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    Structural Engineer Newsletter Issue #18
    A monthly publication of TheStructuralEngineer.info - Center for Integrating Information on Structural Engineering
    December 2008

    Greetings,

    as 2008 is coming to an end, we are more than pleased to announce that our Online Structural Engineering Library includes almost 1,000 free links to various structural engineering publications and reports. Our goal is to grow the content of this and other databases every month.

    Our associates are a valuable resource within TheStructuralEngineer.info: We want to thank Professor Mohan Gupta from the Department of Civil Engineering of the Bhilai Institute of Technology, India, and Assistant Professor Tarik Mahdi from the Building and Housing Research Centre, Tehran, in Iran for their regular monthly contributions and input to TheStructuralEngineer.info.

    Your participation in growing the content of the website is always encouraged and acknowledged. We encourage you to participate in the Structural Engineering Community Blogs, Bulletin Boards & Forums as well as in the Photo Gallery.

    Your feedback has been and continues to be invaluable to us. We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts about how we can improve further.

    Since this is the last newsletter for this year, the whole Structural Engineering team wants to wish you happy holidays and a Happy New Year.

    TheStructuralEngineer.info team

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    Online Structural Engineering Library

    A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. (Currently 992 different recources in 20 sections).

    New Additions:

    Repair and Retrofit of Structures

    Concrete Structures

    Bénichou N. Green, M.F. Bisby L. Kodur V.R., (2008). The Fire Performance of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Systems (invited paper). SFPE-SAC Fire Science & Technology Conference, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, pp. 1-9, (NRCC-50850).

    Baris Binici, Khalid M. Mosalam, (2007). Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Columns Retrofitted with Fiber Reinforced Polymer Lamina. ScienceDirect, Composites: Part B, Vol. 38, pp. 265-276. Elsevier Ltd.

    A.A. Amiruddin, S. Hino, K. Yamaguchi, S. Nakamura, (2007). A Numerical Analysis of Seismic Retrofitting Effect on Reinforced Concrete Piers by Using PCM Shotcrete Method. Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Vol.67, No.3, pp. 58- 94.

    S. Giovinazzi, S. Lagomarsino, and S. Pampanin, (2006). Vulnerability Methods and Damage Scenario for Seismic Risk Analysis as Support to Retrofit Strategies: a European Perspective. Proceedings of the Annual NZSEE Conference, Napier.

    Nathan Johnson, (2005). Seismic Retrofit of Octagonal Columns with Pedestal and One-Way Hinge at Base. ACI Structural Journal.

    Mahmoud R. Maheri, (2005). Recent Advances in Seismic Retrofit of RC Frames. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing), Volume 6, Number 5, pp. 373-391.

    N. Muraoka, F. Yamazaki, (2005). Evaluation of the Effects of Seismic Retrofit for Reinforced Concrete School Buildings Using Microtremor Observation.The 1st International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Japan.

    Scott Poveromo, (2003). The Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites to Retrofit Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns. In Partial Fulfillment of Course Requirements for MATE 115, Course Instructor: Professor G. Selvaduray San José State University, California, USA.

    John E. Crawford, L. Javier Malvar, Kenneth B. Morril and John M. Feritto, (2001). Composite Retrofits to Increase the Blast Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Buildings. Paper presented at the 10th International Symposium on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures.

    Omar Chaallal and Mohsen A. Shahawy, (1999). Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Retrofitted with Composite Wrapping Systems. Preliminary Report, Structural Research Center, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida.

    Oral Buyukozturk and Brian Hearing, (1998). Performance of Retrofitted Concrete Using FRP. "Performance of Concrete Structures in the Arabian Gulf Environment", King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, pp. 349-358.

    Masonry Structures

    Rodica Popescu, Gheorghe Popescu, Andrei Craifaleanu, (2006). Design Methodologies for the Assessment of the Seismic Performance of Masonry Walls. 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (a joint event of the 13th ECEE& 30th General Assembly of the ESC), Geneva, Switzerland, 3-8 Sep. 2006, paper No. 1380.

    P.B. Lourenco, (2004) Analysis and Restoration of Ancient Masonry Structures: Guidelines and Examples. Innovative Materials and Technologies for Construction and Restoration, Lecce, Italy, pp. 23-41.

    D. Van Gemert, F. Van Rickstal, S. Ignoul, E.E. Toumbakari, and K.Van Balen, (2003). Structural Consolidation and Strengthening of Masonry: Historical Overview and Evolution. MSR VI International Conference Materials Science and Restoration, Karlsruhe, Seminar 'Consolidation of Masonry', Advances in Materials Science and Restoration AMSR 1, pp. 1-20.

