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Springer Advances In Engineering Structures Mechanics & Construction2006 Edition by M. Pandey Wei-Chau Xie Lei Xu
This book presents the proceedings of an International Conference on Advances in Engineering Structures Mechanics & Construction held in Waterloo Ontario Canada May 14-17 2006. The contents include contains the texts of all three plenary presentations and all seventy-three technical papers by more than 153 authors presenting the latest advances in engineering structures mechanics and construction research and practice. Table of contents : Preface; Dedication; PLENARY PRESENTATIONS; Forty Years of Engineering Structures Mechanics and Construction; Research at the University of Waterloo by Mircea 1 Cohn and Donald E. Grierson; Isospectral Vibrating Systems by G.M.L. Gladwell; Cold-Formed Steel Research at the University of Waterloo by KM. Schuster; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; Sulphide Sulphate and Sulphuric Acid Corrosion of Concrete in Laboratory Tests by V Assaad Abdelmseeh J. C. Jofriet S. C. Negi and G. Hayward; Summary of Development and Use of CSA 2004 Shear Design Provisions by Evan C. Bentz Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks Using TAM Network by Hitoshi Furuta Hiroshi Hattori and Dan M. Frangopol; An Approximate Damage Model for Concrete under Finite Deformation by S. Khajehpour G.D. Morandin andR.G. Sauve; Dynamic Response Analysis for a Large-Scale RC Girder under a Falling-Weight Impact Loading by N. Kishi T Ohno H. Konno and A. Q. Bhatti; Damage States for Reinforced CMU Masonry Shear Walls by Jia Li and Terence A. Weigel; Seismic Behaviour of Precast Column-to-Foundation Grouted Sleeve Connections by Paolo Riva; Air-Void Stability in Fresh Self-Consolidating Concretes Incorporating Rice Husk Ash 129 Md. Safiuddin G.R. FitzGerald J.S. West and K.A. Soudki; Behavior of Concrete Bridge Decks Reinforced with MMFX Steel by Hatem Seliem Gregory Lucier Sami Rizkalla and Paul Zia; Evaluation of Shear Design Methods for Large Lightly-Reinforced Concrete Beams by E.G. Sherwood E.C. Bentz and M.R Collins; FRP Repair of Corrosion-Damaged Concrete Beams - Waterloo Experience by Khaled A. Soudki; Compressive Strength Testing of Earthen Plasters for Straw Bale Wall Application by Brendon Taylor Stephen Vardy and Cohn MacDougall; STEEL STRUCTURES; GBT-Based Structural Analysis of Thin-Walled Members: Overview Recent Progress and Future Developments by D. Camotim N. Silvestre R. Goncalves and R B. Dinis; Evolutionary Optimization of Braced Steel Frameworks for Tall Buildings Using a Hybrid OC-GA Method by C.-M. Chan and K.-M. Wong; Fundamental Characteristics of New High Modulus CFRP Materials for Strengthening Steel Bridges and Structures by Mina Dawood Emmett Sumner and Sami Rizkalla; Modeling of Axially Loaded HSS Slender Steel Members Retrofitted with Composites by Amr Shaat Waleed Safwat El Sayed Fahmy and Amir Fam; Quantifying Inherent Robustness in Structural Steel Framing Systems by Christopher M. Foley Kristine Martin and Carl Schneeman; Stainless Steel Rebar for Seismic Applications by Alberto Franchi Pietro Crespi Aldo Bennani and Marco Farinet; Spread of Plasticity: An Adaptive Gradual Plastic-Hinge Approach for Steel Frames by Yanglin Gong; Empirical Analysis of Memetic Algorithms for Conceptual Design of Steel Structural Systems in Tall Buildings by Rafal Kicinger and Tomasz Arciszewski Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of Prying of Top- and Seat-Angle Connections by M. Komuro N. Kishi and A. Ahmed; Fully Stressed Seismic Design of Dampers in Framed Structures by Robert Levy and Oren Lavan; Inelastic Analysis of Semirigid Frameworks by Y Liu L. Xu and D.E. Grierson; A New Method for Analysis of Structures Including Nonlinear Semirigid Connections by Hamid Moharrami; Evaluation of a Forty-Year Old T.Y. Lin Designed Elliptical Post-Tensioned Cable-Supported Roof by Randall W Poston; Story Based Ductility Models for Displacement Based Design of Steel Frames by Mohammad Safi; "Plastique" - A Computer Program for 3D Inelastic Analysis of Multi-Storey Buildings by Vlasis K. Koumousis Eleni N. Chatzi and Savvas P. Triantafillou; COLD FORMED STEEL; Analytical Predictions of Strength and Deflection of Light Gauge Steel Frame/Wood Panel Shear Walls by C. Y Chen A.F Okasha and C.A. Rogers; Innovative Cold-Formed Steel I-Joist by R.A. LaBoube; Determination of the Lateral Strength of Shear Wall Panels with Cold-Formed Steel Frames by Joel MartInez and Lei Xu; Model Decomposition for Thin-Walled Member Stability Using the Finite Strip Method