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    Structural Engineer Newsletter Issue #16
    A monthly publication of TheStructuralEngineer.info - Center for Integrating Information on Structural Engineering
    October 2008

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    The October 2008 Structural Engineering E-newsletter contains as always many resources. We hope you enjoy them.

    Our staff attended the "33rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations & 11th International Conference on Piling and Deep Foundations" held in New York 15-17 October 2008. The conference was a great success and provided us the opportunity to meet and interact with some of you.

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    Online Structural Engineering Library

    A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. (Currently 911 different recources in 20 sections).

    New Additions:

    Structural Analysis & Control

    A. Kaveh, (2006). Advances in Computational Mechanics Via Graph Theory. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing), VOL. 7, NO. 4, Pages 393-410.

    Bridges

    A. Outtier, H. De Backer and Ph. Van Bogaert, (2007). Assessment of the Out-of-Plane Imperfections of a Steel Tied Arch Bridge. ARCH'07, 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges, Multicomp, Lda Publishers, Madeira, pages 249-256.

    H. Liu, Y. Chen and B. Chen, (2007). Design and Analysis of Wanbian Bridge in Fuzhou, China. ARCH'07, 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges, Multicomp, Lda Publishers, Madeira, pages 469-474.

    A. De Zotti, C. Pellegrino and C. Modena, (2007). A Parametric Study of the Hanger Arrangement in Arch Bridges. ARCH'07, 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges, Multicomp, Lda Publishers, Madeira, pages 475-482.

    A. Outtier, H. De Backer and Ph. Van Bogaert, (2007). Numerical Approach to the Lateral Buckling of Steel Tied-Arch Bridges. ARCH'07, 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges, Multicomp, Lda Publishers, Madeira, pages 483-490.

    A. Teughels and G. De Roeck, (2003). Damage Assessment of the Z24 Bridge by FE Model Updating. Proceedings of DAMAS 2003, Southampton, UK, pages 19-26.

    B. Peeters, J. Maeck, and G. De Roeck, (2000). Dynamic Monitoring of the Z24-Bridge: Separating Temperature Effects from Damage. In Proceedings of the European COST F3 Conference on System Identification and Structural Health Monitoring, Madrid, Spain, pages 377-386.

    J. Maeck and G. De Roeck, (2000). Experimental and Numerical Modal Analysis of a Concrete High Speed Train Railway Bridge. Proceedings of the MCCI'2000 International Symposium on Modern Concrete Composites & Infrastructures, Beijing, China, pages 61-68.

    Structural Reliability

    L. Schueremans and D.Van Gemert, (1998). Reliability Analysis in Structural Masonry Engineering. IABSE Colloquium "Saving Buildings in Central and Eastern Europe", Berlin.

    Concrete Structures

    V. Gribniak, G. Kaklauskas, D. Bacinskas, (2008). Shrinkage in Reinforced Concrete Structures: A Computational Aspect. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, International Research and Achievements. Vilnius: Technika, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 49-60.

    S. Khalfallah, (2008). Tension Stiffening Bond Modelling of Cracked Flexural Reinforced Concrete Beams. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, International Research and Achievements. Vilnius: Technika, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 131-137.

    G. Arslan, (2008). Cracking Shear Strength of RC Slender Beams without Stirrups. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, International Research and Achievements. Vilnius: Technika, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 177-182.

    Gaston Kruger, Olivier Burdet, Renaud Favre, (1998). Punching Tests on RC Flat Slabs with Eccentric Loading. 2nd International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest.

    Andrea Materschlager, Konrad Bergmeister, (1998). Fiber Added Concrete. 2nd International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest.

    Markus Bruckner, Rolf Eligehausen, (1998). Minimum Reinforcement in RC Beams. 2nd International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest.

    Adam Csikos, Istvan Hegedus, (1998) Torsion of Reinforced Concrete Beams. 2nd International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest.

    Steel Structures

    Construction of Bridges, (1998-1999). Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

    Dervinis Benediktas, Audronis Kazimieras Kvedaras, (2008). Investigation of Rational Depth of Castellated Steel I-beams. Journal of civil engineering and management, International Research and Achievements, Vilnius: Technika, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 163-168.

    Petr Svadbik, Jiri Strasky, (1998). Short Span Steel Structures. 2nd International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest.

    Composite Structures

    R. Benzaid, N.E. Chikh, H. Mesbah, (2008). Behaviour of Square Concrete Column Confined with GFRP Composite Warp. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, International Research and Achievements. Vilnius: Technika, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 115-120.

    A. Soundararajan, K. Shanmugasundaram, (2008). Flexural Behaviour of Concrete-Filled Steel Hollow Sections Beams. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, International Research and Achievements. Vilnius: Technika, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 107-114.

