Progress in Mechanics of Structures and Materials: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM19), Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 November - 1 December 2006

by Moss; Peter J.

• ISBN13: 9780415426923
• ISBN10: 0415426928
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-03
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This is a collection of peer-reviewed papers originally presented at the 19thAustralasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials by academics, researchers and practitioners largely from Australasia and the Asia-Pacific region. The topics under discussion include: composite structures and materials; computational mechanics; dynamic analysis of structures; earthquake engineering; fire engineering; geomechanics and foundation engineering; mechanics of materials; reinforced and prestressed concrete structures; shock and impact loading; steel structures; structural health monitoring and damage identification; structural mechanics; and timber engineering. It is a valuable reference for academics, researchers, and civil and mechanical engineers working in structural and material engineering and mechanics.

Table of Contents

The ductility of suspended reinforced concrete slabs containing Class L welded wire fabric	p. 3
Upgrading of transmission towers using tension bracing diaphragm	p. 13
Assessment and prediction of remaining safe and serviceable life for corroding infrastructure	p. 17
Progress in advanced modeling of building structures exposed to fire	p. 25
Behaviour of composite beams stiffened by a longitudinal plate accounting for time effects	p. 37
Coupled geometric and viscoelastic nonlinearities in parabolic concrete-filled steel tubular arches	p. 43
Behaviour of the longitudinal shear connection in secondary composite beams incorporating trapezoidal steel decking	p. 49
Composite concrete slab and LVL flooring systems	p. 57
Eccentric loading of externally confined fibre reinforced concrete columns	p. 63
Experimental study of two-way FRP composite slab	p. 69
Local facesheet buckling of a sandwich plate with a graded core	p. 75
Joining materials with glass fiber reinforced plastics - an experimental study	p. 81
Strength of High Performance Ferrocement (HPF) composites under axial compression	p. 87
Shear connection in composite secondary beams with trapezoidal profiled fibre reinforced concrete slabs	p. 95
Elasto-plastic post-buckling analysis of plates resting on tensionless foundations	p. 103
Comparison of seismic performance of HSC columns confined by FRP tubes and steel reinforcement	p. 109
The axial crushing of nanotubes	p. 115
Full scale testing on composite connection using trapezoid web profiled steel section	p. 121
Behaviour and design of high performance steel (HPS) sections with concrete infill subjected to abnormal loading	p. 127
Bond tests on FRP retrofitted URM prisms	p. 133
Behaviour of T-stub connection to concrete-filled circular column with blind bolts and extensions	p. 141
Longitudinal and transverse partial interaction analysis of composite beams accounting for time effects and shear-lag effects	p. 149
Transient analysis of dynamic soil-structure interaction using the scaled boundary finite-element method	p. 157
Interfacial stresses of dissimilar thermorheologically anisotropic media	p. 163
Thermal stresses in multi-layered media with straight or circular boundaries	p. 171
Limited rotation CMM model for FE analysis of RC membranes	p. 177
The analysis of skew plates with two opposite simply supported edges	p. 185
Boundary integral equations for the bending-stretching coupling analysis of composite laminates	p. 191
General variational principle based shear correction method	p. 197
Geometrically non-linear analysis of composite stiffened & sandwich structures using the finite element method	p. 203
Buckling of thick plates using finite strip-elements	p. 209
Finite element analysis of cold-formed stud wall systems, lined on one side, under axial loads	p. 215
A probabilistic traffic load model for reliability assessments of bridges	p. 223
Finite element analysis for predicting lateral-torsional buckling modification factor	p. 229
Combined limit and deformation analysis of strain softening structures	p. 235
Evaluation of RHT model for modeling concrete in numerical simulation	p. 243
Using fundamental solutions to recover the Green's functions in the scaled boundary finite element method	p. 249
A p-adaptive scaled boundary finite element technique using projection-based interpolation and the steepest descent method	p. 255
