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    Structural Engineer Newsletter Issue #24
    A monthly publication of TheStructuralEngineer.info - Center for Integrating Information on Structural Engineering
    June 2009

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    Online Structural Engineering Library

    A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. (Currently 1,258 different resources in 20 sections).

    New Additions:

    Repair and Retrofit of Structures

    General

    Durgesh C. Rai. Review of Documents on Seismic Strengthening of Existing Buildings. Final Report: A - Earthquake Codes. Document No. IITK-GSDMA-EQ07- V1.0, IITK-GSDMA Project on Building Codes.

    Concrete Structures

    Abdelhak Bousselham, (2006). Behavior of Reinforced Concrete T-beams Strengthened in Shear with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - An Experimental Study. ACI Structural Journal.

    Concrete Structures

    M. Ameli and H.R. Ronagh, (2007). Treatment of Torsion of Reinforced Concrete Beams in Current Structural Standards. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing), Vol.8, No. 5, pp. 507-529.

    Colin G. Bailey, (2008). Simplified and Advanced Analysis of Membrane Action of Concrete Slabs. ACI Structural Journal.

    A. Boulfoul and A. Belouar, (2007). Methodological Study of the Ultime Limit Section in Reinforced Concrete under Biaxial Bending and Axial Compression. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing), Vol.8, No. 5, pp. 521- 530.

    Firooz Emamy Farvashany, (2008). Strength and Deformation of High-Strength Concrete Shear Walls. ACI Structural Journal.

    R. Ian Gilbert, (2008). Control of Flexural Cracking in Reinforced Concrete. ACI Structural Journal.

    Seismic Design

    G.D. Calle, M. Kohiyama, F. Yamazaki, (2002). Seismic Observation System for a Building and surrounding ground in Komaba Research Campus of the University of Tokyo. The 7th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

    Tarek Elkhoraibi and Khalid M. Mosalam, (2007). Generalized Hybrid Simulation Framework for Structural Systems Subjected to Seismic Loading. PEER report 2007/101. Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.

    T. Ganev, F. Yamazaki, H. Ishizaki, M. Kitazawa, (1998). Response Analysis of the Higashi-Kobe Bridge and Surrounding Soil in the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 557-576.

    Alidad Hashemi and Khalid M. Mosalam, (2007). Seismic Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Including Effects of Masonry Infill Walls. PEER report 2007/100. Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.

    K.R. Karim and F. Yamazaki, (2001). Effect of Earthquake Ground Motions to Fragility Curves of Highway Bridge Piers based on Numerical Simulation. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 30, No. 12, pp. 1839-1856.

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    Revision:

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    Peter Sundt, (2009). Did the Great Pyramid have an Elevator?

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    Events in Structural Engineering

    2009

    Two-day seminar on "Engineers and Their Calculations Professional". 22-23 July, 2009. Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel - Elk Island Room. Edmonton, Alberta.

    One day seminar on "Engineers and their Calculations Basic". 24 July, 2009. Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel - Elk Island Room, Edmonton, Alberta.

    Two-day seminar on "Engineers and Their Calculations Professional". 28-29 July, 2009. Ernst and Young Tower Meeting Centre- Room 3, Calgary, Alberta.

    One day seminar on "Engineers and their Calculations Basic". 30 July, 2009. Ernst and Young Tower Meeting Centre- Room 3, Edmonton, Alberta.

    7th Arab International Conference And Exhibition on "Environmental Protection in Cement & Building Materials Industries". 10-12 November 2009. Intercontinental Phoenicia Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

    11th NCB International Seminar on Cement and Building Materials. 17-20 November 2009. New Delhi, India.

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    NEW BOOK: Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions: Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historic Construction, SAHC08, 2-4 July 2008, Bath, United Kingdom

    Author(s): Dina D'Ayala, Enrico Fodde

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