Abstract: An approximate energy method for evaluating the buckling capacity of coped beams subjected to concentrated load at the mid‐span has been developed. The method consists of evaluating several trial buckling loads by varying ...

Abstract: A plate or shell element subjected to membrane forces

Abstract: In most conventional methods of reinforced concrete analysis, cracks are formed in the principal stress direction and are not allowed to change direction with the change in state. This practice leads to crack directions ...

Abstract: In current practice, stresses from elastic analysis are used to design reinforcement in concrete shells based on pointwise limit state behavior. This practice may be justified in view of the lower bound theorem of plasticity ...

Abstract: The results of nonlinear analysis of a reinforced concrete nuclear containment vessel subjected to dead load, internal pressure, and earthquake are presented. The membrane reinforcement for the containment is first designed ...

Abstract: New formulations are developed to account for the effect of uncalculated high frequency rigid modes in the seismic analysis of coupled primary–secondary systems by modal synthesis approach. The effect of uncalculated rigid ...

Abstract: This is the second paper of two papers that describe the procedures to include the effect of uncalculated high frequency modes in coupled modal synthesis. Because the residual modal vectors of a multiply supported secondary ...

Abstract: Shear walls play an important role in the wind and seismic resistance of low‐rise wood‐framed buildings. The behavior of shear walls is primarily governed by the nail force‐slip characteristics. The bending stiffness of ...