Structural system identification of MR device-plane frame systems	p. 261
Influence of non-uniform abutment and pier movements on pounding responses of an isolated bridge structure	p. 269
Effects of interface material on the dynamic behaviour of rigid blocks	p. 275
Semi-active management of structures subjected to high frequency ground excitation	p. 283
Slab effects on building seismic performance	p. 289
Prediction of dynamic response due to distributed structural modifications	p. 295
Effect of spatial ground motion at a canyon site on dynamic structural responses	p. 303
Dynamic testing of the Sale Swing Bridge - before and after deck replacement works	p. 311
Laboratory measurements of dynamic properties of rail pads subjected to incremental preloads	p. 319
A two-degree-of-freedom model for rain-wind-induced vibration of inclined cables	p. 325
Simple, robust hybrid test systems for non-linear structural dynamic research and development	p. 331
Semi-active tuned mass damper systems	p. 337
Elasto-plastic response of a bar by combination of bending and twisting moment	p. 343
The collapse behaviour of columns with low aspect-ratios	p. 349
Vibration of a simply supported functionally graded plate	p. 357
Dependency of building fragility to source mechanisms of records selected for incremental dynamic analysis	p. 363
Multi-storey semi-active tuned mass damper building system	p. 371
Seismic protection of a four-storey one-fifth scale structure using semi-active resetable tendon elements	p. 379
Behaviour of brick veneer walls under in-plane racking load	p. 385
Seismic strengthening of low strength concrete columns by external confinement using prefabricated SFRCC panels	p. 393
The dynamic out-of-plane behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls	p. 401
Partial capacity design, an alternative to the capacity design method	p. 409
High force-to-volume extrusion dampers and shock absorbers for civil infrastructure	p. 415
Off-diagonal 2-4 damping technology using semi-active resetable devices	p. 421
A rapid financial seismic risk assessment methodology with application to bridge piers	p. 429
Performance of a damage-protected highway bridge pier subjected to bi-directional earthquake attack	p. 437
The effects of soil-pile foundation interaction on the inelastic seismic response of building structures	p. 443
A component-based approach for modelling the effect of fire on steel joints	p. 451
Fire performance of steel portal frame buildings	p. 457
Simple method for modelling hollow core concrete slabs under fire	p. 463
Fire resistance of connections in laminated veneer lumber (LVL)	p. 469
The behaviour of multi-bay, two-way reinforced concrete slabs in fire	p. 477
Cold-formed steel columns under simulated fire conditions	p. 485
Thermal bowing of steel members due to non-uniform temperature distribution	p. 493
Effect of temperature prediction methods on fire resistance of steel members	p. 499
Experimental investigation of open and closed ended piles in soft clay	p. 507
Investigation of the effect of critical depth on the shaft resistance of closed ended piles in clay	p. 513
Mechanical properties of quarry by-products	p. 519
Electrokinetic treatment of soft Australian clay	p. 527
Dynamic interaction analysis of soil pile and structure due to harmonic waves	p. 535
Analysis and design of pile-prestressed anchor supporting structure	p. 541
Evaluation of rapid chloride permeability test results using systematic increase of pozzolanic materials	p. 551
Cracking tendency of concretes made with slag blended cements subjected to restrained shrinkage conditions	p. 557
A model for compressive failure in unreinforced masonry	p. 563
Dynamic properties of fibre reinforced and plain ultra high performance concrete	p. 569
Tension and size effects of unreinforced concrete	p. 575
Direct shear tests with gamma ray imaging on steel fibres in cementitious materials	p. 581
Usage of sulphur and sulphur containing waste products in pavement materials technology	p. 587
Use of reclaimed asphalt pavement as an aggregate in asphalt concrete	p. 591
Mechanical properties of ultra low density glass micro-sphere filled syntactic foam composites	p. 595
A review of permeable concrete and its application to pavements	p. 601
The effect of controlled permeability formwork on the curing of concrete	p. 611
Load balancing of post-tensioned concrete beams with friction losses	p. 617
Performance of Damage Avoidance beam-column joint subassembly subjected to bi-directional earthquake excitation	p. 625
