Abstract: Seismic performance requirements for beam-column joints of earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete (RC) frames are discussed, and the experimental data of RC joints under cyclic loading collected from the literature are ...

Abstract: In practical stability design and analysis of steel members and structures, one must allow for member imperfection. Various national design codes impose different values of initial imperfection for member-strength ...

Abstract: An accurate pointwise equilibrating polynomial element with springs connected to its ends to model semirigid connections is derived. The formulated element and coded computer program for second-order nonlinear analysis of ...

Abstract: The ultimate load of a typical steel frame is dependent on the geometrically nonlinear and material yielding effects. The complexity for considering material yielding by the plastic hinge approach is the unknown location ...

Abstract: An isolated member capacity check for beam columns may not correctly reflect the true behavior of a structure undergoing large deflection and material yielding. This paper extends the previous work by the authors on ...

Abstract: A pointwise equilibrating polynomial (PEP) element is proposed for nonlinear analysis of frames in which each member can be modeled by one element in most cases. The formulation of the element is based on the imposition ...

Abstract: In the present work, a numerical model of the temperature control curve (TCC) linearity of the heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) module in automobile air-conditioning system is ...

Abstract: A mathematical model has been presented for a high speed liquid jet penetration into soft solid by a needle-free injection system. The model consists of a cylindrical column formed by the ...

Abstract: We present a robust disaster recovery system model according to the requests of disaster recovery talent of a key e-government project of China. The model strengthens the safe communication ability and guarantees the secure ...

Abstract: A new gradation equation that can describe the particle-size distribution curves of soils with continuous gradation is presented. The results obtained for a large amount of test data from soil gradations prove that the ...