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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"elastic design"”.
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Elastic design. Tools for alternative understandings
Imagine stretching an elastic measurement tape. Unexpectedly, a space for speculative thoughts is genuinely expanding your mind. This practice-based project in speculative design explores possibilities for disrupting everyday constructs of reality, which are apparent in regulations of time, space …
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Feasibility of fiber reinforced composite materials used in highway bridge superstructures
… of highway bridge superstructures. Bridge deck designs can be done according to <i>AASHTO</i>¹ specification and elastic design concepts. In order to evaluate the feasibility of composites as structural materials of highway bridge superstructures, composite materials are compared not only to …
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Design of One-Story Hollow Structural Section (HSS) Columns Subjected to Large Seismic Drift
… (HSS) is investigated for stability using three design methods: elastic design, plastic hinge design, and pinned base design. First, for elastic design, the compression and flexural strength of the HSS columns are calculated according to the AISC specifications, and the story drift ratio that …
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Characterizing the Load-Deformation Behavior of Steel Deck Diaphragms using Past Test Data
… code level seismic demands used for diaphragm design are considerably lower than demands in real structures during a seismic event. However, historical data has shown that steel deck diaphragms, common to steel framed buildings, perform exceptionally well during earthquake events. A new …
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Seismic response of structures with Coulomb damping
… (friction) damping in earthquake-resistant design of structures is examined by studying the seismic response characteristics of structures with various arrangements of sliding interfaces. First, three basic arrangements are studied for their effectiveness in reducing lateral displacements of …
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Prestressed cable domes: structural behavior and design
… Not much has been written about the structural design of cable domes. This study was based on an extensive review of technical literature and direct correspondence with the designers of cable domes. The contributions of this study will benefit both structural designers and academic researchers …
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Seismic retrofit of existing reinforced concrete moment resisting frame structures using diagonal prestressing
… made available with a new perspective on seismic design, including uniform hazard spectra provided for each city for static and dynamic analyses. Due to a greater understanding of seismic response of structures and the Canadian seismicity, the NBCC has increased the values of elastic base shears …
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The tuned mass damper inerter for passive vibration control and energy harvesting in dynamically excited structural systems
… expressions are derived for optimal TMDI design/tuning parameters using the well-established and widely applied for the case of the classical TMD semi-empirical fixed-point theory. It is shown that for the same attached mass the TMDI system is more effective than the classical TMD to …