Abstract: Most of the public school buildings in Turkey and Peru are built according to a small number of template plans. Over the years, these template plans are kept the same while the structural designs are varied with the seismic ...

Abstract: The writers report on a simulation study of the performance of the North Tower (WTC-I) of the World Trade Center complex during the impact of American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001. We discuss impact damage that ...

Abstract: The behavior of the World Trade Center Tower 1 on September 11, 2001 is studied in light of experimental data on the effect of elevated temperature on mechanical properties of structural steel. It is concluded that the ...

Abstract: In this paper, sensitivity of small-amplitude stiffness of a full-scale, three-story reinforced concrete flat-plate structure is investigated to assess development of damage during cyclic lateral load with up to 3.0% lateral ...

Abstract: The civil engineering capstone senior design course at Purdue University involves all seniors in their last semester before graduation and is titled “Civil Engineering Design Project.” The course catalog describes it as ...