Abstract: There are significant differences in glass strength information presented by major United States glass manufacturers. These differences have caused considerable confusion among glass designers. The differences are the ...

Abstract: Over the years, observations of earthquake damage suggest that structures on large foundations respond to ground motion with less intensity than do smaller structures. The limited data obtained from instruments support ...

Abstract: A deepwater application for catenary mooring systems is on guyed tower oil production platforms. The restraint provided by the mooring system is nonlinear, but an equivalent nonlinear spring can be used to simplify the ...

Abstract: A nonlinear controller is developed using gain-scheduled adaptation for a six-story, base-isolated office building subjected to strong earthquakes. Several linearized models and a scheduled piecewise linear model of the ...