Abstract: The compound strip method (CSM) is extended to include folded plate structures with frame elements in this paper, the second of two. The mathematical development of the CSM is described in the first paper and the application ...

Abstract: The compound strip method is extended to include folded plate structures with connecting elements. The potential energy formulation common to the finite strip method is retained, and a direct stiffness technique for ...

Abstract: The tension resistance of conventionally constructed wood‐frame walls was determined experimentally in a pilot study. A series of tests was performed using a combination of gypsum board, foam, and plywood as sheathing ...

Abstract: A finite strip method is developed for the analysis of continuous elastic plate systems. This approach incorporates the effect of support element stiffness and mass in a direct manner. The stiffness and mass contributions ...

Abstract: A B‐spline bracing element of arbitrary orientation is developed and combined with the B‐spline compound strip method (BCSM) to analyze structures having bracing members. In the BCSM, a problem is first partially discretized ...

Abstract: Dynamic characteristics of a traffic signal structure were determined experimentally. Various strategies were investigated to provide additional damping. By decreasing the magnitude and the number of fatigue cycles caused ...

Abstract: The dynamic characteristics of a cantilevered traffic signal structure were determined experimentally and theoretically. The experimental procedures involved forced vibration of the structure by an eccentric-mass oscillator. ...