Abstract: It is essential for active engineers to attend technical conferences to keep abreast of new developments. This paper is aimed at making conference presentations as effective as possible. The main purpose of attending a ...

Abstract: The use of seminotes as an instruction technique has proved effective in teaching engineering courses. Seminotes are lecture material prepared with blank spaces. Students take notes during the lecture by filling in the ...

Abstract: This technical note describes the design and application of a group of graphical finite-element object classes that were developed using the object-oriented approach and were implemented in C++. These object classes were ...

Abstract: This paper briefly summarizes some of the results of tests on three full‐size stub‐girders. The objectives of the investigation were to study the failure mechanism and to evaluate the effectiveness of three different types ...

Abstract: Current consulting practice in structural engineering relies heavily on the use of computer programs. In this paper, the writers present their views on the general use of structural analysis programs and the modeling of ...

Abstract: This paper summarizes the results of load tests on two full‐size stub‐girders. The first, specimen M‐1, had a conventional girder‐to‐column connection and the second, specimen M‐2, featured a modified connection in which ...