Abstract: Parallel computing in civil engineering has been restricted to monotonic shock or blast loading with explicit algorithm which is characteristically feasible to be parallelized. In the present paper, efficient parallelization ...

Abstract: The nonlinear static and dynamic responses of individual steel braces under cyclic end displacement are studied in this paper using a fiber-type beam-column model that employs a realistic hysteretic stress-strain law and ...

Abstract: A procedure for efficient three-dimensional nonlinear time-history analysis of steel framed buildings is derived. It incorporates two types of nonlinear beam elements—the plastic hinge type and the elastofiber type—and ...

Abstract: This is the second of two papers describing a procedure for the three-dimensional nonlinear time-history analysis of steel-framed buildings. An overview of the procedure and the theory for the panel zone element and the ...

Abstract: A frequency‐domain investigation into the effects of nonuniform earthquake excitation on the response of a three‐dimensional arch dam‐water‐foundation system is performed. The analysis consists of two parts. First, the ...

Abstract: Two beam-column element models are compared for nonlinear planar problems in structural engineering using steel members. These problems deal with moment amplification in a slender column, hysteretic buckling and tensile ...

Abstract: A nonlinear finite element procedure for arch dams is described in which the gradual opening and closing of vertical contraction joints and predetermined horizontal cracking planes are considered. A special joint element ...

Abstract: A rigid body dynamics algorithm is presented in this paper to simulate the interaction between two rigid bodies, a free-standing rigid object, and a pedestal that has infinite mass, in the presence of static and kinetic ...

Abstract: A procedure is developed to analyze, under the assumption of linear behavior, the earthquake response of arch dams including hydrodynamic effects. The dam and fluid domain are treated as substructures and modeled with ...

Abstract: If a tunnel crosses a geological fault which is considered to be active, the possibility of a displacement in the fault must be accounted for in the tunnel design. When the tunnel is embedded in soil, the assessment of the ...