期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (7)
Because of the vulnerability of roof sheathing panel to wind load, light-frame wood low-rise buildings often suffer from serious destructions in typho......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (7)
A novel self-centering device that employs disc springs as its kernel components is developed and experimentally verified in this study. The device is......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (9)
Nonlinear analyses of structures under dynamic excitation are becoming increasingly important in structural design and performance evaluation, but lar......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (9)
A strong mainshock may cause several aftershocks within a short interval. These aftershocks can make buildings damaged during the mainshock more vulne......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (7)
This paper analyzes the wind pressures on the claddings of a 600-m-high skyscraper in Shenzhen, China, during Super Typhoon Mangkhut on September 16, ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (10)
The existing theoretical models for the analysis of concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns are mainly limited to circular specimens. This paper is ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (10)
RC column-steel beam (RCS) systems, a novel type of hybrid structure, have been used widely in recent decades owing to their excellent seismic perform......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (10)
Top-and-seat angle connections are a conventional type of steel moment connection. However, their capacity in accommodating columns loss is rarely stu......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (6)
Aluminum alloys are being increasingly used in a wide range of construction applications owing to their sound mechanical properties, lightness in weig......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (6)
In detailed three-dimensional (3D) finite-element modeling, two-dimensional and/or 3D elements are widely used because of their high accuracy and ease......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (9)
Wind load is the designed control load for super-large cooling tower (SLCT) structures. Studies on wind resistance of those structures have focused ma......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (6)
Accurate prediction/forecasting of the future response of civil infrastructure plays an essential role in health monitoring and safety assessment. How......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (7)
This study experimentally and numerically demonstrated that the traditional basic shear method is not applicable for estimating the shear stresses in ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (7)
A comprehensive experimental database of bare steel and composite flush end-plate (FEP) connections, covering tests conducted within the last 50 years......
期刊: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, 2021; 147 (7)
Despite having a high strength-to-weight ratio and being chemically inert, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcing bars are not currently used in r......