Advances in Engineering Structures, Mechanics & Construction: Proceedings of an International Conference on Advances in Engineering Structures, Mechan (Hardcover)

Preface; Dedication; PLENARY PRESENTATIONS; Forty Years of Engineering Structures, Mechanics and Construction; Research at the University of Waterloo, by Mircea 1 Cohn and Donald E. Grierson; Isospectral Vibrating Systems, by G.M.L. Gladwell; Cold-Formed Steel Research at the University of Waterloo, by KM. Schuster; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; Sulphide, Sulphate and Sulphuric Acid Corrosion of Concrete in Laboratory Tests, by V Assaad Abdelmseeh, J. C. Jofriet, S. C. Negi and G. Hayward; Summary of Development and Use of CSA 2004 Shear Design Provisions, by Evan C. Bentz Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks Using TAM Network, by Hitoshi Furuta, Hiroshi Hattori and Dan M. Frangopol; An Approximate Damage Model for Concrete under Finite Deformation, by S. Khajehpour, G.D. Morandin andR.G. Sauve; Dynamic Response Analysis for a Large-Scale RC Girder under a Falling-Weight Impact Loading, by N. Kishi, T Ohno, H. Konno and A. Q. Bhatti; Damage States for Reinforced CMU Masonry Shear Walls, by Jia Li and Terence A. Weigel; Seismic Behaviour of Precast Column-to-Foundation Grouted Sleeve Connections, by Paolo Riva; Air-Void Stability in Fresh Self-Consolidating Concretes Incorporating Rice Husk Ash 129 Md. Safiuddin, G.R. FitzGerald, J.S. West and K.A. Soudki; Behavior of Concrete Bridge Decks Reinforced with MMFX Steel, by Hatem Seliem, Gregory Lucier Sami Rizkalla and Paul Zia; Evaluation of Shear Design Methods for Large, Lightly-Reinforced Concrete Beams, by E.G. Sherwood, E.C. Bentz and M.R Collins; FRP Repair of Corrosion-Damaged Concrete Beams - Waterloo Experience, by Khaled A. Soudki; Compressive Strength Testing of Earthen Plasters for Straw Bale Wall Application, by Brendon Taylor, Stephen Vardy and Cohn MacDougall; STEEL STRUCTURES; GBT-Based Structural Analysis of Thin-Walled Members: Overview, Recent Progress and Future Developments, by D. Camotim, N. Silvestre, R. Goncalves and R B. Dinis; Evolutionary Optimization of Braced Steel Frameworks for Tall Buildings Using a Hybrid OC-GA Method, by C.-M. Chan and K.-M. Wong; Fundamental Characteristics of New High Modulus CFRP Materials for Strengthening Steel Bridges and Structures, by Mina Dawood, Emmett Sumner and Sami Rizkalla; Modeling of Axially Loaded HSS Slender Steel Members Retrofitted with Composites, by Amr Shaat, Waleed Safwat El Sayed Fahmy and Amir Fam; Quantifying Inherent Robustness in Structural Steel Framing Systems, by Christopher M. Foley, Kristine Martin and Carl Schneeman; Stainless Steel Rebar for Seismic Applications, by Alberto Franchi, Pietro Crespi, Aldo Bennani and Marco Farinet; Spread of Plasticity: An Adaptive Gradual Plastic-Hinge Approach for Steel Frames, by Yanglin Gong; Empirical Analysis of Memetic Algorithms for Conceptual Design of Steel Structural Systems in Tall Buildings, by Rafal Kicinger and Tomasz Arciszewski Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of Prying of Top- and Seat-Angle Connections, by M. Komuro, N. Kishi and A. Ahmed; Fully Stressed Seismic Design of Dampers in Framed Structures, by Robert Levy and Oren Lavan; Inelastic Analysis of Semirigid Frameworks, by Y Liu, L. Xu and D.E. Grierson; A New Method for Analysis of Structures Including Nonlinear Semirigid Connections, by Hamid Moharrami; Evaluation of a Forty-Year Old T.Y. Lin Designed Elliptical Post-Tensioned Cable-Supported Roof , by Randall W Poston; Story Based Ductility Models for Displacement Based Design of Steel Frames, by Mohammad Safi; "Plastique" - A Computer Program for 3D Inelastic Analysis of Multi-Storey Buildings, by Vlasis K. Koumousis, Eleni N. Chatzi and Savvas P. Triantafillou; COLD FORMED STEEL; Analytical Predictions of Strength and Deflection of Light Gauge Steel Frame/Wood Panel Shear Walls, by C. Y Chen, A.F Okasha and C.A. Rogers; Innovative Cold-Formed Steel I-Joist, by R.A. LaBoube; Determination of the Lateral Strength of Shear Wall Panels with Cold-Formed Steel Frames, by Joel MartInez and Lei Xu; Model Decomposition for Thi