Abstract: A simplified method is proposed for evaluating the stability of multistory, steel, semibraced, and unbraced frames with semirigid connections. The proposed method decomposes a frame into individual stories and evaluates ...

Abstract: The evaluation of slope stability of a three-dimensional slope requires identifying the critical slip surface with the minimum factor of safety, which is a complex optimization problem. Failure to identify the critical ...

Abstract: A novel method involving the transformation of spline surfaces is introduced to search for the critical slip surface in a three-dimensional (3D) slope, which corresponds to the minimum limit equilibrium method factor of ...