Online Structural Engineering Library
A collection of publications available on the internet at
no cost. (Currently 1,231 different resources in 20
sections).
New
Additions:
Structural Analysis &
Control
A. Kaveh, P. Sharafi, (2007). A Simple Ant
Algorithm for Profile Optimization of Sparse Matrices. Asian
Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing), Vol. 9,
No. 1, pages 35- 46.
D. Duthinh, K.B. McGrattan, A.
Khaskia, (2007). Recent Advances in Fire-Structure Analysis.
Technical Memorandum of PWRI 4075; Wind and Seismic Effects.
U.S./Japan Natural Resources Development Program (UJNR). Joint
Meeting, 39th. Proceedings, Tsukuba, Japan, pp. 310-319.
Bridges
G.A. Keoleian, A. Kendall, J.E.
Dettling, V.M. Smith, R.F. Chandler, M.D. Lepech, V.C. Li,
(2005). Life Cycle Modeling of Concrete Bridge Design:
Comparison of Engineered Cementitious Composite Link Slabs and
Conventional Steel Expansion Joints. Journal of Infrastructure
Systems, ASCE, pp. 51-60.
M.M. Abdel Wahab, J. Maeck,
G. De Roeck, (1999). Numerical Simulation of Damage Scenarios
of Bridge Z24. Proceedings of IMAC 17, International Modal
Analysis Conference, pp. 1276-1282, Kissimmee, Florida,
USA.
Structural Reliability
Maria M.
Szerszen, Aleksander Szwed, Andrzej S. Nowak, (2005).
Reliability Analysis for Eccentrically Loaded Columns. ACI
Structural Journal.
Repair and Retrofit of
Structures
General
S.
Wilkinson, F.J. Ying, (2006). Life Cycle Costing Decisions for
Retrofitting Earthquake Vulnerable Buildings. Proceedings of
the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference, San Francisco,
California, USA, paper No. 8NCEE-289.
N.J. Carino,
H.S. Lew, (2001). Summary of NIST/GSA Workshop on Application
of Seismic Rehabilitation Technologies to Mitigate
Blast-Induced Progressive Collapse, September 10, 2001,
Oakland, California. NISTIR 6831. Building and Fire Research
Laboratory, National Institute of Standard and Technology,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Technology Administration.
Bridges
Hussein M. Elsanadedy,
Medhat A. Haroun, (2005). Seismic Design Criteria for Circular
Lap-Spliced Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns Retrofitted
with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Jackets. ACI Structural Journal.
Patrick N. Laplace, David H. Sanders, Saiid M. Saiidi,
Bruce M. Douglas, Saad El-Azazy, (2005). Retrofitted Concrete
Bridge Columns Under Shaketable Excitation. ACI Structural
Journal.
Matthew J. Schoettler, Jose I. Restrepo,
Frieder Seible, Ed Matsuda, (2005). Seismic Performance of
Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Bridge Pier. ACI Structural
Journal.
F. Seible, M.J.N. Priestley, and D.
Innamorato, (1999). Earthquake Retrofit of Bridge Columns with
Continuous Carbon Fiber Jackets. Vol. II: Design Guidelines.
NISTIR 6288. NIST Workshop on Standards Development for the
Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers for the Rehabilitation of
Concrete and Masonry Structures, January 07-08, 1998, Tucson,
Arizona, Proceedings. United States Department of Commerce,
Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and
Technology.
Concrete
Structures
K.K. Bajpai, C.V.R. Murty, D.C. Rai,
(2004). Influence of Fibre-Wrap Retrofitting on Gravity
Designed RC Beam- Column Joints under Cyclic Loading.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on New Technologies
for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, Agra, India, parallel
sessions, pp. 27-36.
Dat Duthinh, Monica Starnes,
(2001). Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Carbon
FRP. Composites in Constructions, Figueiras et al (eds), Swets
& Zeitlinger, Lisse.
K. Brosens, O. Ahmed, D. Van
Gemert, (2001). Strengthening of Concrete Structures with
Externally Bonded Reinforcement - Design Philosophy and
Practical Applications. 10th International Congress on
Polymers in Concrete, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Y.M. Lim,
V.C. Li, (1998). Characterization of Interface Fracture
Behavior in Repaired Concrete Infrastructures. Fracture
Mechanics of Concrete Structures, Proceedings FRAMCOS-3,
AEDIFICATIO Publishers, Freiburg, Germany, pp. 1817-1828.
