TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the feasibility of using the developed fiber Bragg grating sensors for structural health monitoring, via monitoring the strain of different parts of the Tsing Ma bridge under both the railway and highway loads as well as comparing the FBG sensors' performance with the conventional SWMS that has been operating at TMB since the bridge's commissioning in May 1997.

TL;DR: The results presented indicate that the effect of randomness in material response parameters is far less significant than theeffect of strong-motion characteristics, which indicates the importance of scrupulous selection and scaling ofstrong-motion and use of appropriate limit states and statistical models.

TL;DR: A field investigation of the 26 December 2004 south east Asia earthquake-and tsunami-affected areas in Thailand and Indonesia was conducted as mentioned in this paper, where the authors evaluated the effects of the event on buildings, bridges and infrastructure.

TL;DR: In this article, a probabilistic risk assessment method is developed to assess performance and reliability of low-rise light-frame wood residential construction in the United States subjected to hurricane hazards.

TL;DR: In this paper, a reinforced concrete slab, which was constructed and placed outside the laboratory, has been periodically vibration tested for nearly two years, and the results obtained over that time for the first four modes.

TL;DR: In this article, a more accurate material model and a continuous measure of cross-section deformation capacity were proposed to provide more rational and efficient designs for structural carbon steel sections, and the proposed method offers average increases in member resistances of around 20% over the current Eurocode approach, and a reduction in scatter of the prediction.

TL;DR: In this article, a unified equation for yield strength, elastic modulus, ultimate strength and ultimate strain of stainless steel at elevated temperatures is proposed, which is shown that the proposed equation accurately predicted the test results.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the potential benefit of using buckling-restrained braces in a dual system to minimize permanent deformations and showed significant improvements in reducing residual story drifts using the dual system.

TL;DR: In this paper, an optimal design theory for structures implemented with tuned mass dampers (TMDs) is proposed, and the optimal design parameters of TMDs in terms of damping coefficients and spring constants corresponding to each TMD are determined through minimizing a performance index of structural responses defined in the frequency domain.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the application of piezoceramic actuators in various civil structures such as beams, trusses, steel frames and cable-stayed bridges is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, a total of eight reinforced concrete (RC) beams were tested and analyzed: one control beam and seven reinforced with three to six layers of carbon fiber sheets bonded by an inorganic epoxy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided new test data pertaining to the seismic behavior of CFDST beam-columns and found that the predicted cyclic responses for the composite beamcolumns are generally in reasonable agreement with test results.

TL;DR: In this article, an ARMA method of adding turbulence to the non-turbulent wind speed was proposed to create a method suitable for generating wind speed time histories for the dynamic analysis of lattice structures subjected to downburst winds.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analytical model to predict the time required for cover cracking and the weight loss of reinforcing bars in corrosion affected reinforced concrete structures, which are in reasonably good agreement with the experimentally observed values as well as the analytical predictions of other researchers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the analysis performed for the characterization of the dynamic structural behavior of the bell tower of "Nuestra Sra. de la Misericordia Church" (Valencia, Spain).

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of different RCA replacement percentages (i.e., 0, 30, 50% and 100%) on the seismic performance of the reinforced recycled aggregate concrete frames are emphasized and analyzed in detail.

TL;DR: In this article, a hybrid methodology for seismic vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete (R/C) and masonry buildings developed at the University of Thessaloniki (Greece) is applied to the same building stock.

TL;DR: GPS results can be confirmed by accelerometer data and can shed light on problems such as Karman vortex vibrations, earthquake-induced oscillations and quasi-static deformations of most slender engineering structures, and may prove very useful in view of recent trends for displacement deformation-based antiseismic design.

TL;DR: In this article, two numerical models of friction dampers are proposed for single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) structures and validated with the results obtained from the analytical model considering an example of SDOF structures.

TL;DR: In this article, a nonlinear finite element model was used to investigate the behavior and design of axially loaded concrete-filled cold-formed high strength stainless steel tube columns, and the results obtained from the finite element analysis were verified against experimental results.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the member grouping together with the adaptive approach increase the probability of catching the global solution and enhance the performance of GAs.

TL;DR: In this article, the peak acceleration demands for acceleration-sensitive nonstructural components supported on elastic and inelastic regular moment-resisting frame structures are statistically analyzed, and the dependence of peak component accelerations on the location of the non-structural component in the structure, the damping ratio of the component, and properties of the supporting structure such as its modal periods, height, stiffness distribution, and strength.

TL;DR: In this article, two 1/3-scale, two-story, three-bay undamaged frames were tested to compare two types of strengthening techniques experimentally, and it was observed that both strengthened frames behaved similarly under reversed cyclic lateral loading.

TL;DR: In this paper, a nonlinear viscoelastic damage model was proposed to describe the behavior of high damping rubber under cyclic loads, and experimental tests were performed to obtain more accurate information about the behaviour of the material in cyclic shear paths with different strain rate and strain amplitude.

TL;DR: In this paper, the improved web crippling behavior of RHS (rectangular hollow section) strengthened by CFRP (Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer) was reported and design models were proposed to predict the increased capacity for CFRP strengthened RHS subjected to transverse end bearing force.

TL;DR: Luccioni et al. as discussed by the authors presented a study of Guzman's work at the Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet -Tucuman, Argentina.

TL;DR: In this article, two types of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) confined concrete cylinders were prepared: FRP jacketed concrete cylinders and FRP tube encased concrete cylinders, and the authors found that insufficiently confined cylinders behave similar to unconfined cylinders.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated finite element (FE) modeling techniques of composite steel girder bridges focusing on the overall flexural behavior of the system and compared the results with those of a detailed finite element model that uses solid elements.

TL;DR: In this paper, two-point loading tests were conducted in order to examine the flexural behavior of high strength steel-fiber reinforced concrete (HSFRC) elements with a minimum amount of reinforcement.