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3D Analyses of Buildings under Vertical Component of Earthquakes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)This study first investigates how to perform the 3D dynamic analysis of buildings under the vertical component of earthquakes. The analysis results indicate that (1) dividing a main girder into two elements is required to ... -
3D Beam Element for the Analysis of Torsional Problems of Steel-Structures in Fire
(ASCE, 2020)The paper presents the development of a three-dimensional (3D) beam element for the analysis of steel structures in fire that properly accounts for the degradation of the torsional strength and stiffness owing to thermal ... -
3D Flutter Analysis of Bridges by Spline Finite-Strip Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)This paper presents a numerical analysis procedure for the 3D flutter analysis of bridges based on the spline finite-strip method. The finite-strip method has been extended, for the first time here, to the area of bridge ... -
3D Nonlinear Finite-Element Modeling of Lap Splices in UHPFRC
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Development in ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) structural applications that has taken place over the last two decades has generated innovative concepts that could significantly impact the concrete ... -
3D Simulation of End‐Plate Bolted Connections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)A methodology based on finite‐element modeling is developed to analytically evaluate the moment‐rotation relationships for steel bolted end‐plate connections. ANSYS, version 4.4, a large‐scale general‐purpose finite‐element ... -
3D Solid Finite-Element Analysis of Cyclically Loaded RC Structures Allowing Embedded Reinforcement Slippage
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)It is a well established experimental fact that slippage of reinforcement may sometimes play an important role in the response of cyclically loaded reinforced concrete (RC) structures, especially in cases of beam-column ... -
3D Wind-Excited Response of Slender Structures: Closed-Form Solution
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)Along-wind, crosswind, and torsional vibrations of structures are different aspects of the same physical phenomenon. Despite this fact, each aspect has been the object of numerous studies involving lines of research that ... -
3‐D Characteristics of RC Wall Response
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)There is a lack of established guidelines for the seismic design of reinforced concrete (RC) walls with nonplanar shapes such as L and T. Inelastic responses of such walls may be governed by biaxial flexure irrespective ... -
3‐D Nonlinear Seismic Behavior of Cable‐Stayed Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)The dynamic behavior of three‐dimensional (3‐D) long‐span cable‐stayed bridges under seismic loadings is studied. The cases of synchronous and nonsynchronous support motions due to seismic excitations of these flexible ... -
A 2DOF Method to Study the Influence of Cladding Characteristics on the Response of the Supporting Structure under Blast Loading
(ASCE, 2022/12/01)A common approach of blast-resistant design for external detonation is to design the envelope of a structure to absorb most of the applied blast load impulse, by exploiting the mechanisms of plastic energy absorption and ... -
A CNN-Based Ground Motion Selection Method Considering the Impact of Frequency and Time Characteristics of Ground Motions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The time characteristics (TCs) of ground motions (GMs) significantly affect the seismic response of tall buildings; however, few existing GM selection methods effectively consider the impact of the TCs of GMs. This leads ... -
A Collapse Mechanics-Based Criterion for the Optimal Proportioning of Steel Moment Frames Subjected to Earthquakes
(ASCE, 2022/10/01)Given a certain steel budget, what is the optimal way of distributing it over the height of a steel moment frame building to maximize collapse resistance during earthquakes? An optimality criterion based on the mechanics ... -
A Comparative Shaking Table Study on Inelastic Torsion and Torsional Performance of Conventional Thermal Power Plant Main Building and Thermal Power Plant Main Building with the Buckling-Restrained Braces
(ASCE, 2022/07/07)In this paper, the shaking table tests and finite element analyses were conducted on the traditional thermal power plant main building and the thermal power plant main building with BRBs, respectively. The differences in ... -
A Crowdsensing-Based Framework for Indirect Bridge Monitoring Using Mel-Frequency Cepstral Analysis Considering Elimination of Operational Effects
(ASCE, 2024/01/01)This paper puts forward an indirect bridge monitoring method using Mel-frequency cepstral analysis of inverse-filtered drive-by acceleration signals collected through smartphones. Crowdsensing-based approaches using data ... -
A Cyclic Backbone Curve for Shear-Critical Reinforced Concrete Walls
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Backbone curves are used in seismic design standards as the basis for developing component models for nonlinear static and dynamic analysis. Herein, data from 240 tests of rectangular, barbell, and flanged shear-critical ... -
A Cyclic Nonlinear Model for Concrete-Filled Tubes. I: Formulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1997)This paper presents a three-dimensional (3D) cyclic nonlinear finite-element model for concrete-filled steel tube (CFT) beam-columns and composite frame structures. This CFT beam finite element is incorporated into a matrix ... -
A Cyclic Nonlinear Model for Concrete-Filled Tubes. II: Verification
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1997)Part I of this two-part paper presents a three-dimensional (3D) cyclic nonlinear finite-element macromodel for concrete-filled steel tube (CFT) beam-columns and composite frame structures. The material formulation consists ... -
A Fast Strategy to Determine Efficient Shape Changes of Adaptable V-Expander Tensegrity Columns
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)The quality of being adaptable/deployable of tensegrity structures provides intriguing challenges for researchers and designers. In this work, the shape-change capabilities of a V-Expander tensegrity column are analyzed: ... -
A Framework for Collapse Vulnerability Assessment of Steel Beams Subjected to Increasing Loads and Nonuniform Longitudinal Temperature
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Steel beams are susceptible to large deformation and capacity reduction when subjected to elevated temperatures. Determination of collapse loads for structural steel members under fire is critical for realistic assessment ... -
A Framework to Guide Performance-Based Assessment of Buildings Following Extreme Events
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Following an extreme event, there is a brief window of opportunity to collect crucial data essential for developing valuable insights on the built environment’s performance. Recent investments in postevent performance ...