bridges, as an essential part of transportation system, play a special role in economy, politic and military all around the world. serviceability of bridges is of high importance especially in emergencies, helping injured people and proportioning transportation after earthquakes. earthquake regulation codes, normally suggest linear methods to conduct the analysis, and nonlinear analysis is bare...

This paper suggests an XML-based configuration management for mitigating information assurance vulnerability. Once an information assurance vulnerability notice is given for a system, it is important for reducing massive system engineering efforts for configuration management. When multiple systems are updated by security patches for mitigating system vulnerability, configuration management bas...

The seismic sequence occurring in Central Italy 2016 represents a new test benchmark for historical masonry churches and chance better comprehension of their structural behavior under earthquake actions. many earthquakes that took place the past have led to stratifications repair retrofitting interventions sometimes worsened behavior, especially when resulting introduction elements not compatib...

despite the rapid growth of engineering science especially in the modern structural engineering and application of new materials in civil engineering, a significant percentage of world population in different countries are living in adobe buildings made from mud-bricks. in this paper, by performing experimental study on scaled mud-brick walls under monotonic load, in-plane behavior of the walls...

A case study of retrofitting a 20-story pre-Northridge steel moment-frame building is presented. Twelve retrofit 4 schemes are developed with varying degrees of intervention. Three retrofitting techniques are considered: up5 grading the brittle beam-to-column moment resisting connections, and implementing either conventional or 6 buckling-restrained brace elements within the existing moment-fra...

This paper suggests a SOA-based IA asset management architecture for system vulnerability in E-Government. Once an information assurance vulnerability notice is given for a system, it is important for reducing massive system engineering efforts for IA asset management. When systems are updated by security patch for mitigating system vulnerability, asset management based on vulnerability update ...

the perception of physician shortage in canada is widespread. absolute shortages and relative discrepancies, both specialty-wise and in urban-rural distribution, have been a daunting policy challenge. international medical graduates (imgs) have been at the core of mitigating this problem, especially as long as shortage of physicians in rural areas is concerned. considering such recruitment as h...

Irregularities in bridge pier stiffness concentrate the ductility demand on short piers; while not operating on the longer and more flexible ones. The existence of non-uniform, ductility demand distribution in bridges significantly influences seismic response. As such, this paper proposes a new approach for balancing the ductility demand in irregular bridges by utilizing shape memory alloys (SM...