This study presents structural damage identification using power spectral density (PSD) approach for reinforced concrete bridge decks at varied deck thicknesses. The effect of vibrations due to the applied load on the ...

This research provides a reliability-based quantitative failure analysis of different architectural designs of the environmental control system (ECS) in commercial aircraft. The scope of analysis includes the two-, three-, ...

Excess soil stress may lead to an additional settlement or shear failure of the soil, which in both cases, causes damage to the structure. Therefore, geotechnical and structural engineers who design the foundation must ...

This study evaluates the performance of an RC frame structure using nonlinear static and nonlinear dynamic analysis procedures. To achieve this objective, five-moment resisting frames with 4,8,12,16,20 storied buildings ...

In this review article, we examine the behavior of earthen dams under earthquake movements. Earthen dams perform satisfactorily when exposed to strong earthquakes. Their performance is usually related to the nature of the ...

Lightning is a natural phenomenon when hits on a body causes multiple damages such as melting and burning at the point of contact, mechanical damage due to sound wave propagation and destruction due to magnetic flux. ...

Today oil, gas and petrochemical plants risk mitigation and management due to various aspects such as energy supply, financial implications, life loss and repairs has become a primary concern. One of the approaches that ...

Building-failure usually results to collapse if not discovered and properly addressed. Building-collapse/failure most times cause loss of properties and lives. A case study of a partially-collapsed one-story building is ...

When dealing with the construction of a bridge or the assessment of an existing bridge to traffic loads, one important point is the prediction of reliability levels for critical details to the expected traffic loads in its ...

Blast load is an impulse, unpredictable load occurs on the structure. It causes not only damage to the structure but also takes the life of the people, hence it is necessary required to protect the structure against the ...

This study presents the structural reliability of rolled steel beams on offshore platforms exposed to corrosion during their design service period and beyond. The rate of corrosion of the rolled steel beam was determined ...

Safety of critical industrial facilities such as Nuclear power plants has gained significant attention against external events in the last decade. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station disaster occurred due to flooding ...

Finding an appropriate system to absorb the intended energy of the earthquake is of great importance in seismic region. The eccentric bracing frame (EBF) is one of the structural systems that reveal proper behavior during ...

Nowadays assessment of fatigue and reliability of structures have increased dramatically. This is confirmed by the recommendations of the standards and constitutive model of concrete in which the rules and requirements to ...

This article is aimed to introduce a new hybrid analytical-digital technique for solving a wide range of problems in fluid mechanics. This method is according to the Different Transform Method (DTM) and Newton's Iterative ...

Designer of military and high-security facilities, planner, architects and engineers throughout the world are much concerned against a blast load on structures. Blast load is a human hazard occurring in the world, due to ...

The profound changes in engineering over the last few decades were reflected by ideas of uncertainty recognized in engineering today. Civil engineering structures like steel transmission poles are to be designed for loads ...