by B. W Schafer and S. Adany; Study on Shear Resistance of Cold-Formed Steel Stud Walls in Residential Structure by Zhou XuHong Shi Yu Zhou Iianhua Liu Yongjian and Di Jin; ENGINEERING MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS; Learning Self-Diagnosis and Multi-Objective Control of an Active Tensegrity Structure by Bernard Adam and Ian E C. Smith; Micro- and Macro-Mechanical Approaches for Modelling of Polyethylene Material for Pipes by J.A. Alvarado-Contreras H. Liu M.A. Polak and A. Penlidis; The Mechanics of Early Embryo Development: Insights from Finite Element Modeling by Xiaoguang Chen and G. Wayne Brodland; Applications of Random Field Models in Stochastic Structural Mechanics by Christian Bucher; Relative NDT Evaluation of the Side Walls of a Brick Channel by Giovanni Cascante Homayoun Najjaran and Paolo Ronca; Crack Induced Stress Field in an Elastic-Plastic Plate by R.N. Dubey Micro/Meso-Analysis of Polymer Composites with Damage Evolution by Fernand Ellyin Zihui Xia and Yunfa Zhang; Galerkin Method for Stochastic Algebraic Equations and Plates on Random Elastic Foundation by Mircea Grigoriu; Hypercube Point Concentrations Sampling Technique by H.P. Hong; Asymptotically-Correct Structural Modelling of Thin-Walled Anisotropic Closed Cross-Section Rotating Slender Beams by F Khouli FE Afagh and KG. Langlois; Dynamic Sensitivities Using Efficient Reanalysis of Structures by U. Kirsch M. Bogomolni and I. Sheinman; Symmetrization of Some Linear Conservative Nonself-Adjoint Systems by B.L. Ly; Interactive Knowledge-Based Assistance for Conceptual Design of Building Structures by Rodrigo Mora Hugues Rivard Steve Parent and Claude Bedar; High Performance Computational Modelling of Microstructural Phenomena in Polycrystalline Metals by K. Inal and K.W Neale; Interactive Visualisation Systems for Conceptual Building Design: A Practical Approach by M. Y Rafiq M. Beck and I. Packham; Assessing Alternative Prefabrication Methods: Logistical Influences by Robert Seaker and Sang-Hoon Lee; A Study of Quasi-Static Delamination in Sandwich Structures by Srinivasan Sridharan and Yupeng Li; On the Monte Carlo Simulation of Moment Lyapunov Exponents by Wei-Chau Xie and Qinghua Huang; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; Mathematical Programming in Structural Mechanics - The Past and the Future by Adam Borkowski; Optimization Method of Pile Foundations by Anthony J. Hurd and Kevin Z Truman; Gradient Based Optimization of Added Viscous Damping in Seismic by Robert Levy and Oren Lavan; Strategies for Computational Efficiency in Continuum Structural Topology Optimization by Colby C. Swan and Salam F Rahmatalla; Damage Detection Using Static Response Data and Optimality Criterion by Kevin Truman and Gus Terlaje; ENGINEERING RELIABILITY; System Reliability Assessment of Steel Girder Bridges by ArturA. Czarnecki and Andrzej S. Nowak; Reliability of Bilinear SDOF Systems Subjected to Earthquake Loading by H.P. Hong and P. Hong; Risk-Based Maintenance Optimization of Aging Highway Bridge Decks by Zoubir Lounis; A Comparison of Probabilistic Models of Deterioration for Life Cycle Management of Structures by M.D. Pandey and X. -X. Yuan; Time-Variant Reliability Analysis for Series Systems with Log-Normal Vector Response by Sayan Gupta Pieter van Gelder and Mahesh Pandey; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; In-Pipe Ground Penetrating Radar for Non-Destructive Evaluation of PVC Lined Concrete Pipe by Samuel i: Ariaratnam and Noel Guercio; Freeform Construction Application Research by R.A. Buswell R.C. Soar A.G.F Gibb andA. Thorpe; Risk Identification and Response Methods: Views of Large Scale Contractors Working in Developing Countries by A. Samer Ezeldin and Wallied Orabi; Better Visualization for Multiple-Site Infrastructure Programs Using GIS by Tarek Hegazy; Glass-Plastic Hybrid Construction by J. Hildebrand and F Werner; Development of New Bridge Restrainer Using Laminated Fiber Reinforced Rubber by Nobutaka Ishikawa Yashushi Nishimoto and Toni Ukishima; Collapse Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Slabs: Are the Up and Down Roads One and the Same? by David Johnson Decision Support System for Bridge Network Maintenance Planning by Ming Liu and Dan M. Frangopol; Antimicrobial Treated Construction Materials and Air Filters Reduce Facility Bioburden and Improve Air Quality in a Healthcare Environment by G.M. McNeice O.Z. Tyler and D. W Blackhurst Comprehensive Strategy for HSC Best Performance in Extensive Applications of Landmark Works in Italy by A. Migliacci P. Ronca P. Crespi and G. Franchi; Author Index.show more