Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice: Recent submissions
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Challenges and Constructability Solutions for New Flare Gas Recovery Modifications in Oil and Gas Refineries: Case Studies for Five Different Flare Stacks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Changes and modifications to existing equipment and structures are often required to meet the process industry’s environmental regulations. Creative constructability solutions help minimize shutdown periods that affect ... -
Steel Truss Anchorage of Cast-in-Situ Foamed Concrete Wall in Earthquake-Resistant Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The technical specifications of Chinese standards require cast-in-situ foamed concrete nonstructural walls to be anchored by steel ties, structural reinforced cast-in-situ concrete columns, and reinforced cast-in-situ ... -
Cold-Formed Steel Slotted Track Design Strength
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Slotted tracks are commonly used in the construction of nonload-bearing infill walls in steel and concrete frame structures. These members are configured with closely spaced slots in the track flanges to accommodate the ... -
Optimization of Eccentrically Loaded Reinforced-Concrete Isolated Footings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Footing design should satisfy the requirements as specified in the design standards of a country. The tendency of most of the conventional design approaches is to achieve design requirements first and estimate economics ... -
Optimal Steel Section Length of the Composite Rigid-Frame Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The composite rigid-frame bridge replaces a specific concrete section of the midspan girder of a concrete rigid-frame bridge with a steel section. Although the added steel section improves the bending moment distribution ... -
Various Schemes for Strengthening Concrete Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Increased traffic loads and the creation of passages and openings in buildings by cutting a piece of slab or a portion of a wall require the strengthening of the weak or impaired member. Means are various: addition of a ... -
Effect of Soil-Foundation Interaction on the Dynamic Response of a Four-Cylinder Compressor Foundation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The dynamic response of a machine-foundation system depends on several factors, such as (1) the soil dynamic properties, (2) geometric properties of the foundation, (3) amplitude of the applied dynamic loads, and (4) ... -
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Experimental and Safety Evaluation of Cold-Formed Steel Standing-Seam Metal Roof Panels
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Failure of metal roof is the most commonly observed damage in cyclones. Significant numbers of metal roof coverings, corners, and eaves are damaged. International codes of practice specify the procedure for the calculation ... -
Equalizing Octagonal PEC Columns with Steel Columns: Experimental and Theoretical Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Today, the use of composite sections of concrete and steel is increasing. In this study, the behavior of two partially encased composite (PEC) columns is studied experimentally under pure compressive and bending loads. ... -
Estimating In Situ Compressive Strength of Existing Concrete Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)An upper-bound and lower-bound approach using a combination of the rebound hammer test or Windsor probe test and ultrasonic pulse velocity test or core test for estimating in situ compressive strength of existing concrete ... -
Compressed Stabilized Earth Block Shell Housing: Performance Considerations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The adoption of structurally superior forms, such as domes and vaults, in combination with cheap, locally available materials is an efficient solution to low-cost housing. Earthen building materials, in particular, offer ... -
Lifting Lug with Pinhole Bushing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Lifting lugs are most commonly designed as a flat plate with a hole to receive a shackle or as a flat plate with reinforcing plates, typically called cheek plates or doubler plates, on both sides of the main plate to ... -
Recommendations for Determining Debris Loads for Tainter Gates
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This article compares the current estimated debris line-load value of 6.78 kN/m (5 kips/ft) on Tainter gates within engineering manuals and technical letters to recent research findings on impact loads. The intent of this ... -
Structural Dynamic Characteristics of Ancient Egyptian Obelisks and Their Responses to Earthquake Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Ancient Egyptian obelisks have existed for several millennia and have withstood numerous natural disasters. This study investigated the structural dynamic characteristics and the responses of several obelisks to earthquakes ... -
Implementation of BIM in Small Home-Building Businesses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Implementation of building information modeling (BIM) in all levels and types of building projects in the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry can considerably improve cost, time, quality, and ... -
Floor Vibration Control as a Serviceability Requirement in Design Standards and Practices: Review
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Serviceability requirements are considered in any building design to maintain the occupants’ comfort and protection for nonstructural elements. Specifically, floor system deflection and vibration are two important issues ... -
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(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)An office floor with a typical grid size of 1.8 × 8 m in a multistory building was considered for design with flat-slab, flat-plate, and beam-slab systems. In all cases, both RC and post-tensioned systems were used for the ... -
Hazards and Risk in Construction and the Impact of Incentives and Rewards on Safety Outcomes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Workplace hazards, when combined with demanding task, organizational factors, work environments, personal factors, and external factors can produce unacceptable safety risks to field personnel and may lead to severe workplace ... -
Simplified Analytical Models to Predict Low-Velocity Impact Response of RC Beams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Nowadays, evaluation of the impact resistance of structures is receiving immense attention among engineers and researchers because of the increase in accidental and/or malicious incidents around the world. Although numerous ...