The present research is concerned with the determination of ductility, over-strength and response modification factors of coupled steel shear wall frames. Three structural models with various numbers of stories, bay width and coupling beam height were analyzed using static pushover and incremental nonlinear dynamic analyses. The ductility, over-strength and response modification factors for the...

In this paper, the Harmony Search (HS) algorithm is utilized to perform single and multivariate parametric studies acquire optimization of both size cost reinforced concrete (RC) retaining walls embedded in pure frictional soils. The geotechnical properties backfill foundation soil such as shear strength angle, unit weight, ultimate bearing pressure have been used create different cases for eva...

The object of this paper is the evaluation of the seismic response of reinforced concrete frames designed according to the DDBD (direct displacement-based design) approach. The great part of research works about DDBD has been dedicated to planar frames, but recently also some proposals for 3D structures have been presented, in particular for wall structures. This paper will give a further contr...

A structure may be subject to several aftershocks after a mainshock. In many seismic design provisions, the effect of sequences is either not directly considered or has been underestimated. This study examined behavior reinforced concrete (RC) moment-resisting structures with shear walls under sequences. Two three-dimensional short and medium height were designed analyzed seven real mainshock–a...

Nepal is situated in an area with considerable seismic activity. It important to choose structural systems that can withstand the lateral loads. In a dual system of reinforced concrete structures, placement shear walls optimally increases stiffness buildings. The rigidity RC buildings may be improved by strategically placing lift core walls. Buildings would more useful if they had easy access e...

the aim of this research is to investigate the effect of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (cfrp) composite fabric on monotonic and fatigue behaviors of reinforced concrete beams. to control the failure occurrence, a small notch was induced at the middle span in bottom surface for all of the studied rc specimens. totally 12 beams were tested from which 6 beams tested under monotonic and 6 other t...

In this paper, an experimental study is presented on the influence of PET warping on shear performance, such as diagonal shear cracking load, peak load, and energy dissipation of RC columns with stirrup corrosion before strengthening. The experimental program involved an electrochemical process to accelerate the migration of chlorides from an external electrolyte into the tested columns, a wett...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Flow-diverting devices are increasingly being considered for large or giant aneurysms with wide necks, which are difficult to treat with coils or clips. These devices are often oversized to achieve good positioning against the artery wall. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of oversized flow-diverting devices in altering aneurysmal flows and creating he...

This study makes use of the Tsallis entropy to predict the shear stress distribution. Given a definition of the Tsallis entropy, it is maximized by using the probability density function, which then is used to attain a novel shear stress equation. This is then employed for calculating the shear stress distribution in rectangular channels in different aspect ratios and finally, for viability, th...