Masonry Structures
A.J. Grubbs,
M.B.D. Hueste and J.M. Bracci, (2007). Seismic Rehabilitation
of Wood Diaphragms in Unreinforced Masonry Buildings. Texas
A&M University, Department of Civil Engineering, College
Station.
C.V.R. Murty, J. Dutta, S.K. Agrawal, (2004).
Twin Lintel Belt in Steel for Seismic Strengthening of Brick
Masonry Buildings, Journal of Earthquake Engineering and
Engineering Vibration, Vol.3, No.2, pp. 215-222.
Steel Structures
S.A. Civjan,
M.D. Englehardt, J.L. Gross, (2000). Retrofit of
Pre-Northridge Moment-Resisting Connections. Journal of
Structural Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 4, pp. 445-452.
Q-S Kent Yu, C-M. Uang, J.L. Gross, (2000). Seismic
Rehabilitation Design of Steel Moment Connection with Welded
Haunch. Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 1,
pp. 69-78.
Mizam Dogan, (2009). Retrofitting of RC
Slabs by Using Steel Beams. Proceedings of World Academy Of
Science, Engineering And Technology, Vol. 38, pp. 1364 - 1371.
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
(WASET.ORG).
Concrete Structures
V.C.
Li, H-J. Kong, and S.G. Bike, (2000). Fiber Reinforced High
Performance Concrete Materials. Proceedings of High
Performance Concrete Workability, Strength, and Durability,
Vol. 1, pp. 71-86, C.K.Y. Leung, Z. Li, and J-T Ding (eds.),
Hong Kong and Shen Zhen, China.
Martin Zink, (2000).
Diagonal Shear Cracking in Slender Concrete Beams. Lacer No.
5, pp. 305- 332.
S.M. Gupta, V.K. Sehgal, S.K. Kaushik,
(2009). Shrinkage of High Strength Concrete. Proceedings of
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 38,
pp. 268 - 271. World Academy of Science, Engineering and
Technology (WASET.ORG).
E.S. Fraser, G.P.A.G. van Zijl,
(2009). Computational Investigations of Concrete Footing
Rotational Rigidity. Proceedings of World Academy of Science,
Engineering and Technology, Vol. 38, pp. 523 - 532. World
Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
(WASET.ORG).
Prestressed Concrete
Structures
Michael Fischer, (1998). Crack Widths
and Deformations of Prestressed Structural Elements under
Repeated Loading and Imposed Deformations. Lacer No. 3, pages
129- 142.
Steel Structures
T.V. Galambos,
J.F. Hajjar, C.J. Earls, J.L. Gross, (1997). Required
Properties of High-Performance Steels. Building and Fire
Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standard and
Technology, NISTIR 6004.
J. Kala, J. Melcher, M.
Skaloud, Z. Kala, (2009). Theoretical Investigation of Steel
Plated Girder Resistance. Proceedings of World Academy of
Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 38, pp. 765 - 767.
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
(WASET.ORG).
Mahmoud Miri, Morteza Naghipour, Amir
Kashiryfar, (2009). Panel Zone Rigidity Effects on Special
Steel Moment-Resisting Frames According to the Performance
Based Design. Proceedings of World Academy of Science,
Engineering and Technology, Vol. 38, pp. 1016 - 1022. World
Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
(WASET.ORG).
Mahmoud Miri, Abdolreza Zare, Hossein
Abbas Zadeh, (2009). Seismic Behavior of Steel Frames
Investigation with Knee Brace Based on Pushover Analysis.
Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and
Technology, Vol. 38, pp. 1023 - 1029. World Academy of
Science, Engineering and Technology
(WASET.ORG).
Composite Structures
T.
Kanda, V.C. Li, (1998). Interface Property and Apparent
Strength of a High Strength Hydrophilic Fiber in Cement
Matrix. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 10,
No. 1, pp. 5-13.
A.E. Naaman, P. Paramasivam, G.
Balazs, Z.M. Bayasi, J. Eibl, L. Erdelyi, N. M. Hassoun, N.
Krstulovic- Opara, V. C. Li, and G. Lohrmann, (1996).
Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete using HPFRCC Matrices.
High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites,
RILEM Proc. 31, A.E. Naaman and H.W. Reinhardt (eds.), pages
291-344.
M. Maalej, T. Hashida, V.C. Li, (1995). Effect
of Fiber Volume Fraction on the Off-Crack-Plane Fracture
Energy in Strain-Hardening Engineered Cementitious Composites.
