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    Structural Engineer Newsletter Issue #9
    A monthly publication of TheStructuralEngineer.info - Center for Integrating Information on Structural Engineering
    March 2008

    Greetings

    We are pleased to distribute Issue #9 of the Structural Engineer Newsletter. This issue again includes a large number of resources.

    We want to thank our Associates, Professor Mohan Gupta and Professor Tarik Mahdi for the valuable resources they continuously provide to the website. We also encourage all our visitors to inform us about useful content and resources. All contributions are acknowledged.

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    Online Structural Engineering Library

    A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. (Currently 629 different recources in 19 sections).

    New Additions:

    Cold Formed Steel Structures

    Mahmood Md Tahir, Tan Cher Siang and Shek Poi Ngian, (2006). Typical tests on cold-formed steel structures. Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, 5-6 September 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

    Steel Structures

    Proceedings of the "NASCC 2004 The Steel Conference" and the "2004 Pacific Structural Steel Conference". March 24-27 2004, Long Beach California.

    Uno Nayomon, Kitayama Nobuhiko, (2003). Design, Fabrication and Erection of the "Pedestrian Bridge in the Road-Park of Ikei-Tairagawa" in Okinawa. IHI Engineering Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, June 2003, pp. 35 - 39.

    Emile Troup, John Cross, (2003). Innovative Solutions in Steel: Open-Deck Parking Structures. American Institute of Steel Construction Inc. - AISC Marketing LLC.

    Structural Steel: Steel-Framed Office Buildings - Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century, (2005). American Institute of Steel Construction Inc.

    Bridges

    Akihiro Uemura, Kyotaro Kanda, Tomohide Sakamoto, Shinichiro Ito, (2002). Design, Fabrication and Erection of the Stiffening Girder of 3rd Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge -The World's First Three-Linked Suspension Bridge with a Stiffening Box Girder of Over 1000 m Long. Kawasaki Steel Technical Report No. 47 December 2002, pp. 65 - 75.

    Masonry Structures

    R.E. Klingner, (2004). Behavior of Masonry in the Northridge (US) and Tecomán-Colima (Mexico) earthquakes: Lessons learned, and Changes in Design Provisions. 6th National congress of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering and International Workshop "Masonry Walls and Earthquakes", p. 3-38.

    P.B. Lourenço, (1996). Computational Strategies for Masonry Structures. PhD Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Available from Masonry and Historical Constructions Group, Department of Civil Engineering - University of Minho.

    P.B. Lourenço, (1997). Two Aspects related to the Analysis of Masonry Structures: Size Effect and Parameter Sensitivity. Report No. 03.21.1.31.25. Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering and University of Minho, Department of Civil Engineering. TNO Building and Construction Research, Computational Mechanics.

    P.B. Lourenço, (1998). Simulations of Size Effect in Masonry Structures. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures, Proceedings FRAMCOS-3, Aedificatio Publishers, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany, p. 2001- 2010.

    P.B. Lourenço, (1998). Sensitivity Analysis of Masonry Structures. Proceedings of the 8th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Jasper, Canada, p. 563-574.

    P. Benson Shing and T. Manzouri, (2004). Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Structures using Elastic/Viscoplastic Models. 6th National congress of seismology and earthquake engineering and International Workshop "Masonry walls and Earthquakes" (SISCA 2004), p. 137-150.

    A. Costa and A. Arede, (2004). Strengthening of Structures Damaged by the Azores Earthquake of 1998. 6th National Congress of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering and International Workshop "Masonry walls and Earthquakes" (SISMICA 2004), p. 57-70.

    D.P. Abrams, (2004). Seismic Assessment and Rehabilitation of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in the USA. 6th National Congress of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering and International Workshop "Masonry walls and Earthquakes" (SISMICA 2004), p. 71-80.

    R.A. Sofronie, (2004). Seismic Strengthening of Masonry in Buildings and Cultural Heritage. 6th National Congress of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering and International Workshop "Masonry Walls and Earthquakes" (SISMICA 2004), p. 81-100.

    P. Roca, (2004). Simplified Methods for Assessment of Masonry Shear-Walls. 6th National Congress of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering and International Workshop "Masonry Walls and Earthquakes" (SISMICA 2004), p. 101-118.

    E. Coelho, (2004). Seismic Testing and Vulnerability Assessment. 6th National Congress of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering and International Workshop "Masonry Walls and Earthquakes" (SISMICA 2004), p. 151-154.

    P. Baldo, F. Tomaselli, F. Pimenta, and F. Pimenta, (2004). Loureiro Viaduct Seismic Protection: Testing of Non-Linear Viscous Dampers. 6th National Congress of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering and International Workshop "Masonry Walls and Earthquakes" (SISMICA 2004), p. 679-690.

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    Educational Structural Websites

    A collection of educational websites on specific subjects of the structural engineering field. (A total of 83 resources available in 16 categories).

    New Additions:

    Courses

    CE 248: Behavior of plastic design of steel structures - Class Notes (presentation) & Lecture Notes (summary). Available from Tony Yang's website.

    Bridges

    Advantages of Steel Bridges. Available from Corus in the Construction Industry.

    21st Century Steel Bridges. Available from Corus in the Construction Industry.

    Corrosion Protection. Available from Corus in the Construction Industry.

    Bridge Related Products. Available from Corus in the Construction Industry.

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    Structural Engineering History

    New Additions:

    "Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere" offers photos, information, and maps for historic bridges. While various structure types are represented, emphasis is placed on metal truss bridges.

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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 30 resources in 5 categories).

    New Additions:

    Steel

    Terri Meyer Boake. Case Study and Image Gallery for Innovative Steel Buildings.

    Canadian Institute of Steel Construction. Projects using the strength of steel.

    General

    Terri Meyer Boake. Image Gallery: Canadian Images.

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    Structural Software Listing

    Programs, spreadsheets and web applications on Structural Engineering (There are currently 36 programs).

    CFS-BeamDesign: is a friendly and powerful software for the design of flexural members of Cold-Formed Steel (CFS), following AISI 96/99 Specifications. The principal aim is to analyze Uniform Loads (W), with a variable span Length (L), for a Simple or a Continuous Beam, (2 to 4 equal spans), comparing one Section and two different Steels, or two Sections with the same Steel.

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    Structural Engineering Journals

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    Asian Journal of Civil Engineering.

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