Abstract: A seismic design method for thin-walled steel frame structures is proposed in the present paper. The method employs a pushover analysis to investigate the structural nonlinear behavior. A failure criterion accounting for ...

Abstract: Thin-walled steel box columns are vulnerable to damage caused by local and overall interaction buckling during a major earthquake. To provide enough information for a reliable and simple ductility evaluation procedure for ...

Abstract: A rational ductility evaluation procedure for thin-walled steel structures is required to account for local buckling and to be convenient for practical use. This paper describes a simple but powerful ductility evaluation ...

Abstract: A novel time domain method is proposed to estimate the time-varying statistics of nonstationary random pressure load from structural strain response samples. Orthogonal polynomials and Karhunen–Loève expansion are adopted ...

Abstract: With the development of distributed energy systems (DES), energy storage has attracted much attention in the research world. Reversible solid oxide fuel cells (RSOFCs) have shown potential as a promising means of electrical ...

Abstract: The steel fiber–reinforced polymer (FRP) composite bar (SFCB) is a novel rebar that consists of an inner steel bar and an outer continuous FRP layer. Its configuration enhances durability and provides a stable positive ...

Abstract: A steel-fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite bar (SFCB) consists of an inner steel bar and an outer continuous FRP layer, which exhibits excellent corrosion resistance, a high elastic modulus, and customizable postyield ...

Abstract: Hardware-in-the-loop simulation is an important way to test the complex contact process of two spacecraft docking in space. Hardware-in-the-loop simulations are known to be unstable and divergent because of various unexpected ...

Abstract: In order to evaluate the reliability of the deck system of concrete bridge reasonably, multi-index multilevel reliability assessment model of the bridge deck system was set up based on the extension assessment method ...

Abstract: The current performance-based seismic evaluation methodologies can be broadly classified into three categories based on the adopted indicators: displacement-based seismic evaluation, energy-based seismic evaluation, and ...