Abstract: Upon recent research, steel plate shear wall (SPSW) is known as an effective lateral force resisting system in high seismic zones. However, there are still areas of concern in the design and construction of this system ...

Abstract: High winds at a maximum speed of 96 mph (43 m/s) hit the Columbia Regional Airport in Missouri on June 17, 1985, causing heavy damage to parked aircraft, hangars, building glass windows, automobiles, and so on. A post‐disaster ...

Abstract: Water is essential to improving social equity, promoting just economic development and protecting the function of the Earth system. It is therefore important to have access to credible models of water consumption, so as ...

Abstract: Plastic concrete is used widely in the construction of cut-off walls. These structures might be exposed to coupled effects of dynamic load along with confining pressure. Therefore, careful study of the impacts of these ...

Abstract: Recently the authors developed an output-only (or blind) identification technique for the modal identification of structures under ambient/free vibrations. In the present study, this method is extended to incorporate ...

Abstract: With a mean annual growth rate of roughly 50%, the solar industry has experienced unprecedented growth in the last decade, largely owing to the steadily falling prices of solar installations. Utility-scale energy prices ...