Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities: Recent submissions
Now showing items 681-700 of 2784
-
Monitoring of Beams in an RC Building during a Load Test Using Distributed Sensors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The understanding of the complex behavior of reinforced concrete elements in situ would be aided if distributed strain measurements were captured during load tests, potentially leading to more accurate assessments and load ... -
Structural Degradation Assessment of RC Buildings: Calibration and Comparison of Semeiotic-Based Methodology for Decision Support System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The condition assessment of existing buildings with special reference to the analysis of degradation level has been extensively and fruitfully applied in the field of maintenance and monitoring. This paper presents a ... -
Structural Damage Evaluation Method for Metro Shield Tunnel
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The reasonable damage evaluation method for tunnel structure can be used to determine the overall safety state of the tunnel structure and can help to establish the maintenance plan of the tunnel structure. As a fuzzy ... -
Compressive Capacity of Corroded Welded Hollow Spherical Joints
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Welded hollow spherical joints (WHSJs) are widely used in reticulated shell structures. WHSJs inevitably experience corrosion in their service life that significantly reduces their loading capacity, thus negatively affecting ... -
Retrofitting of Interior Slab-to-Column Connections for Punching Shear Using Different Techniques
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper presents different strengthening techniques to eliminate some drawbacks associated with the available techniques. The considered strengthening techniques for the punching shear of RC slabs use the combined effect ... -
Performance Evaluation and Reinforcement Measures for Transverse Separated Blocks during Steel Box Girder Installation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)In order to reduce size and weight during the transport and installation stage, a steel box girder needs to be separated into asymmetrical thin-walled blocks with open sections along the transverse direction. However, the ... -
Effect of Structural Redundancy on Progressive Collapse Resistance Enhancement in RC Frame Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Progressive collapse of building structures is a field of research that has received considerable attention all over the world. Moreover, the vulnerability of conventional reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings to ... -
Influence of Wetting and Drying on Swelling Parameters and Structure Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Structures subjected to distress by expansive soils generally show cracks of various types. These cracks are frequently used as an excuse to adopt nonrealistic decisions in construction practice. It is quite common to opt ... -
Performance Evaluation of Seismic Strengthened Irregular RC–Steel Hybrid Frames
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)New carbon emission requirements have brought about high demand for the retrofitting and strengthening of structures in power generation plants in order to accommodate the installation of pollution control devices. A typical ... -
Modeling the Effect of Occupants’ Behavior on Household Carbon Emissions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Occupant behavior has proven significant impact on building performance. The research on carbon emissions has therefore recommended the integration of the technical and behavioral disciplines in order to accurately predict ... -
Seismic Fragility Analysis of Corroded Chimney Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)High-rise reinforced concrete chimneys, used to expel waste gases, are commonly used structures in facilities such as chemical and power plants. Chimney structures located in marine areas are prone to corrosion. Regardless ... -
Degradation of Façades, Glazing, and Indoor Areas in Social Housing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Social housing patrimony requires reliable management during its service life that includes refurbishment, maintenance, and conservation plans to maintain buildings’ durability, quality, and performance. Refurbishment ... -
Identification of Hydraulic Structural Parameters under Limited Input Earthquake Records
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)For large hydraulic structures such as concrete gravity dams, it is hard to collect the input signal from the bedrock. On behalf of identifying the modal frequency and damping ratio of a concrete gravity dam, the Random ... -
System Identification and Seismic Assessment Modeling Implications for Italian School Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Extensive damage to school buildings has been observed during past earthquakes in Italy, with the 2002 Molise earthquake resulting in the complete collapse of a school building, leading to numerous casualties. In this ... -
Fatigue Assessment of Critical Connections in a Historic Eyebar Suspension Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The Hercílio Luz Bridge is an eyebar suspension bridge with a riveted girder built in 1926 in Brazil, in which severe fatigue damage was found after years of service. To provide guidance for rehabilitation of the bridge, ... -
Experimental and Field Performance of PP Band–Retrofitted Masonry: Evaluation of Seismic Behavior
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings exhibited extreme vulnerability during past earthquakes, although these are shelters for a majority population in many earthquake-prone developing countries. Most of the current ... -
Performance of Existing Subway Tunnels Undercrossed by Four Closely Spaced Shield Tunnels
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)With the extending of existing networks of metro systems, existing subway tunnels are more and more commonly undercrossed by new underground tunnels. Excessive deformation and even damage may occur in existing subway tunnels ... -
Lessons Learned from Two Elementary School Collapses during the May 20, 2013 Moore Tornado
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF5) tornado that hit the city of Moore, Oklahoma on May 13, 2013 caused over $2 billion in damages and tragically claimed the lives of 25 individuals. Briarwood Elementary School and Plaza ...