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 March 2012
 Newsletter # 57

A monthly publication of TheStructuralEngineer.info
Center for Integrating Information on Structural Engineering
In This Issue
Online Structural Engineering Library
Educational Structural Websites
Software on Structural Engineering
Structural Engineering Community Blogs
Structural Engineering Forums and Bulletin Boards
Our Sponsors





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Below you can find 16 of our latest paper additions in our online library, as well as new educational websites, that you can view/ download at no cost, and more resources available through our website!

 

This month we also have new software additions as well as short courses; make sure to see the latest in the relevant section below.

 

As always, feel free to contact us if you would like to send us resources for any of our databases or learn how you can benefit from our corporate sponsorship programs.

  

 

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Online Structural Engineering Library

   

A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. Currently the Online Structural Engineering Library includes    2210 documents in 20 categories and 2654 authors.

 

New Additions:
 

Structural Analysis and Control


A. Kaveh, M. Shahrouzi, and Y. Naserifar, (2010). Tuned genetic algorithms for finding p-medians of a weighted graph. Scientia Iranica, Transition A: Civil Engineering, Vol.17, No.5, pages 350-362.

  

H. Moslemi and A. R. Khoei, (2010). 3D modeling of damage growth and crack initiation using adaptive finite element technique. Scientia Iranica, Transition A: Civil Engineering, Vol.17, No.5, pages 372-386.

  

Bridges

  

D. P. Bentz, P. E. Stutzman, A. Sakulich, and W. J. Weiss, (2012). Study of early-age bridge deck cracking in Nevada and Wyoming. NISTIR 7841, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce.

  

Tarek Alkhrdaji and Antonio Nanni, (2002). Design, construction, and field-testing of an RC box culvert bridge reinforced with GFRP bars, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies, University of Missouri-Rolla, CIES 02-25.

  

Repair and Retrofit of Structures

  

General

  

M.J. Arefi, S. Pampanin and M. Cubrinovski (2009). Effects of SSI on the seismic response of older structures before & after retrofit. Paper 43, 2009 NZSEE Conference.


Concrete Structures

 

Kim, J. Jirsa and O. Bayrak, (2009). Use of CFRP anchors to strengthen lap splices of rectangular RC columns. FRPRCS-9, Sydney, Australia.   

  

Masonry Structures

 

J. Gustavo Tumialan, Nestore Galati, Sinaph M. Namboorimadathil, and Antonio Nanni (2002). Strengthening Of masonry with near surface mounted FRP bars.

  

Steel Structures

 

Qu, B., Bruneau, M., (2011). Plastic moment of intermediate horizontal boundary elements of steel plate shear walls. AISC Engineering Journal, Vol.48, No.1, pp.49-64.

 

Cold Formed Steel Structures

 

L. D. Luttrell, (2011).Perforated metal deck design with commentary, and Appendix B. Steel Deck Institute, Report No. PMDDWC.

 

Concrete Structures

    

W. J. Weiss, D. P. Bentz, A. Schlinder, and P. Lura, (2012). Internal curing: Constructing more robust concrete, Structure, January 2012, pages 10-14.

 

D. P. Bentz, P. M. Halleck, M. N. Clarke, E. J. Garboczi, and A. S. Grader, (2005). Microstructure and materials science of fire resistive materials. Proceedings of ASCE/SEI Spring 2005 Structures Congress, New York.

 

Composite Structures


Jerome Hajjar and Roberto Leon, (2011). Towards systems behavior factors for composite frames: experimental and analytical studies.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Georgia Tech. 3282  

 

Jacobs, W. P. and Hajjar, J. F. (2010). Load transfer in composite construction. Proceedings of the ASCE/SEI Structures Congress 2010, Orlando, Florida, ASCE, Reston, Virginia.

