Abstract: Buckling-restrained brace frames (BRBFs) exhibit well-controlled seismic demands due to their excellent energy dissipating capacity. However, excessive residual deformation is prone to accumulate in such framing systems ...

Abstract: Many separate storm-water systems in China suffer functional problems of discharge of dry-weather pollutants or non-storm-water materials into storm-water systems via pipes or other direct connections, which plays as a ...

Abstract: Wind-driven rain (WDR) refers to raindrops that have a horizontal velocity in the wind field. The WDR intensity on building envelopes as well as other issues such as wind–rain-induced vibration of stay cable has been ...

Abstract: This investigation was focused on developing an approximate approach for properly orienting ground motion inputs to achieve the maximum displacement demands on electricity transmission towers in the near-fault regions. The ...

Abstract: Single-angle compression members are widely used in civil structures. However, determination of the compressive strength of a single-angle compression member based on the classic stability theory and with an explicit ...

Abstract: Kelvin contact element was used to simulate the collision between expansion joints at the pier and the abutment. The purpose was to investigate the pounding responses of the expansion joint in a curved ramp bridge under ...

Abstract: Adaptive chirp mode decomposition (ACMD) is a novel decomposition algorithm, which can decompose the multicomponent signals and identify its instantaneous frequencies (IFs) simultaneously. It is crucial for ACMD to predefine ...

Abstract: Large eddy simulation (LES) was conducted to better understand the evolution of the flow field and vortex structures near a single spur dike. The fixed-bed boundaries used in the simulations were reconstructed from the ...