodynamic stability is required. Presented are designs...
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge Underconstruction
This paper presents 1) brief history of the survey work, 2) brief description of the physical dimensions and structural system, 3) major studies for the design, 4) development of higher...
Design and Construction of the Cable-Stayed Wooden Space Truss Roof
The thinning must be enforced for healthy development of an artificial forest. The most effective use of thinning lumber is construct of the space truss structure. This election systems...
The Structuring of a New Architectural Landscape
Structure plays an increasingly important role in the language of architecture design. Examples from the 2nd half of the 20th century, including transportation systems and buildings, sport...
Tensile Structures Highlight New Denver Airport
The tensile membrane structures of the Landside Terminal of the new Denver International Airport are the most recent and most significant application of tensile structure design. The advanced...
History and Development of Fabric Structures
Except for the cave, the tent has been the dwelling for most nomadic peoples from the Ice Age to the present. Until recently, the three basic forms used are namely, the conical, the widespread...
The Body Language of Tensile Structures
Considered to be a 'body' and its visual appearance as 'non verbal, intuitable information,' a building has a Body Language that is employed as a primary mode. Presented is an intuitive...
Architecture and Lightweight Structures: A Methodical Design Approach
Lightweight structures such as membrane structures, shells, space-grid, lightweight trussed and suspended structures have become an integral part of the international building scene. While...
Space Frames and Polyhedra
Polyhedra are easy to build and they can be useful as architectural matrices. Relatively small polyhedra can be built as faceted structures; very large ones can be built with space frames....
Recent Advances in Engineering Design Methodologies
The paper illustrates the mode of operation of the Engineering Design Research Center (EDRC) at Carnegie Mellon University by describing a number of EDRC projects related to structural...
Multimedia Implications to Structural Engineering
The usage of computer technologies have revolutionized the practice of structural engineering during the past thirty years. The advent of multimedia technologies within computer hardware...
Damage Tolerance Analysis in Structural Rehabilitation
The rehabilitation of existing structures requires an evaluation by the structural engineer of past performance to determine the extent of existing damage. Following evaluation of the...
How to Optimize Frames Using Plastic Design Concept
An optimal design procedure using plastic design concept was presented. For low-rise building frames, optimal plastic designs can be made using the plastic limit load as a basis of design....
Optimization for Earthquake Loads
Structural optimization for seismic loads can be approached from a deterministic or nondeterministic point of view. Deterministically, the major difference between optimization of statically...
Structural Analysis for Structural Design
This paper presents a simple extension to conventional structural analysis that serves to provide additional information that is of significant use to the structural design process. Specifically,...
Large-Scale Computations in Analysis of Structures
Computer hardware and numerical analysis algorithms have progressed to a point where many engineering organizations and universities can perform nonlinear analyses on a routine basis....
An Automated Environment for Parallel Computing
Research on a prototype concurrent software development environment for large-scale structural engineering computing is currently underway at Purdue University. This environment is being...
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