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Article/eBook Full Name: Programming the Finite Element Method in Java and Android
Author(s): Bryan J. Macdonald
Edition: 1st
Publish Date: 2013
ISBN: 1908689188
Published By: Glasnevin Publishing
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SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF KNEE ELEMENTS FOR STEEL FRAMES
Author: DENIS EMIL CLEMENT | Size: 13.8 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | Year: 2002 | pages: 243
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Nonlinear Static Pushover Analysis of a Shear Wall Building in Madinah
Author: M. Ajmal¥ ,M.K. Rahman¥ and M.H. Baluch¥ ¥ King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran Saudi Arabia | Size: 1 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Year: 2012 | pages: 37
1. Some large cities in the Eastern and Western Part of Saudi
Arabia are located close to fault zones. As the population
increases and new areas are developed, the seismic risk to
human life and infrastructure increases.
2. Most old structures aredesigned without considering
seismic effect. i.e. designed for gravity loads.
3. Recent seismic activity in Saudi Arabia have led to concern
about the safety of the existing reinforced concrete
buildings.
4. This research is planned as a joint collaboration between
King Fahd university of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM),
Saudi Arabia and Istanbul Technical University (ITU),
Turkey.
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Thank you very much
Article/eBook Full Name: Philosophy of Structures
Author(s): Eduardo Torroja
Edition: 1
Publish Date: 1967
ISBN: ASIN: B0007FMC4A
Published By: University of California Press
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Applicability of Nonlinear Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling for Design
Size: 5.9 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: NEHRP Consultants Joint Venture A Partnership of the Applied Technology Council and the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering | Year: 2010 | pages: 222
Prevailing practice for performance-based seismic design is based largely on products that have been developed under the direction of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) agencies and other key contributors. Many of
these documents recognize and allow several different performance-based analytical methods, but much of their focus is on nonlinear static analysis procedures.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) report, FEMA 440 Improvement of Nonlinear Static Seismic Analysis Procedures (FEMA, 2005), was
commissioned by FEMA to evaluate and develop improvements to nonlinear static
analysis procedures. In FEMA 440, differences between nonlinear static and
nonlinear response history analysis results were attributed to a number of factors
including: (1) inaccuracies in the “equal displacement approximation” in the short
period range; (2) dynamic P-Delta effects and instability; (3) static load vector assumptions; (4) strength and stiffness degradation; (5) multiple-degree-of-freedom effects; and (6) soil-structure interaction effects. Recommendations contained within FEMA 440 resulted in immediate improvement in nonlinear static analysis procedures and were incorporated in the development of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) standard ASCE/SEI 41-06, Seismic
Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings (ASCE, 2007). The FEMA 440 report, however, also identified certain technical issues needing additional study. These included: (1)
expansion of component and global modeling to include nonlinear degradation of strength and stiffness; (2) improvement of simplified nonlinear modeling to include multiple-degree-of-freedom effects; and (3) improvement of modeling to include soil-foundation-structure interaction effects.
FEMA has since supported further developmental work on the first of these issues, nonlinear degradation of strength and stiffness. The results of this work are
contained in the FEMA P-440A report, Effects of Strength and Stiffness Degradation on Seismic Response (FEMA, 2009a).
Regarding the second of these issues, FEMA 440 concluded that current nonlinear static analysis procedures, which are based on single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) models, are limited in their ability to capture the complex behavior of structures that experience multiple-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) response, and that improved nonlinear analysis techniques to more reliably address MDOF effects were needed.
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CONCEPT OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF
MULTYSTORY BUILDING UNDER WIND AND SEISMIC LOADS
By
BASSAM BLAL
Presented to the Faculty of Civil Engineering
Technical University of Engineering – Bucharest – Romania
DISSERTATION
For the Degree
“DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY”
In
Structural Design Engineering
In
Technical University of Civil Engineering-Bucharest
Scientific
Prof.univ.dr,ing. Constantin PAVEL
JUNE 2010
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DECISION TREE BASED SEISMIC RETROFIT SELECTION FOR NON-CODE CONFORMING REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
Author: Qusay Al-Chatti B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah, | Size: 1.5 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science | Year: 2008 | pages: 114
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center has developed comprehensive framework for quantitative assessment of performance level of structures.
The framework relies on integrated work of four consecutive stages to provide probabilisticdescription of system level performance in terms of repair cost, downtime, casualties, deaths or any other parameter of interest to engineers and stakeholders. This is for the purpose of communicating behaviour of facility under earthquake in term of identified damage states and expected economic losses, thus treats possible disconnection between engineers andstakeholders on the desired performance target for the facility.Key objective of this dissertation is to present simplified version of the PEERframework to conduct earthquake-related financial loss studies for structures in computationally efficient manner. The presented framework is utilized in this investigation to
examine and compare efficiency of alternative seismic strengthening technique to control earthquake-induced monetary losses of a non-ductile hotel building, representative of 1960s
construction. The framework integrates knowledge obtained by analyzing seismic environment at building site, investigation of structural demand, and quantifying levels of structural damage and consequential financial losses. Damage measures are computed, bygenerating fragility models, to link structural response directly to monetary losses. Seismic- induced economic losses are predicted by converting fragility information (i.e. damage probabilities) into financial losses utilizing inventory and monetary losses data of HAZUS- MH. The economic losses computed in this investigation included direct costs, such as construction cost of retrofit, and repair and replacement cost of the facility. In addition, indirect costs, such as losses due damage of building content and business interruption, as well as consequential losses, such as job and housing losses were also considered. Finally, decision tree model was implemented, as a final component of the framework, to establish decision-assisting platform that enables transparent comparison and selection of the best retrofit option to reduce owner’s susceptibility for financial losses.
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DETERMINING STRENGTH CAPACITY OF DETERIORATED REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE SUBSTRUCTURES
Author: Timothy Kenneth Saad | Size: 10 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science | Year: 2010 | pages: 87
Corrosion of steel reinforcement is a major factor in the deterioration of highway and bridge
infrastructure. Knowing the initiation time of corrosion on a reinforced concrete structure
provides a much needed source of information in evaluating the service life of the structure. To
find the corrosion initiation time the effects of carbonation and chloride are examined.
Furthermore, the different variables that affect the ingress of carbonation and chloride are also
examined and analyzed together. Probabilistic modeling and stochastic design of these variables
will determine the initiation of corrosion, the amount of corrosion, and the strength loss of the
concrete pier. This process will help classify deteriorating structure into the National Bridge
Inventory (NBI) condition ratings from the Federal Highway Administration.
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