Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice: Recent submissions
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Compaction and Compression Behavior of Waste Materials and Fiber-Reinforced Cement-Treated Sand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This research evaluated the effects of various percentages of crumb rubber, tire scrap fibers, palm fibers, polymer bags fibers, palm ash, and polypropylene fibers on the compaction and compression behavior of clayey sand ... -
Code Provisions to Limit Plan Area Projections in RC Buildings with Complex Plan Geometry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Buildings with varied plan geometries and projections are influenced by their torsional effects, reentrant corners, and floor flexibility, and they have experienced severe damage or collapse in past earthquakes. Building ... -
Camera-Based Real-Time Damage Identification of Building Structures through Deep Learning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Real-time damage identification (DI) augments smart structures with instant damage information. Capturing the severity and location of the damage via real-time DI will allow for effective scheduling of preventive measures ... -
Buckling Behavior and Design Optimization of Stiffened-Aluminum Cylindrical Shells under External Pressure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Ring stiffeners are preferably used to enhance thin-walled cylindrical shell buckling resistance while subjected to external lateral pressure. A comprehensive finite element (FE) numerical study investigated the influence ... -
Bond Performance of Thermally Shocked Foam, Normal Concrete, and Carbon Fiber–Reinforced Polymer Sheets in Anchorage Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Using foam concrete (FC) as a building material is a new way in the construction world to gain many advantages that are not available in normal concrete. Therefore, this research investigates the potential for anchoring ... -
BIM Reliability Prediction Method for Construction Schedule of Prefabricated Hollow Floor Based on Heterogeneous Data Fusion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In order to improve the prediction ability of the construction progress of a prefabricated hollow floor, a building information modeling (BIM) reliability prediction method for the construction progress of prefabricated ... -
Biaxial Moment–Thrust–Curvature for Metal Cross Sections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The strength of cross section of different metals subjected to axial load and biaxial bending has been a problem of great interest for decades. Due to its complexity, this topic is addressed in short chapters in classical ... -
Beam-to-Gusset Plate Connection Using a New Method to Shift the Plastic Hinge to the Outside of the Connection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In special concentrically braced frames (SCBFs), beam-brace-column connections are fully rigid due to the presence of gusset plates and are the most important source for frame action. Research has shown that beams connected ... -
Uncertainty Analysis in Tunnel Deformation Using Monte Carlo Simulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Calculating in situ rock stresses is increasingly imperative due to the complexities and limitations associated with testing techniques, equipment, assumptions, and the subjective interpretation of test results. Estimating ... -
UBFS-Based Fiber-Reinforced Geopolymer Concrete as Jacketing Material for Retrofitting
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Recently, a new sustainable binder named geopolymer has gained significant momentum due to its cost-effectiveness and environmental benefits. In the present paper, material characterization of fiber-reinforced geopolymer ... -
Sustainable Use of Steel Macrofibers and Polypropylene Microfibers Combined with Nanosilica for Precast Concrete Pavements in Underground Mining
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The sustainable development of mining and innovation in concrete pavements for underground mining motivate the use of new additives in concrete applicable to prefabricated construction systems. According to the literature, ... -
Sulfate Ion Diffusion Assessment of Blended Cement Concrete with Fly Ash and Limestone Powder
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Limited data are available on the measurement of sulfate diffusivity in blended cement-based materials. An experimental study of the diffusion of magnesium sulfate ions in blended cement concrete was performed using different ... -
Study on the Mechanical Properties of Retrofitted Concrete Damaged under Fire and Rapid Cooling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The present study concentrated on the mechanical performance and microstructure characterization of fire-affected concrete cylinders. The enhancement of properties of fire-damaged cylinders through the retrofitting technique ... -
Strengthening Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams with Web Openings Using CFRP, Steel Plates, and Skin Reinforcement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Web openings in deep RC beams significantly reduce the strength and stiffness of these structural elements. To overcome this, strengthening practices have been implemented by incorporating various techniques. Several studies ... -
Strengthening of Eccentric and Concentric Reinforced Concrete Columns Using CFRP Sheets with and without Confinement: A Numerical Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Strengthening reinforced concrete columns (RCC) has become an essential technique due to its critical role in existing structures rehabilitation. The behavior of RCC strengthened with fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) was ... -
Strength of Round Structural Pins
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The design and performance of pinned connections has been investigated and reported in the literature extensively. Most of this work is concentrated on the connected plates, with relatively little attention given to the ... -
Sixty-Degree Steel Angle Sections for Communication Towers with Triangular Bases
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A triangular configuration is preferred over square configuration for communication towers due to significant weight reduction and less space for installation. Using 60° angles as leg members in triangular towers will ... -
Site-Specific Fragility Assessment of an RC Building Equipped with MR Dampers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Earthquakes, as common natural disasters that cause loss of life and property, prompt the need for minimizing damage and casualties. This is achieved through fragility assessment, a method that involves evaluating a ... -
Simplified Lateral Load Design Equations and Applications for Embedded Wood Pole Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Embedded wood pole foundations have been successfully used over many years for single-pole applications such as flag poles and utility poles. This type of construction has also been used for buildings for hundreds of years ... -
Simple Analytical Procedure for Hand Calculation for the Push-Down Curve of RC Buildings with Lost Column on the First Floor
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The goal of this research was the analytical determination in a closed form of the linearized push-down curves of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings subjected to instantaneous lost of a column at the first floor. The ...