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In this issue we have gathered a sample of newly-added online papers as well as educational resources, on bridges, wind effects on structures, earthquake engineering and lots more!
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Educational Structural Websites
The Educational Structural Websites Section is a collection of websites (ex. reports, abstracts, articles or any other material) that intend to teach/educate visitors on specific subjects of the structural engineering field. This database currently includes 260 documents in 16 categories. New Additions:
Earthquake Engineering Robert Bachman , (2007). U.S. building code seismic testing requirements for nonstructural components. Presentation. Symposium on Seismic Regulations and Challenges for Protecting Building Equipment , Components and Operations. Richard Sedlock (2005). Earthquakes basics. Workshop at Borel Middle School , San Mateo.
Richard Sedlock (2005). Earthquake hazards, Workshop at Borel Middle School, San Mateo.
Thalia Anagnos, (2005). Buildings & earthquakes, Workshop at Borel Middle School, San Mateo. Bridges Ben Tang (2012). Overview of the bridge infrastructure enterprise.[Presentation] , Bridge Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series, MCEER. Ronald Klinczar and Hatch Mott MacDonald (2012). Social, economic, and environmental challenges: meeting peoples' needs in the 21st century. [Flyer] | [Presentation] , Bridge Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series, MCEER.
Tom Everett, (2012). Public policy on bridge inspection and management. Flyer | Presentation. Bridge Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series, MCEER.
George Christian, (2012). Bridge security. Flyer | Presentation. Bridge Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series, MCEER.
Courses Thalia Anagnos, ENGR/MUSE 11B Earthquake catastrophes: impacts, solutions and you. Thalia Anagnos, CE 112 Mechanics of material. Visit the Educational Structural Websites |
Online Structural Engineering Library
A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. Currently the Online Structural Engineering Library includes 2300 documents in 20 categories and 2832 authors. New Additions:
Wind Effects on Structures T. Kijewski-Correa and J. D. Pirnia, (2007). Dynamic behavior of tall buildings under wind: insights from full-scale monitoring. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, Vol. 16, pages 471-486. T. Kijewski-Correa, and M. Kochly, (2007). Monitoring the wind-induced response of tall buildings: gps performance and the issue of multipath effects. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 95, pages 1176-1198. Structural Analysis and Control A. Kaveh and H. Fazli, (2012). Optimal analysis of regular structures using a substructuring technique, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing), Vol. 13, No. 3, pages 387- 403. C. E. Augarde, A. Ramage, J. Staudacher, (2006). An element-based displacement preconditioner for linear elasticity problems. Computers and Structures, Vol. 84, pages 2306-2315. Concrete Structures R. S. Henry and J. M. Ingham, (2012). Wall-to-floor interaction in concrete buildings with rocking wall systems. 2012 New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, Paper 072. Seismic Design David Alexander, (2012). What can we do about earthquakes? Towards a systematic approach to seismic risk mitigation. 2012 New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, Paper 001. G. L. Cole, R. P. Dhakal, A. J. Carr, and D. K. Bull, (2012). The influence of pounding on member demands in low rise buildings.2012 New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, Paper 026. Tsung-Chih Chiou, Shyh-Jiann Hwang, and Fu-Pei Hsiao, (2012). Experiments on reinforced concrete frames with brick infill. 2012 New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, Paper 085.
R. L. Mayes, A. G. Brown, and Dario Pietra, (2012). Using seismic isolation and energy dissipation to create earthquake-resilient buildings. 2012 New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, Paper 093.
Z. Liu and G. J. Beattie, (2012). Influence of stiffness variation on the performance of houses in earthquakes. 2012 New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering Conference, Paper 113.
Andrew Baird, Alessandro Palermo and Stefano Pampanin, (2011). Facade damage assessment of multi-storey buildings in the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. Bulletin Of The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 44, No. 4, pages 368- 376.
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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 46 resources in 8 categories. New Additions: 2D Frame Analysis: Static Analysis of 2D Frames and Trusses. Cross Section Analysis and Design: Arbitrary cross section analysis and reinforcement design under biaxial bending. Visit the Structural Engineering Software Listing |
Events on Structural Engineering
Conferences 
Stadium and Venue Design and Development Russia and CIS Forum. 22-24 October, 2012. Warsaw, Poland. Short Courses Online Training: Introduction to DIANA. 7 August (10:00AM - 11:00AM CEST), 2012 , 23 August (7:00PM - 8:00PM CEST), 2012. International Course: Finite Element Analysis of (Reinforced) Concrete Structures. 2-5 October, 2012. TNO DIANA BV Headquarters, Delftechpark 19a, 2628 XJ, Delft, The Netherlands. |
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Structural Engineering Community Blogs
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