Download or read book Behavior and analysis of reinforced concrete structures under alternate actions inducing inelastic response written by FIB – International Federation for Structural Concrete and published by FIB - International Federation for Structural Concrete. This book was released on 1994-05-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preliminary Report on the Principal Geotechnical Aspects of the January 17 1994 Northridge Earthquake written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques for Civil Engineering written by Plevris, Vagelis and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn significant attention with respect to its applications in several scientific fields, varying from big data handling to medical diagnosis. A tremendous transformation has taken place with the emerging application of AI. AI can provide a wide range of solutions to address many challenges in civil engineering. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques for Civil Engineering highlights the latest technologies and applications of AI in structural engineering, transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, and more. It features a collection of innovative research on the methods and implementation of AI and machine learning in multiple facets of civil engineering. Covering topics such as damage inspection, safety risk management, and information modeling, this premier reference source is an essential resource for engineers, government officials, business leaders and executives, construction managers, students and faculty of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
Download or read book A Fiber Beam column Element for Seismic Response Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures written by Fabio Taucer and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practical Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco area on October 17, 1989, causing 63 deaths and $10 billion worth of damage. This book reviews existing research on the Loma Prieta quake and draws from it practical lessons that could be applied to other earthquake-prone areas of the country. The volume contains seven keynote papers presented at a symposium on the earthquake and includes an overview written by the committee offering recommendations to improve seismic safety and earthquake awareness in parts of the country susceptible to earthquakes.
Download or read book Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Buildings written by fib Fédération internationale du béton and published by fib Fédération internationale du béton. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most parts of the developed world, the building stock and the civil infrastructure are ageing and in constant need of maintenance, repair and upgrading. Moreover, in the light of our current knowledge and of modern codes, the majority of buildings stock and other types of structures in many parts of the world are substandard and deficient. This is especially so in earthquake-prone regions, as, even there, seismic design of structures is relatively recent. In those regions the major part of the seismic threat to human life and property comes from old buildings. Due to the infrastructure's increasing decay, frequently combined with the need for structural upgrading to meet more stringent design requirements (especially against seismic loads), structural retrofitting is becoming more and more important and receives today considerable emphasis throughout the world. In response to this need, a major part of the fib Model Code 2005, currently under development, is being devoted to structural conservation and maintenance. More importantly, in recognition of the importance of the seismic threat arising from existing substandard buildings, the first standards for structural upgrading to be promoted by the international engineering community and by regulatory authorities alike are for seismic rehabilitation of buildings. This is the case, for example, of Part 3: Strengthening and Repair of Buildings of Eurocode 8 (i. e. of the draft European Standard for earthquake-resistant design), and which is the only one among the current (2003) set of 58 Eurocodes attempting to address the problem of structural upgrading. It is also the case of the recent (2001) ASCE draft standard on Seismic evaluation of existing buildings and of the 1996 Law for promotion of seismic strengthening of existing reinforced concrete structures in Japan. As noted in Chapter 1 of this Bulletin, fib - as CEB and FIP did before - has placed considerable emphasis on assessment and rehabilitation of existing structures. The present Bulletin is a culmination of this effort in the special but very important field of seismic assessment and rehabilitation. It has been elaborated over a period of 4 years by Task Group 7.1 Assessment and retrofit of existing structures of fib Commission 7 Seismic design, a truly international team of experts, representing the expertise and experience of all the important seismic regions of the world. In the course of its work the team had six plenary two-day meetings: in January 1999 in Pavia, Italy; in August 1999 in Raleigh, North Carolina; in February 2000 in Queenstown, New Zealand; in July 2000 in Patras, Greece; in March 2001 in Lausanne, Switzerland; and in August 2001 in Seattle, Washington. In October 2002 the final draft of the Bulletin was presented to public during the 1st fib Congress in Osaka. It was also there that it was approved by fib Commission 7 Seismic Design. The contents is structured into main chapters as follows: 1 Introduction - 2 Performance objectives and system considerations - 3 Review of seismic assessment procedures - 4 Strength and deformation capacity of non-seismically detailed components - 5 Seismic retrofitting techniques - 6 Probabilistic concepts and methods - 7 Case studies
Download or read book Seismic Behavior and Retrofit of Older Reinforced Concrete Bridge T joints written by Laura N. Lowes and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of experimental tests investigating the seismic response of reinforced concrete beam-column T-joints was recently completed at the University of California, Berkeley. The evaluated connection was representative of an interior beam- column joint from a multi-column bridge frame built in the late 1950's. Three one-third scale models, representing the as-built connection and two retrofit connections, were tested. The results of this research project are an improved understanding of the seismic behavior of lightly reinforced bridge T-joints as well as verification of a design procedure for retrofitting this type of connection.
Download or read book Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the Effects of the January 17 1995 Hyogoken Nanbu Earthquake Japan written by Koichi Akai and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jan. 17, 1995, Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake was one of the worst disasters to hit Japan in almost half a century. It has been compared in its impact to the great Kanto (Tokyo) Earthquake of 1923. The Kobe-Osaka region held many similarities in its geologic and tectonic setting to many areas along the West Coast, and possibly, other areas of the U.S. A geotechnical reconnaissance to identify the relevant problems and issues was organized. This report provides a timely, first-hand overview of the type and extent of the geotechnical aspects of the damage.
Download or read book Shear Strength and Deformability of RC Bridge Columns Subjected to Inelastic Cyclic Displacements written by Mark Aschheim and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Experimental and Analytical Studies on the Seismic Behavior of Lightweight Concrete Panels with Friction Energy Dissipators written by Mehrdad Sasani and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ACI Structural Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seismic Upgrading of Bridge Outrigger Knee Joint Systems written by Božidar Stojadinović and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of the Nonlinear Response of Structures Supported on Pile Foundations written by Deepak Badoni and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Experimental Studies of the Ultimate Behavior of Seismically isolated Structures written by Peter W. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Upgrading Bridge Outrigger Knee Joint Systems written by Božidar Stojadinović and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake emphasized the vulnerability of elevated freeway bridge structures. A part of the joint Caltrans and University of California at Berkeley research project, initiated after the earthquake, focused on the outrigger knee joint systems found in bents of elevated freeway bridges. The investigation had two principal goals: to evaluate the behavior of the existing outrigger knee joint systems under a combined transverse and longitudinal loading and to devise and experimentally verify strategies for seismic upgrading of existing outrigger knee joints. The experiments on two half-scale as-built models confirmed the poor performance of existing outrigger knee joint systems observed after the earthquake. Two seismic upgrading strategies, a "ductile" and a "strong" strategy, were proposed and tested on prototype specimens. The "strong" strategy was chosen for the final seismic upgrade design. The variation of this strategy using a steel jacket, was recommended in the seismic upgrade design guidelines.
Download or read book Field Testing of Bridge Design and Retrofit Concepts written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. 1: The opportunity for the field testing of an isolated viaduct arose out of the demolition and reconstruction of the I-680/R-24 interchange in Walnut Creek, California. The southern section of the temporary separator bridge is seismically isolated, and this portion was the subject of a three-phase field study. This viaduct is the first new bridge in California to be seismically isolated. The primary objective of this investigation was to collect field data for the determination of the dynamic properties (mode shapes, modal frequencies, and damping ratios) of the viaduct, to assess the contribution of different structural components to the overall flexibility and damping characteristics of the structure, and to conduct analytical studies to verify the experimentally computed dynamic properties.