    Concrete Structures

    Pradip Sarkar, Maidhily Govind and Devdas Menon, (2006). Estimation of Short-term Deflections in Two- way RC Slabs: Review of Code Provisions. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    Raveendra Babu. R and Gurmail S. Benipal, (2006). Plastic Modulus for Concrete. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    Composite Structures

    Upendra K. Mallela, Rajeev Chandak and Akhil Upadhyay, (2006). Laminated Composites for Structural Engineering - Perspective Applications and Challenges. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    S. Pradyumna and J.N. Bandyopadhyay, (2006). Static and Free Vibration Analysis of Laminated Conoids Using a Higher-Order Theory. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    Pramod Kumar, Rakesh Chandra, S.P. Singh, (2006). Micromechanical Bridging Model for the Prediction of Damping in Fiber Reinforced Composites. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    Ajay Kumar Garg, Rakesh Kumar Khare and Tarun Kant, (2006). Free Vibration of Laminated Folded Plates using a Shear Deformable Finite Element Model. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    Masonry Structures

    Pardeep Kumar and N.M. Bhandari, (2006). Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Masonry Arch Bridges. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    Seismic Design

    Sachin M. Pore, Dipendu Bhunia, Vipul Prakash, A.D. Pandey, G.I. Prajapati, (2006). Effect of Response Reduction Factor in Performance Based Seismic Design of RC Buildings for India. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    S. Chandrasekaran & Varun Gupta, (2006). Performance Based Design for RC Framed Buildings. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    Soft Computing Applications

    Sanjay Kumar Singh, K. Srinivasan and D. Chakraborty, (2006). Simulation of Crack Prediction using Acoustic Emission and Artificial Neural Network. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

    Stefanos Drakos, Hyu-Soung Shin and Gyan N. Pande, (2006). Finite Elements with Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS06), December 8 - 10, 2006.

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    Virtual Structural Engineer

    The Virtual Structural Engineer presents specific topics in Structural Engineering through photos, maps, diagrams and videos using also accompanying texts. (Currently available 65 resources in 5 categories).

    New Additions:

    Earthquakes

    General

    Earthquake Damage to Schools, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Earthquake Damage to Schools, Photos from John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.

    The Karl V. Steinbrugge Slide and Photograph Collection, World earthquakes and earthquake engineering.

    Earthquake Damage - General, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Earthquake Damage to Transportation Systems, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Behavior of Columns during Earthquakes, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    India

    Bhuj Earthquake of 26 January, 2001, India, Photos from Conservationtech.com, Building Conservation Technology.

    Japan

    Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake, January 16, 1995, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Pakistan

    Earthquake Damage, Kashmir October 8, 2005, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    USA

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

    Northridge, California Earthquake, January 17, 1994, Set 1, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Northridge, California Earthquake, January 17, 1994, Set 2, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Northridge Earthquake, California of January 17, 1994, Part I (20 Images), Photos from John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.

    Northridge Earthquake, California of January 17, 1994, Part II (20 Images), Photos from John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.

    Northridge Earthquake Slide Show, photos from Southern California Earthquake Data Center.

    Landers / Big Bear Earthquake, California of June 28, 1992 (20 Images), Photos from John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.

    Landers and Big Bear, California Earthquakes, June 28, 1992, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Cape Mendocino Earthquake, California of April 25 & 26, 1992 (20 Images). Photos from John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.

    Cape Mendocino, California Earthquakes, April 25 & 26, 1992, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Loma Prieta Earthquake, California of October 17, 1989, Part 1: Effects in Loma Prieta Vicinity. Photos from John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.

    Loma Prieta Earthquake, California of October 17, 1989, Part 2: Effects in San Francisco and Oakland. Photos from John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.

    Loma Prieta Earthquake, California of October 17, 1989. USGS Photo Archive.

    Loma Prieta Earthquake, California of October 17, 1989 - Selected Photographs. U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-29 Version 1.2.

    Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake 1989, U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.

    Loma Prieta Earthquake, October 18, 1989, Part 1, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Loma Prieta Earthquake, October 18, 1989, Part 2, NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets.

    Photographs of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. Available from The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco.

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    Events in Structural Engineering

    2009

    IASPEI General Assembly 2009. 10-16 January, 2009. Cape Town, South Africa.

    53rd BetonTage, Concrete Solutions: A source of inspiration for the construction of tomorrow. 10-12 February, 2009. Neu-Ulm, Germany.

    EERI - WSSPC Annual Meeting: Earthquake Risk Reduction - Are Voluntary Actions the Key? 11-14 February, 2009. Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Utah.

    2009 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition. 15-19 February 2009. San Francisco, California, United States.

    International Symposium on Safety and Durability of Materials and Constructions (SEDUREC 2009). 25-27 February, 2009. Barcelona, Spain.

    ICESE 2009 : "International Conference on Earthquake and Structural Engineering". 25-27 February, 2009. Penang, Malaysia.

    2010

    TRB 89th Annual Meeting. 10-14 January, 2010. Washington DC, USA.

    ICPIC 2010 - International Congress Polymers in Concrete 2010. 10-12 February, 2010. Madeira Islands, Portugal.

    2010 16th International Wheelset Congress. 14-19 March, 2010. Cape Town, South Africa.

    IABSE Conference (jointly hosted with fib) on International Structural Codes, 03-05 May, 2010. Dubrovnik, Croatia.

    IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics - Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering (ECCM 2010), 16-21 May, 2010.Palais des Congrès de Paris, Paris, France.

    7th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures. 23-28 May, 2010. Seogwipo KAL Hotel, Jeju, Korea.

    2011

    The 11th North American Masonry Conference. 05-08 June, 2011. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

    9th Symposium on High Performance Concrete - Design, Verification and Utilization. 09-11 August, 2011. Christchurch Convention Centre, New Zealand.

    2012

    15th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference (IBMAC 15). 13-16 May, 2012. Florianopolis, Brazil.

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