Journal of the American Ceramics Society, Vol. 78, No. 12, pp.
3369-3375.
Y. Wang, V.C. Li, S. Backer, (1990).
Experimental Determination of Tensile Behavior of Fiber
Reinforced Concrete. ACI Materials Journal, Technical Paper,
Title No. 87-M48, Vol. 87, No. 5, pp.
461-468.
Masonry Structures
P. B.
Lourenco, (2004). Analysis and Restoration of Ancient Masonry
Structures: Guidelines and Examples. University of Minho,
Department of Civil Engineering.
D.V. Oliveira, P.B.
Lourenco, P. Roca, (2000). On the Compressive Strength of
Stacked Dry-Stone Masonry. Proceedings of the 12th
International Brick/Block Masonry Conference, Madrid, Spain,
pp. 2131- 2141.
Seismic Design
Sourabh
Agrawal, Ashok K. Jain, (2009). Seismic Analysis of a S-Curved
Viaduct Using Stick and Finite Element Models. Proceedings of
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 38,
pp. 111 - 121. World Academy of Science, Engineering and
Technology (WASET.ORG).
Nasim Shatarat, Adel Assaf,
(2009). Seismic Behavior and Capacity/Demand Analyses of a
Simply- Supported Multi-Span Precast Bridge. Proceedings of
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 38,
pp. 257 - 263. World Academy of Science, Engineering and
Technology (WASET.ORG).
Mizam Dogan, (2009). Damage of
Open Ground Storey During Earthquakes. Proceedings of World
Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 38, pp.
1372 - 1381. World Academy of Science, Engineering and
Technology (WASET.ORG).
Zhiying Zhang, Chongdu Cho,
(2009). Experimental Study on Damping Ratios of in-situ
Buildings. Proceedings of World Academy of Science,
Engineering and Technology, Vol. 38, pp. 622 - 626. World
Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
(WASET.ORG).
Earthquake & Tsunami
Reports
Japan
Jan. 16, 1995, Kobe
Earthquake
R.M. Chung, D.B. Ballantyne, E.
Comeau, T.L. Holzer, D. Madrzykowski, A.J. Schiff, W.C. Stone,
J. Wilcoski, R.D. Borcherdt, J.D. Cooper, H.S. Lew, J. Moehle,
L-H Sheng, A.W. Taylor, I. Bucker, J. Hayes, E.V. Leyendecker,
T. O'Rourke, M.P. Singh, M. Whitney, (1996). The January 17,
1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) Earthquake: Performance of
Structures, Lifelines, and Fire Protection Systems. NIST SP
901, ISCCS TR18. Building and Fire Research Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Technology Administration.
U.S.A.
Jan. 17, 1994 Northridge
Earthquake
H.S. Lew, J.D. Cooper, S. Hacopian,
W. Hays, M. Mahoney, (1994). The January 17, 1994, Northridge
Earthquake, California. NIST SP 871. Joint Meeting of the
U.S./Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel on
Wind and Seismic Effects, Gaithersburg, MD, pp. 375- 426.
Fatigue
S.P. Singh, Sanjay Goel, Roshan
Lal, S.K. Kaushik, (2004). Prediction of Mean and Design
Fatigue Lives of Steel Fibrous Concrete using S-N
Relationships. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building
and Housing), Vol. 5, No. 3 - 4, pp. 175-
190.
General
C.V.R. Murty, D.C. Rai, A.
Gupta, S.K. Jain, (2004). Introducing Earthquake Engineering
in Civil Engineering Curriculum. The Indian Concrete Journal,
pp. 110-116.
J. H. Crandell, and W. Freeborne, (1998).
Wind and Seismic Research for Improved Engienering Consensus
Standards and Housing Construction. NIST SP 931. Wind and
Seismic Effects. Proceedings of the 30th Joint Meeting of the
U.S./Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel on
Wind and Seismic Effects. U.S. Department of Commerce,
Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of
Standards and Technology.
M. Faber, (2003). Generic
Inspection Plans for Steel Structures Subject to Fatigue.
Proceedings, Risk- Based Maintenance of Civil Structures,
Delft. Serie Workshop Proceedings No. 8.
A. Der
Kiureghian, (2000). The Art and Science of Model Building: A
Bayesian Approach. A one-day Workshop on the Risk-Based
Design. Delft University of Technology.
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