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...
Structural Considerations in Design and Construction Process of a 25 Story Office Building
This paper introduces an example in which a steel office building of 25 stories above the ground was constructed employing innovative techniques. One of them was the use of precast concrete...
Seismic Design of a Long-span Space Structure
This structure consists of a 5 layered complex shape of long-span steel roof structure, and reinforced concrete (RC) and steel reinforced concrete (SRC) supporting structures. The roof...
Implications for Limit State Design of Inverted V Braced Steel Structures
Inverted V braced steel structures with backup ductile moment-resisting frames forming a dual system, exhibit complex inelastic behavior under severe seismic excitations. Thus, current...
Building Frames Subjected to 2D Earthquake Motion
Inelastic response of a simplified model of a 10-storey building frame was analyzed to assess the effects of bi-directional seismic loading. Interaction between the strengths in the two...
Seismic Load Effects on a Scaled Model Structure
A long term observation on a scaled steel braced frame model with intentionally reduced seismic strength is ongoing since 1983. This paper examines the seismic load effects of two earthquakes...
Buckling Criteria for Earthquake-Induced Overturning Stresses in Cylindrical Liquid Storage Tanks
Perhaps one of the most common forms of seismic damage to cylindrical liquid storage tanks made out of steel is buckling of the tank wall due to vertical overturning stresses. Buckling...
Biaxial Damage Assessment
The structural system under investigation is a frame subject to seismic excitations. The analysis accounts for the spatial distribution of beams, columns and bracing system. It also considers...
Normalized Damage Index for Evaluation of Buildings
A conceptual model for evaluation of structural damage is developed based on the fundamental idea of demand and capacity. The proposed formulation combines two recognized sources of damage:...
Nonlinear Analysis for the Aseismic Strength of Highrise Steel Frame With Semi-Rigid Joints by Pseudo-Elastic Approach
This paper suggests that the direct stiffness method is still useful in dealing with the nonlinear analysis for the aseismic capacity of highrise steel frame while the Pseudo-elastic approach...
Effects of Semi-Rigid Connections and P-? Forces on the Optimum Design of Seismic Steel Frames
By utilizing methods of optimality critera and constraint gradients, the minimum weight design of semi-rigid planar steel frames subjected to static and seismic excitations is presented...
Recent Research on Repair and Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Structures
As part of the research effort organized following the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a series of tests were conducted at the University of Texas at Austin to assess the performance of redesigned...
The 1988 UBC Seismic Provisions for Steel Structures?An Overview
This paper will give the reader an introduction to the seismic design provisions for steel structures in the 1988 Uniform Building Code. Chapter 27 in the 1988 UBC now contains over ten...
Seismic Safety Regulation of Existing Structures
Establishment of standards for seismic strengthening of existing buildings has been difficult since full compliance with current codes is generally too expensive. A general consensus has...
1988 SEAOC and UBC Seismic Provisions
This paper highlights the major improvements to seismic design provisions incorporated in the 1988 Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) 'Blue Book'...
Assessment of Transmission Line Foundations
Electric utilities are faced with the need to build new transmission lines or to upgrade existing lines to meet future demands. Because of economic constraints and the difficulty of obtaining...
Making Amends with Nature
The U.S. salmon population has been decimated in the last half-century, principally because of hydropower. In the nation's focus on alternate and clean energy sources, fish...
Performance of a Large Ribbed Mat on Cohesive Soil
The performance of a 678-ft by 304-ft (207-m by 93-m) ribbed concrete mat was studied to provide improved soil input parameters for design. The mat was constructed on a low plasticity...
Interpretation of Instrumented Driven Steel Pipe Piles
This paper presents the results of a series of studies on the behavior of driven close-ended steel pipe piles. Extensive field explorations and geotechnical analyses have been carried...
Innovative Foundation Designs for Permafrost Conditions in the Arctic
This paper describes the engineering solution to restore the structural properties of permafrost at a site location in the Western Operating Area of the Prudhoe Bay Field. Steel pile supports...
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