Dynamic Inelastic Analysis of Tall Buildings
Members with undesirably early formed plastic hinges as well as excessive conservatism introduced in the preliminary design of tall buildings can be identified by the behavior state study...
Development of an Improved Rapid Seismic Analysis Procedure
New developments in computer capabilities and lessons learned from recent earthquakes have facilitated improvement of the Rapid Seismic Analysis Procedure (RSAP) currently specified in...
Buckling of Cylindrical Storage Tanks Due to Unsymmetric Lateral Wind Load
Non-linear finite element analysis is used to study the elastic stability of cylindrical storage tanks subjected to unsymmetrical loads. These cylindrical shells are assumed to be fixed...
Inelastic Behavior of Noncompact Steel Bridge Girders
This paper highlights the results from one of several finite element studies of the inelastic moment-rotation behavior of continuous-span non-compact bridge girders at interior-pier locations....
Price Elasticity and Conservation Potential
Water conservation programs usually contain pricing incentives for users to limit water consumption. This analysis uses data from the Portland, Oregon water system as an example of both...
Dynamic Analysis of Beams on a Pasternak Foundation
Since many years pavement engineers apply very simple statical models to analyze their specific problems. The development of numerical tools and easily available computer power make much...
Research of the Limit Function About Imperfection and the Approximately Calculating Method of the Internal Forces of Hyperbolic Cooling Tower
The authors use the finite elemental program, which made by themselves and makes use of finite element method with rotational shell, to calculate the deformation in hyperbolic cooling...
Using Finite Element Analysis to Derive the Coefficient of Subgrade Reaction
The coefficient subgrade reaction is a concept used to generate spring constants which are commonly used to model the foundation subgrade in the analysis of mat foundations. This paper...
A Simulation of the Quake-response on the Frame with Large Basement-box under the Earthquake from Deep Soil Layer
This paper treats a study of computing vibratory analysis and its comparison with measurements for the earthquake-responses on an actual 19 storied pure frame-structure with its height...
Rive, Rive-Grown and Burst Probability of Rolled Compressive Concrete Arch Dam
The rive, every step of the rive grown and even burst of arch dam are regarded as sequence random events. Making use of the probability theory and the achievement of elastic, elastic-plastic...
Serviceability Stress Limits for Composite Beams
Serviceability limits are increasingly becoming the critical design requirement for composite beams. A set of three illustrative design studies indicates that this is particularly true...
Gas Pipeline Fitness-for-Service Investigation
A delta reclamation district's plan to add significant fill on their levee caused great concern for the integrity of a critical PG&E 22-inch (559 mm) gas transmission line which...
Evaluation of Elastic Layered Theory for Airfield Pavements, Using Nondestructive Testing and In-Place Response Measurements
Airfield pavement deflections measured under actual aircraft loads were compared to predictions based upon elastic layer theory and moduli backcalculated from failing weight deflectometer...
Constitutive models
The constitutive models used in the finite element analysis of reinforced concrete structures are presented from a number of different perspectives. The first part of this chapter presents...
Wave Interaction with Fluid Mud in Rectangular Trench
Wave interaction with fluid mud in a rectangular trench is studied theoretically based on small-amplitude wave theory. The problem was formulated using the Voigt model for an viscoelastic...
Micromechanics and Effective Properties of Elastic Particulate Composites
A new micromechanical framework is proposed to investigate the effective mechanical properties of elastic particulate multiphase composites. Exact ensemble-volume averaged field equations...
Large Deformation Elastic Behavior of Low-Density Solid Foams
A strain energy function that describes the nonlinear elastic response of a three-dimensional open-cell foam is developed. A tetrahedral unit cell containing four half-struts that join...
Mechanical Characterization of the Soft Tissue in Horse Hooves
The laminar corium tissue of the equine distal digit (or horse hoof) has been tested uniaxial tension. The laminar corium tissue lies between the hoof wall and the underlying bone of the...
Nonlinear Behaviour of Schneebeli Packings
We present some experimental proofs of the influence of the disorder of contacts on the mechanical (non-local) behaviour of packings of cylinders. In particular, this disorder is responsible...
On a Micromechanical Basis of Stochastic Constitutive Laws
A procedure for derivation of stochastic constitutive laws is outlined on the basis of graph-representable linear elastic microstructures. Central to the procedure is the concept of a...
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