    Zoltan V. Nagy, Istvan Szatmari, (1998). Composite Slab Design. 2nd International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest.

    Masonry Structures

    P.B. Lourenco, (1998). Experimental and Numerical Issues in the Modelling of the Mechanical Behaviour of Masonry. Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions II, Eds. P. Roca et al., CIMNE, Barcelona, pages 57-91.

    Seismic Design

    Luis Decanini, Adriano De Sortis, Agostino Goretti, Randolph Langenbach, Fabrizio Mollaioli, Alessandro Rasulo, (2003). Masonry Building Performance in the 2002 Molise Earthquake.

    Applied Technology Council (ATC), (2008). ATC-69: Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage. State-of-the-Art and Practice Report. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHPR).

    Keith A. Porter, (2005). A Taxonomy of Building Components for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering. Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, PEER Report 2005/03.

    Applied Technology Council (ATC), (2003). ATC-57: The Missing Piece: Improving Seismic Design and Construction Practices. National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHPR).

    J. Ji, A. S. Elnashai, D. A. Kuchma, (2007). Seismic Fragility Assessment for Reinforced Concrete High- Rise Buildings. Mid America Earthquake (MAE) Center, Report No. CD-Release 07-14.

    H. Hwang, J. B. Liu, and Y. H. Chiu, (2001). Seismic Fragility Analysis of Highway Bridges. Mid America Earthquake (MAE) Center, Report No. CD-Release 01- 06.

    Juan Pablo Angel Perez, (2006). Verification of Some EUROCODE 8 Rules for Simplified Analysis of Structures. MSc. Thesis, European School for Advanced Studies in Reduction of Seismic Risk (Rose School).

    Earthquake & Tsunami Reports

    China

    May 12, 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

    Chu-Chieh J. Lin, (2008). Reconnaissance Report on the China Wenchuan Earthquake May 12, 2008. NCREE Newsletter, Vol.3, No. 3.

    Italy

    Oct. 31/Nov. 1, 2002 Moilse Earthquake

    EERI, (2003). Preliminary observations on the October 31- November 1, 2002 Molise, Italy, Earthquake Sequence. EERI Special Earthquake Report.

    Sept./ Oct., 1997 Umbria-Marche Earthquake.

    EERI, (1997). Reconnaissance report on the Umbria- Marche, Italy earthquakes of 1997. EERI Special Earthquake Report.

    U.S.A.

    November 3, 2002 Denali, Alaska Earthquake

    EERI, (2003). Preliminary Observations on the November 3, 2002 Denali Fault, Alaska, Earthquake.

    Soft Computing Applications

    D. Sesok, R. Belevicius, (2008). Global Optimization of Trusses with a Modified Genetic Algorithm. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, International Research and Achievements. Vilnius: Technika, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 147-154.

    Zdenek Kala, (2008). Fuzzy Probability Analysis of the Fatigue Resistance of Steel Structural Members under Bending. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, International Research and Achievements. Vilnius: Technika, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 67-72.

    A. Juozapaitis, R. Kutas, D. Jatulis, (2008). Mast Behaviour Analysis and Peculiarities of Numerical Modelling. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, International Research and Achievements. Vilnius: Technika, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 61-66.

    Fatigue

    Kornel Kiss, Erno Szekely, Laszlo Dunai, (1998). Fatigue Analysis of Orthotropic Highway Bridge Decks. 2nd International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest.

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    Educational Structural Websites

    A collection of educational websites on specific subjects of the structural engineering field. (A total of 104 resources available in 16 categories).

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    Courses

    Lecture Materials on Steel Structures by Assoc. Prof. Ben Schafer, Johns Hopkins University.

    Lecture Materials on Solid Mechanics and Theory of Structures by Assoc. Prof. Ben Schafer, Johns Hopkins University.

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    The Virtual Structural Engineer presents specific topics in Structural Engineering through photos, maps, diagrams and videos using also accompanying texts. (Currently available 37 resources in 5 categories).

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    Earthquakes

    February 28 2001, Mw 6.8 Nisqually Washington Earthquake, Damage Pictures. Photos by A. Sanli and M. Celebi (USGS), S. Akkar ( METU, Ankara, Turkey). Building Conservation Technology.

    Damage to the Starbucks International Headquartes Building, February 28, 2001, Nisqually Earthquake. Photographs by Randolph Langenbach, April, 2001. Building Conservation Technology.

    Pioneer Square Area of Downtown Seattle, February 28, 2001, Nisqually Earthquake. Photographs by Randolph Langenbach, April, 2001. Building Conservation Technology.

    Damage to the 1923 Legislative Buildings, State Capitol Complex, February 28, 2001, Nisqually Earthquake. Building Conservation Technology.

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