in this paper, acceptance criteria of steel building code, comprehensive and quick evaluation procedures for x-bracing, are compared to each other parametrically and numerically. for this purpose, it is assumed first that the sample building is designed to meet steel building code and then by introducing transform parameters and using stress ratio of the designed components, acceptance of the d...

pullback test has no scrupulous theoretical establishment. it is based on the hypothesis that the response ofthe structure can be related to the response of an equivalent single degree-of-freedom (sdof) system. this implies thatthe response is controlled by a single mode. in fact, the steel frame of each safe room, which is introduced within theunreinforced masonry buildings for protecting the ...

Recycling steel building components is key to the sustainability of a structure’s end-of-life, as it is the most economical solution. In this paper the effects of usage of recycled steel material in tall buildings aspects are investigated. Keywords—Building, recycled material, steel, structure.

Sustainability is always expressed in terms of the endurance of systems and processes. The objective for ecological sustainability is sustainable development of human shelters. A building is a designed intervention into the natural setting of the environment. The existing ecosystem always gets a deep impact due to the decision of constructing a building. Architecture in a broader sense serves t...

the objective of this paper is to present a new method for protecting the lives of residents in catastrophic earthquake failures of unreinforced masonry buildings by introducing some safe rooms within the buildings. the main idea is that occupants can seek refuge within the safe rooms as soon as the earthquake ground motions are felt. the information obtained from the historical ground motions ...

A revised procedure for the design of steel plate shear walls is proposed. In this procedure, the thickness of the infill plate is found using equations that are derived from plastic analysis of the strip model, which is widely accepted for the representation of steel plate shear walls. Equations are derived from a basic steel plate shear wall configuration but are shown to be conservative for ...

By: John R. Lanahan Inland Steel Company is the fifth largest steel company in North America and is the largest .producer of steel at one plant. More than 6,000,000 tons/year can be shipped, of which about 60% are flat rolled, products, inland has a series of subsidiaries in warehousing, metal building, and containers which are also steel users. Total corporate sales are in excess of $2 billion...

In many studies, the alternative load path method (APM) has been used for progressive collapse analysis. In this method, one or several columns of the building are removed and the building response is investigated. This method ignores the initial local failure cause of building and this can affect the structural response. Investigation of ignoring the initial local failure cause of steel braced...

In this paper evaluation of seismic capacity of a historical building is carried out. It had been used as a national library about 40 years ago. Also, before that, it had been constructed as a part of a Royal complex. This building has been constructed by traditional methods using bricks and mortars. The ceilings system of the structure consists of jack arches. Also, the roof of the building ha...