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Post-Tensioned Structural Glass Beams - Comparative Experimental Study

This paper presents a study of a system of post-tensioned structural glass beams. In order to increase the initial fracture strength of glass beams and provide residual load-carrying capacity in the event of glass failure, annealed laminated glass beams ar ...

2015

Flexural deformations of URM piers: Comparison of analytical models with experiments

Katrin Beyer, Sarah Petry

Despite the fact that displacement-based methods are now frequently applied when assessing the seismic performance of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures, the displacement capacity of in-plane loaded URM piers is still estimated from empirical rather tha ...

2014

Rotation capacity and stress redistribution ability of R-UHPFRC-RC composite continuous beams: an experimental investigation

Talayeh Noshiravani

The results of tests on two continuous composite beams combining a reinforced concrete (RC) beam with a layer of reinforced ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (R-UHPFRC) are presented. The R-UHPFRC element acts both as a tensile membrane and ...

Springer Verlag2013

Concrete shells – Towards efficient structures: Construction of an ellipsoidal concrete shell in Switzerland

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz

Concrete shells have been widely used in the past as economical and suitable solutions for a number of structures such as roofs, silos, cooling towers or offshore platforms. Taking advantage of their single or double curvature, bending moments and shear fo ...

Structural Concrete2013

Configuration of control system for damage tolerance of a tensegrity bridge

Ian Smith, Nizar Bel Hadj Ali, Sinan Korkmaz

Tensegrity structures are spatial, discrete, and lightweight structures that are composed of struts in compression and pre-stressed cables. Stability is provided by the self-stress state between elements independently of external actions. Tensegrity struct ...

Elsevier2012

Development of fragility functions as a damage classification/prediction method for steel moment-resisting frames using a wavelet-based damage sensitive feature

Dimitrios Lignos

Fragility functions are commonly used in performance-based earthquake engineering for predicting the damage state of a structure subjected to an earthquake. This process often involves estimating the structural damage as a function of structural response, ...

Wiley-Blackwell2012

Asynchronous variational integrators as a mechanical tool for dimensioning thin-shell structures

Yves Weinand, Tudor Ratiu

This is an interdisciplinary research project. This proposal presents research directions in the mechanics of thin-shell and rod theory by using the formalism of discrete mechanics applied to the study of structures in civil engineering. Its aims are to co ...

2011

Fragile yet Ductile, Structural Aspects of Reinforced Glass Beams

Pieter Christian Louter

This dissertation investigates the structural aspects of reinforced glass beams. The concept of these beams, which are intended for building applications, is to provide redundancy even if the glass is broken. This redundancy is obtained through a small rei ...

Delft University of Technology2011

Active tensegrity structures with sliding cables - static and dynamic behaviour

Ian Smith, Landolf-Giosef-Anastasios Rhode-Barbarigos, Nizar Bel Hadj Ali

Tensegrities are spatial, reticulated and lightweight structures that are increasingly investigated as structural solutions for active and deployable structures. Tensegrity systems are composed only of axially loaded elements providing opportunities for ac ...

2011

Analysis of clustered tensegrity structures using a modified dynamic relaxation algorithm

Ian Smith, Landolf-Giosef-Anastasios Rhode-Barbarigos, Nizar Bel Hadj Ali

Elsevier2011

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