Results 51 to 60 of about 8,047 (213)

Seismic Fragility Analysis of Containment Structures in Nuclear Power Plants Considering Alkali‐Silica Reaction

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study quantifies the influence of alkali‐silica reaction (ASR) on the seismic fragility of prestressed concrete containment structures in nuclear power plants (NPPs). Global collapse was considered as the governing failure mode to maintain consistency with current risk assessment frameworks, and was captured using a finite element model ...
Chanyoung Kim, Hoang D. Nguyen, Oh‐Sung Kwon, Myoungsu Shin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the accuracy of traditional Pushover methods in regular RC structures [PDF]

مدل‌سازی پیشرفته در مهندسی عمران
In the traditional pushover method, which has been the noticed by seismic design code, only the effect of the first vibration mode of the structure is considered, reducing the accuracy of the results, especially in mid-rise and high-rise structures.
Nima Shahbazi, Reza Aghayari
doaj   +1 more source

Application of Fuzzy control algorithms for electric vehicle antilock braking/traction control systems [PDF]

, 2003
—The application of fuzzy-based control strategies has recently gained enormous recognition as an approach for the rapid development of effective controllers for nonlinear time-variant systems.
Bingham, Chris, Khatun, P, Mellor, P H, Schofield, N   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Seismic performance evaluation of a century‐old RC columns for railway's structural concrete

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Since the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 in Japan, reinforced concrete (RC) has been adopted for railway bridge piers, and some of these structures, now over 100 years old, continue to support transportation in the capital city of Tokyo. Evaluating the seismic performance of these few remaining RC structures has become an urgent issue. Because
Kousuke Kuwakino, Chikako Fujiyama, Koichi Maekawa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Damage and Seismic Performance Assessment of FRP-Retrofitted Multi-Storey RC Buildings

Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 2015
Structures should be designed for a long in-service life at the lowest cost. Performance based design (PBD) can be used for damage and performance assessment of older FRP-retrofitted multi-storey RC moment resisting frames (MRFs).
S. S. MAHINI
doaj   +1 more source

Bond‐slip modeling for reinforced concrete beam‐column joints with plain reinforcement bars: Insights from numerical validation

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract The previous seismic events indicated the vulnerability of old reinforced concrete (RC) structures against earthquakes due to the absence of seismic detailing and capacity design specifications in such buildings. In this context, beam‐column joints (BCJ) of the existing RC structures built before the 1970s have exhibited poor structural ...
Peyman Sabbahfar, José Melo, Humberto Varum, Hugo Rodrigues   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Numerical modelling of in-plane behaviour of adobe walls [PDF]

, 2010
Some tests for material characterization of adobe blocks and adobe masonry have been carried out in universities and laboratories around the world. However, the number of tests is quite limited in comparison with those carried out with other structural ...
Blondet, M., Camata, G., Spacone, E., Tarque, N., Varum, H.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Long-Period Building Response to Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area [PDF]

, 2008
This article reports a study of modeled, long-period building responses to ground-motion simulations of earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area. The earthquakes include the 1989 magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake, a magnitude 7.8 simulation of the ...
Aagaard, Brad T., Heaton, Thomas H., Olsen, Anna H.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

From bias to bliss: Racial preferences and worker productivity in tennis

Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate the impact of differences in consumers' racial preferences on worker productivity through the example of the home advantage (HA) effect using data on wins in men's tennis from 2001 to 2020 (pre‐COVID‐19). We identify players' racial affiliation as one of five distinct groups by combining clustering and facial recognition methods.
Carsten Creutzburg, Wolfgang Maennig, Steffen Q. Mueller   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic capacity evaluation of unreinforced masonry residential buildings in Albania [PDF]

, 2012
This study evaluates seismic capacity of the unreinforced masonry buildings with the selected template designs constructed per pre-modern code in Albania considering nonlinear behaviour of masonry.
H. Bilgin, O. Korini
core   +1 more source