The dynamic nature of loads, seasonal variation of soil properties, uneven soil strata below footings or inappropriate design of foundation makes differential settlement inevitable. Differential settlement is largely responsible for developing forces or changing the existing forces in the structure and is often considered as the underlying cause of many structural failures. A structural enginee...

MULHOUSE, J. M. (University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802), D. DE STEVEN (USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, P.O. Box 227, Stoneville, MS 38776), R. F. LIDE (Northwest Florida Water Management District, 81 Water Management Dr., Havana, FL, 32333), AND R. R. SHARITZ (University of Georgia, Savannah ...

Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to study analytically the behavior slender reinforced concrete columns existing in sway and non-sway structures. studied variables were stiffness beam connected columns, bracing number bays stories structure model. stability was required limits for lateral determined using a finite element program perform buckling analysis, linear geometric nonlinear a...

Shallow estuaries, bays, and lagoons are generally considered hot spots of ocean productivity that often adjust rapidly to seasonal variations in atmospheric temperatures. During spring when biological reproductive processes begin the temperate zones, regional climate variability can be immense uncovering a non-linear response, such as fish recruitment changing temperature regimes might challen...

Abstract The fringing reefs in Opunohu Bay and Cook’s Moorea, French Polynesia are an important component of Moorea’s reef system, as they comprise approximately 20% the island’s perimeter. two bays assumed to have differing benthic communities due differences onshore land development freshwater input, but observational studies their rarely published. To address this information gap, we conduct...