 

Seismic Design

 

Jonathan P. Stewart, Norman A. Abrahamson,Gail M. Atkinson, Jack W. Baker, David M. Boore, Yousef Bozorgnia, Kenneth W. Campbell, Craig D. Comartin, I. M. Idriss, Marshall Lew, Michael Mehrain, Jack P. Moehle, Farzad Naeim, and Thomas A. Sabol, (2011). Representation of bi-directional ground motions for design spectra in building codes. Earthquake Spectra, Volume 27, No. 3, pages 927-937.


Victor K. Victorsson, Greg Deierlein, and Jack W. Baker (2011). Capacity design in seismic resistant steel buildings: a reliability-based methodology to establish capacity-design factors. EUROSTEEL 2011, Budapest, Hungary. 

 

Standards and Design Codes

   

American National Standard Institute/Steel Deck Institute, (2009). C1.0 - 2006 Standard forComposite Steel Floor Deck

  

General

  

Halil Sezen and Kevin A. Giriunas (2009). Progressive collapse analysis of an existing building. The Ohio State University.

 

Society of Fire Protection Engineers, (2004). Engineering guide: Fire exposures to structural elements. The SFPE Task Group on Fire Exposures to Structural Elements.

 

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Virtual Structural Engineer

 

The Virtual Structural Engineer presents cases via photos, diagrams and maps divided by topic.  Currently there are 114 resources in 5 categories.  

 

 

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Educational Structural Websites

 

The Virtual Structural Engineer presents cases via photos, diagrams and maps divided by topic.  Currently there are 214 resources in 16 categories.  

 

New Additions:


Bridges

 

Peter Birkemoe, (2011). Bridge stability and bracing. Presentation S2, 2011 NASCC Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 

Bob Cisneros, Chris Hall, and Brian Raff, (2010). Innovative bridge erection. Presentation R14, 2010 NASCC Conference, Orlando, Florida.

  

Steel Structures

  

Ronald Ziemian, (2011). Stability during construction. Presentation S1, 2011 NASCC Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 

Donald R. Sherman, (2011). Stability under fire demands. Presentation S5, 2011 NASCC Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 

Sam Rubenzer, (2011). Structural steel software review. Presentation N14, 2011 NASCC Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 

Tall Buildings-Skyscrapers  


R. Shankar Nair, (2009).Skyscrapers-past, present and future.Presentation X1, 2009 NASCC Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. 

 

James Malley and Tom Schlafly, (2009). Seismic upgrade of a 15-story steel moment frame building: satisfying performance criteria with application of experimental and advanced analytical procedures. Presentation X3, 2009 NASCC Conference, Phoenix, Arizona.


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Software on Structural Engineering
 

The Structural Engineering Software Listing includes programs, spreadsheets and web applications on analyses of beams, frames, plates, bridge, design of steel and concrete as well as other related fields. Currently the Structural Engineering Software Listing Section includes 38 resources in 8 categories.



New additions:

friSec: Prestressed and reinforced beam capacity calculation.

StrucPLUS: Powerful parametric tools for rapid preparation of Structural Steel and Concrete detail drawings.

 

Events on Structural Engineering
 

Short Courses

 

Online Training: Technical Course - Pile and Piled-raft Modelling with DIANA. 24 April (2:00PM - 3:00PM CET), 2012.

      

Online Training: Introduction to DIANA. 6 March (10:00AM - 11:00AM CET), 2012, 29 March (7:00PM - 8:00PM CET), 2012, 10 April(10:00AM - 11:00AM CET), 2012, 26 April (7:00PM - 8:00PM CET), 2012.

 

 

 

Structural Engineering Community Blogs

   

The Structural Engineering Community Blogs were created toblog  facilitate the exchange of information among members, companies and organizations in structural engineering.

 

The "Structural Engineering Community Blogs" currently host 30 Blogs:

 

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  2. 3 Companies Blogs
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Structural Engineering Forums and Bulletin Boards

 

The Structural Engineering Forums & Bulletin Boards were created to satisfy the need for free structural engineering information dissemination and communication.

 

Currently our 1165 users have posted a total of 599 articles.

  

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