Abstract: The wood industry is developing a load and resistance factor design (LRFD) specification for wood construction. This effort provides an opportunity to reevaluate and restructure the current bases for design with wood, and ...

Abstract: The wood industry is developing a load and resistance factor design (LRFD) specification for wood construction. Specification provisions are intended to apply to light‐frame as well as heavy, engineered timber construction. ...

Abstract: Strength and serviceability limit states are closely interrelated in wood construction. The design of wood beams is often governed by limits on deflection, and the resulting section is larger than that required for flexure ...

Abstract: In response to tremendous losses in recent storms, there have been considerable efforts to place the design of wood-frame structures built in hurricane-prone regions on an engineering basis. It is assumed that the transition ...

Abstract: ASCE Standard 7, “Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures,” and the “NEHRP/BSSC Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for Buildings” both contain load requirements for earthquake-resistant structural ...

Abstract: Large infrastructure systems (e.g., transportation networks) cannot be designed and operated based only on standard regulations provided by codes of practice and operations manuals. It is necessary to consider not only ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new methodology for estimating changes in hurricane risk (annual expected economic losses) over time. A case study illustrates application of the methodology in Dare and New Hanover counties in North ...

Abstract: Reinforced concrete (RC) columns are the most critical components in bridges under seismic excitation. In this paper, a simple closed-form formulation to estimate the fragility of RC columns is developed. The formulation ...

Abstract: The increased deformation and shear fragilities of corroding RC bridge columns subject to seismic excitations are modeled as functions of time using fragility increment functions. These functions can be applied to various ...

Abstract: Corrosion-induced cracks in reinforced concrete (RC) structures degrade the stiffness of the cover concrete. The stiffness degradation is mainly caused by the softening in the stress-strain relation in the cracked concrete. ...