The material properties, spatial configuration and variation in the construction of steel structures means they often have the potential for reconstru ...
The catastrophic earthquakes of the last decades (Mexico City, 1985; Loma Prieta, 1989; Northridge, 1994; Kobe, 1995) have seriously undermined there ...
Structural irregularities are one of the most frequent causes of severe damages in buildings, as evidenced by the numerous earthquakes in recent years ...
Irregular engineering structures are subjected to complicated additional loads which are often beyond conventional design models developed for traditi ...
In the past, facilities considered to be at the end of their useful life were demolished and replaced with new ones that better met the functional req ...
This volume reveals the behaviour and design of cold-formed steel structures, connections and systems. It describes the AISI Specification for the Des ...
This book is intended for classroom teaching in architectural and civil engineering at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Although it has been dev ...
Seismic Design of Building Structures provides essential background instruction for the seismic problems on the civil PE exam. Using relevant codes, t ...
On the First Edition:"The book is a success in providing a comprehensive introduction to the use of aluminumstructures . . . contains lots of useful i ...
Recommendations are given for member proportions, confinement of the column core in the joint region, control of joint shear stress, ratio of column-t ...
This book is an authoritative guide to the technical background and practical aspects of this European code of practice that will supersede correspond ...
