Structures Congress 2011 proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress : April 14-16, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada / by Structures Congress Las Vegas, Nev., American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE Conference Proceedings

Table of Contents: “…Building Codes and Standards -- Engineering Aspects in Evaluation of Pile Capacity by Dynamic Testing -- High School Slab on Grade Settlement Evaluation and Permanent Structural Slab Repairs -- Loose Mortar-Set Roof Tile Falsehood -- Non-Destructive Examination Techniques of Tubular Steel Pole Sports Lighting Structures -- Old Masonry under Seismic Loads : Stiffness Identification and Degradation -- Commonality Test Methodology for Residential Structures in Katrina Canal Breaches Class Action -- Tendon Failure Investigation and Drying in a Two-Way Unbonded Post-Tensioned Roof Slab -- Saving the Bodie Island Lighthouse : Preservation and Rehabilitation Challenges in a 140-Year Old Coastal Structure.…”
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Structural engineering and public safety proceedings of the 2006 Structures Congress : May 18-21, 2006, St. Louis, Missouri, USA / by Structures Congress St. Louis, Mo., ASCE Research Library, ASCE Conference Proceedings

Table of Contents: “…Connection Design in the 2005 AISC Specification and the 13th Edition Manual of Steel Construction -- Numerical Study on Buckling of Elastomeric Seismic Isolation Bearings -- Seismic Rehabilitation of a Nine-Story Hospital Building Using Fluid Viscous Dampers -- The Effect of Training, Pre-Straining, and Loading History on the Properties of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys for Protective Systems in Civil Structures -- Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications, ANSI/AISC 358-05 -- The 2005 AISC Seismic Provisions -- External Pressure Coefficients on Saw-Tooth and Mono-Sloped Roofs -- Post 2004 Hurricane Field Survey: An Evaluation of the Relative Performance of the Standard Building Code and the Florida Building Code -- The Impact of Exposure on Wind Loading of Low Buildings -- Development of a Reliability-Based Design Procedure for High-Mast Lighting Structural Supports -- Laboratory Simulation of Tornado and Microburst to Assess Wind Loads on Buildings -- Measuring Tornado Dynamics with In-Situ Instrumentation -- Wind Loads on Single-Family Dwellings in Suburban Terrain: Comparing Field Data and Wind Tunnel Simulation -- A Comparison of Force Balance and Pressure Integration Techniques for Predicting Wind-Induced Responses of Tall Buildings -- A Study on Actual Wind Load Distributions Derived by Advanced Conditional Sampling Method -- Equivalent Static Wind Loads on Low-Rise Buildings Based on Full Scale Measurements -- Assessment of Seismic Resistance of Conventional Wood-Frame Houses -- Collapse Assessment of Degrading MDOF Structures under Seismic Excitations -- Higher Mode Effects in the Nonlinear Static Analysis of a Collapsed Chimney -- Blast Protection of Buildings: Design Criteria and Loadings -- Blast Protection of Buildings: Structural Systems, Protected Spaces, Building Envelope and Glazing -- An Overview of Research at ERDC on Steel Stud Exterior Wall Systems Subjected to Severe Blast Loading -- Blast-Retrofit of CMU Walls Using Steel Sheets -- Performance of Polymer-Encased Concrete Walls Subjected to Blast Loads -- A PC-Based Tool for Coupled CFD and CSD Simulation of Blast-Barrier Responses -- Blast Barrier Design and Testing -- Blast Mitigation for Structures -- Improved Predictive Methods for Airblast Shielding by Barrier Walls -- Blast Hazard Considerations within a Multihazards Environment: An Application to the Theory of Multihazards -- Multihazard-Resistant Highway Bridge Bent -- The ATC-58 Project: Development of Next-Generation Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Design Criteria for Buildings -- Blast Testing of Steel Frame Assemblies to Assess the Implications of Connection Behavior on Progressive Collapse -- Inelastic Dynamic Progressive Collapse Analysis of Truss Structures -- Progressive Collapse Analysis, Retrofit Design, and Costs for Existing Structures -- Catenary Action during Collapse of Steel MRF Buildings -- Performance Based Design of Structural Steel for Fire Conditions: A Calculation Methodology -- Redundancy of Exodiagonal Building Structures -- The Response of Framed Steel Structures to Fire -- Punching Shear Strength of Slab: Column Connections: A Comparative Study of Different Codes -- Seismic Behavior of Shear-Critical Hollow Bridge Columns -- Shear Displacement Model for Reinforced Concrete Columns -- FEA Modeling and Modal Pushover Analysis of a 14-Story Office Building in Anchorage, Alaska -- Innovative Hi-Tech Solution for a Concrete Residential High-Rise Tower -- Strength Investigation of 100 Year Old Masonry-Concrete Floor Systems -- Behaviour of Welded Aluminium T-Stub Connections: Experimental Analysis and Interpretative Models -- Finite Element Modeling of Wrap-around Gusset Plates in Tension -- Seismic Performance of Reduced Beam Section Moment Connections to Deep Columns -- Shear Behavior of Connections between Cold-Formed Steel Profiles and Wood or Gypsum-Based Panels: An Experimental Investigation -- Analysis in the 2005 AISC Specification -- Direct Second-Order Analysis for the Design of Steel Structures -- Manual and Direct-Analysis Based Design of Partially-Restrained Steel Frames Using the 2005 AISC Specifications -- Cold-Formed Steel Stud-Plank System