A Shape-Finding Finite Element Analysis for an Equally-Stressed Surface in Membrane Structures
A finite element method is proposed to obtain an equally-stressed surface in a membrane structure, where the displacements and rotations of a membrane are in general finite and nonlinear....
Intermediate Support Cable Logging Systems
Cable systems for the transportation of fresh cut logs often employ existing trees as intermediate supports for the main support cable. Failure of these support trees is life threatening...
Transient Response of Guyed Telecommunication Towers Subjected to Cable Ice-Shedding
This paper presents the results of a numerical study of the transient response of guyed telecommunication towers subjected to sudden ice shedding from the guy wires. Detailed nonlinear...
Concrete Shells Today
Providing high structural qualities, modern shells using experimental forms will attract new attention due to their limitless repertory. Presented is a new form of construction, instead...
Study on Reinforced Concrete Cylindrical Shells with Edge Members under Impact Loading
The strength, cracking patterns and the other nonlinear dynamic behaviors of reinforced concrete roof-type circular cylindrical shells influenced by edge member stiffness and supporting...
Nonlinear Analysis of a Reinforced Concrete Folded Plate Structure
This paper deals with the ultimate load analysis of a reinforced concrete (RC) folded plate shell subjected to dead load and monotonically increasing live loads, statically applied, using...
Repair of a Cracked Cooling Tower Shell Based on Numerical Simulations
The present condition of a 30 years old cooling tower shell made of reinforced concrete is characterized by a relatively large number of long, thermally induced meridional cracks. For...
Design for Durability for Large Reinforced Concrete Shells
Classical design concepts restrict themselves to sufficient structural safety, using linear analysis methods. Durability questions are mainly treated independently. Modern computer simulations...
Stability Analysis of Stiffened Plates and Shells
A stability analysis of stiffened plates and shells by using degenerated finite elements is presented. The studies are based on a thin shell theory, large deflections, but on an elastic...
Efficient Nonlinear Analysis of Column-Supported Cylinderical Shells
This paper presents a finite element methodology for the study of geometrically nonlinear behavior of column-supported cylinder. Due to the discrete nature of the column supports, the...
Performance and Analysis of Frames With URM Infills
The interaction of unreinforced hollow concrete block masonry (URM) infill walls and gravity load designed (GLD) frames has been studied at Cornell University. The primary goal of this...
Experimental Evaluation and Finite Element Analysis of Masonry-Infilled R/C Frames
Eleven tests were conducted on 1/2-scale, single-story infilled frame specimens to study the influence of the relative strengths of the infill panels and the bounding frames and the frame...
RC Beam-Column Element for Nonlinear Frame Analysis
Recent studies have shown that beam-column finite elements that enforce equilibrium rather than compatibility along the element are better suited for the description of the strength and...
Applicability of Pseudo-force method to Highly Nonlinear Dynamic Problems
This paper deals with solution of nonlinear dynamic problems using Pseudo-force method. A solution algorithm involving Pseudo-force method is presented. The objective is to investigate...
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....
Finite Element Analysis of Shear in RC Girders
Two complementary approaches are presented to model the shear behaviour of reinforced concrete structures. A local one, based on a probabilistic modelling of cracking, accounts for local...
Computer-Aided Structural Engineering Software: The Status of Concurrent Engineering
Concurrent engineering encompasses computer-aided engineering (CAE), multidisciplinary CAE (MCAE), computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer...
Fast Monte Carlo Simulations and Safety Index Checking
This paper presents recent techniques which require a small number of simulations to assess the structural reliability. They combine both the concept of importance zones in the random...
SQP Methods for Inverse Airfoil Design
We consider inverse design problems of systems governed by suitable discretizations of a boundary value problem (BVP). We present and examine a Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) method...
Galveston Bay 3D Model Study, Channel Deepening, Circulation, and Salinity Results
Galveston Bay in Texas contains the Houston Ship Channel connecting the port of Houston to the Gulf of Mexico. Due to navigational hazards, the Galveston District Corps of Engineers began...
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