Abstract: The loss of material due to corrosion sometimes has a large influence on the change of weld residual stresses and residual deflections of steel structures. A new finite-element method is proposed that can take into account ...

Abstract: A new classification system for beam-to-column connections is proposed in terms of the boundary between rigid and semirigid connections. Some typical subassemblages of multistory frames are chosen to consider the layout ...

Abstract: An accurate multidirectional structural testing system is developed. This testing system is used to carry out a multidirectional pseudodynamic test with the help of a unique three-dimensional hinge and a spatial truss-type ...

Abstract: A structural analytical method is developed in order to evaluate the long-term mechanical performance of steel structures by taking into account the effects of the histories of corrosion loss of material and repair. This ...

Abstract: Moderately thick perfect cylindrical shells under axial compression first exhibit an axisymmetric buckling mode, where a localization of buckling patterns, referred to as an elephant foot bulge, is caused by the first ...

Abstract: A cyclic bidirectional loading experiment is carried out to examine the ultimate seismic behavior of thin-walled circular steel columns by using an accurate three-dimensional (3D) experimental system recently developed by ...

Abstract: A refined method of analysis for the elastic stability of rigid frames considering the prebuckling deformations due to primary bending moment is proposed. It differs from the method presented originally by Chwalla, and ...

Abstract: An accurate finite-element-method-based analysis to predict the ultimate hysteretic behavior of thin-walled steel columns subjected to seismic loading is presented in this paper. For this purpose, we develop the three-surface ...

Abstract: Branched crack problems are analyzed in two-dimensional, anisotropically elastic homogeneous solids. The method of analysis is based on the complex variable approach of Savin and Lekhnitskii. The ...