for Mid-Rise Construction -- Estimating Drift in Cold-Formed Steel Frame Structures -- Mid-Rise Construction Detailing Issues with Cold-Formed Steel and Compatible Construction Materials -- Correlation of Observed Damage and FEMA 356 Drift Limits: Results from One-Story Woodframe House Shake Table Tests -- Damage Prediction for Wood Shear Walls Subjected to Simulated Earthquake Loads -- Overview of Wind Damage to Woodframe Structure Caused by Hurricane Katrina -- Seismic Reliability of Light Frame Residential Construction -- Innovative Structural Solutions in Wood Building Design: A Timber Roof for Raleigh Durham Airport -- Mechanically Laminated Posts and Beams -- Reconstructing the Bernie King Pavilion -- Strengthening of Curved-Chord Wooden Lattice Trusses with Post-Tensioned Steel Rods -- A Portable Real Time Data Acquisition System for the Comparison of Floor Vibration Data with AISC Design Guide 11 Estimates -- Fiber Reinforced Polymer Panels for Attenuating Floor Accelerations in a Hospital Structure -- Observations from Vibration Testing of In-Situ Structures -- Predicting Footfall-Induced Floor Vibrations Relative to Criteria for Sensitive Apparatus -- Experience with Strengthening Structures Using the Prestress FRP Materials and Bonding FRP Reinforcement in Cutting -- Numerical Investigation into Strengthening Steel I-Section Beams Using CFRP Strips -- Seismic Strengthening of Harborview Medical Center Using FRP Reinforcement -- Comparison of Four Techniques for Strengthening Concrete Beams Using Performance and Practicality Criteria -- Development of High Performance Continuity Connection using CFRP Composites -- Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Decks for Bridge Rehabilitation: A Case Study -- Effects of Cyclic Loading on Structural Performance of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Concrete Elements -- Behavior of Normal Strength Concrete Columns Reinforced with Prefabricated Cage System -- Bridge Design Innovation: Materials & Construction -- Performance of Short CFST Columns using SCC with Blended Cement -- Performance of Blended Cement in High Strength Self Compacting Concrete -- Ultrasonic Testing for Quality Control of Ultra-High Performance Concrete -- Accelerated Bridge Pier Construction in the U.S.: Seismic Implications -- Experimental Evaluation of Pre-Cast Pre-Stressed Segmental Concrete Bridge Columns -- Finite Element Simulations of Seismic Response of Precast Concrete Segmental Columns -- State-of-Practice of Precast Bent Cap Systems -- Analytical and Experimental Investigation of the Damping Matrix in Shear Building Models -- Dynamic Behavior of a Damping-Enhanced Strengthening System for Seismic Retrofit of RC Columns -- Estimation of Energy Loss and Electrical Resistance of Piezoelectric Resonator Structures by an Energy Sink Method -- Retrofit of Column-Bent Cap Connections of Alaska Bridges for Seismic Loadings: Damage Evaluation -- Diagnosing Crack of RC Structure Using Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm -- Distributed Cable Sensors for Structural Damage Detection: Implementation Issues -- Feasibility of Using the Piezoelectric Properties of Wood for Structural Health Monitoring -- Remote Health Monitoring of the First Smart Bridge in Florida -- Benchmark Control Problem for Highway Bridge Based on FLC -- Benchmark Structural Control Problem for a Seismically Excited Highway Bridge -- Semiactive Lyapunov Controller for Phase II Seismic Isolated Highway Bridge Benchmark -- Passive and Semi-Active Pseudo Negative Stiffness Control of Highway Bridge Benchmark Problem -- Response Modification of Highway Bridge Benchmark Structure Using Supervisory Fuzzy Control of Smart Seismic Isolation System -- A Worldwide Survey of Environmental Reduction Factors for Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) -- Linking Health Monitoring in Concrete Structures with Durability Performance Simulations -- Shrinkage Behavior of High Strength Concrete (HSC) Subjected to Accelerated Curing -- Automated Extraction of Wind Data from Archived ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) Weather Reports -- A Database-Assisted Design Approach for the Assessment of Wind Induced Torsional Effects on Tall Buildings -- Tuned Liquid Dampers to Mitigate Wind-Induced Motions of Buildings -- Wind Speeds for the Estimation of World Trade Center Towers' Response -- Nonlinear Database-Assisted Design Leads to "Greener" Steel Buildings -- Condition Assessment of Buildings -- Condition Assessment of Parking Structures -- Structural Condition Assessment -- An Introduction -- Structural Condition Assessment of Stadiums and Arenas -- Structural Evaluation of Concrete -- Condition Assessment of Steel Structures -- Considering Durability in Structural Condition Assessments -- Masonry Material Evaluation -- Challenges of No. 7 Subway Line Extension Project's TBM Shaft Design -- Experimental and Analytical Verification of the "Tuned Strut" Concept -- Bringing Tadao Ando's Design for the PFA to Life -- Constructing Ando: Building of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts: An Owner's Representatives View -- Constructing Concrete as an Art Form -- The Structural Challenges of "Ando Concrete" -- Construction Challenges on the Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Bridge -- Project Specific Peer Review Guidelines -- Quality Assurance of Structural Engineering Design -- The Standard of Care for Design Professionals.…”
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