Damping in high strength concrete beams - prediction and comparison	p. 631
Ultimate load behaviour of concrete wall panels with varying opening configurations	p. 637
Polymer fibre reinforced normal and high strength concrete beams in shear	p. 645
Prediction of punching shear failure behaviour of slab-edge column connections with varying size and location of openings	p. 651
Tension stiffening in lightly reinforced concrete beams or slabs containing either steel or FRP reinforcement	p. 659
Behaviour of R/C beam confined with FRP cylinder	p. 667
Torsional resistance of high-strength concrete beams	p. 673
Finite element analysis of reinforced concrete walls with openings in one- and two-way action	p. 681
Fatigue behaviour of CFRP-repaired corroded RC beams	p. 687
An investigation into the behaviour of reactive powder concrete columns	p. 693
Research on the property of concrete slabs with type II cold-rolled deformed bars	p. 699
The effect of corrosion on the capacity and behaviour of a 45 year-old post-tensioned concrete bridge beams	p. 705
Shear strengthening of cracked RC beam using external post-tensioning	p. 711
The influence of chloride induced corrosion cracks on the strength of reinforced concrete	p. 717
Effect of concete tensile zones on the anchorage of bar reinforcement	p. 723
Modelling single span and continuous deep beams using Strut-and-Tie Method	p. 731
Behaviour and Strut-and-Tie modelling of asymmetrically loaded deep beams	p. 739
Simple model for overturning and damage	p. 749
Response of light-framed clad walls to blast vibrations	p. 755
Modelling localised response of steel fibre reinforced ultra high-strength concrete panels under high velocity impact	p. 761
Human-induced vibration of floor systems and stadia - some practical observations from field measurements	p. 769
Numerical modelling of simply supported square tubular beams subjected to a uniform blast load	p. 777
Blast induced ground vibration limits on infrastructure	p. 783
The teaching of impact dynamics	p. 789
Analytical model of glazing panel subject to impact loading	p. 797
Transmitted shock on contact with rubber	p. 805
Strength of concrete-filled stainless steel tubes under impact loading	p. 811
Impact resistance of reinforced concrete columns : experimental studies and design considerations	p. 817
Impact response analysis of railway track structure using vehicle-track interaction modelling	p. 825
Heterogeneous model for concrete under blast loading	p. 833
Yielding shear panel device for passive energy dissipation	p. 843
Structural failure of compact tubes in bending	p. 849
Structural collapse of slender and noncompact tubes in bending	p. 855
Basic behaviour of round press-joints used in an ultra long-spanning hybrid steel deck	p. 861
The effect of diffusible hydrogen on tensile properties of high strength steel bead on plate weldments	p. 867
Experimental study of high strength steel beams subject to local buckling effects	p. 873
Effectiveness of a common leg reinforcing method used for strengthening existing transmission towers	p. 881
Analysis of seismic damage using time series models and artificial neural networks	p. 889
Determining the seismic transfer function infimum for a structural design	p. 895
Damage database for residential structures	p. 903
Modal-based damage identification methods for plate-like structures	p. 909
Multi-chemo physical approach to life-cycle assessment of structural concrete	p. 915
Real-time integral based structural health monitoring	p. 925
Towards a rule-based matrix for evaluating distress mechanisms in bridges	p. 931
Condition assessment of Balla Balla River Bridge in Western Australia	p. 937
Buckling of thin rectangular plates by shearing force	p. 945
Simulation of crack interaction in a concrete beam	p. 953
Flexural torsion in a thin rectangular bar	p. 961
An explicit finite element method for the analysis of masonry shear walls containing reinforcement	p. 967
An inverse approach for the evaluation of plastic constitutive parameters from structural response	p. 975
Verifications of shear strength of masonry walls retrofitted using FRP	p. 981
Variational formulations in nonlinear frame analysis including shear deformation	p. 989
Concrete stresses and strengths for gravity loading in a Roman theatre	p. 995
Damage evaluation of a timber beam using a modal-based method	p. 1005
Defining appropriate limit states for design of timber connections in Australia and New Zealand	p. 1011
Accessible and reliable design of stressed-skin panels-an Australian perspective	p. 1017
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