by Applied Element Method | Oct 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
The 2011 Tohuku tsunami on the east coast of Japan resulted in killing more than 15,000 people and missing more than 2,500 people, washing away of more than 250 coastal bridges and loss of US$235 billion. Collapse of coastal bridges due to tsunami impact represents a...
by Applied Element Method | Sep 5, 2014 | Journals
Structural identification continues to develop an expanding role within performance-based civil engineering by offering a means to construct high-fidelity analytical models of in-service structures calibrated to experimental field measurements. Although continued...
by Applied Element Method | Jun 30, 2014 | Journals
Although there are numerous hazards that could trigger the progressive collapse of a building, there are limited provisions in related codes regarding the design of structures to withstand exposure to such threats. It is thus expedient to limit the extent of damage to...
by Applied Element Method | Jun 15, 2014 | Conferences
Progressive collapse is, according to GSA (2003), a situation where local failure of a primary structural component leads to the collapse of adjoining members which, in turn, leads to additional collapse. Since the experimental studies are costly and difficult to...
by Applied Element Method | Dec 16, 2013 | Journals
Progressive collapse of the buildings has become an important issue to be studied in recent years due to the catastrophic nature of its effects. This subject can be approached from two different perspectives: one where an ideal collapse of the structure is aimed to be...
