Abstract: The writer is engaged by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to study the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) report on the L'Ambiance Plaza Building collapse and develop supplemental information for ...

Abstract: In the traditional formula for determining the required embedment depth for nonconstrained posts it is assumed that shear and moment at grade have the same algebraic sign, as is the case for determinant structures that are ...

Abstract: Induction heating for stress improvement (IHSI) is a method for reducing the tensile weld induced stresses on the inner surfaces of the girth welded pipes. The process entails inductively heating ...

Abstract: A new stiffness matrix for the analysis of thin walled beams is derived. Starting from the principle of virtual displacements, an updated Lagrangian procedure for nonlinear analysis is developed. Inclusion of nonuniform ...

Abstract: A geometric stiffness matrix for a beam element has been derived in a related paper. The derived matrix implies quasitangential behavior of bending moments and semitangential behavior of torques. Use of this element matrix ...

Abstract: Several case histories of equipment failures in sour-condensate wells are presented, reasons for these failures are discussed, and means for avoiding such failures are suggested.

Abstract: Progressive collapse is a situation in which a localized failure in a structure, caused by an abnormal load, triggers a cascade of failure affecting a major portion of the structure. Several buildings have collapsed in ...

Abstract: A fundamental aim of developing and applying nonlinear analysis is to improve the quality of design by providing the engineer with a more reliable prediction of the performance of a structural system that is under design ...