this paper presents an experimental study on seismic repair of damaged square reinforced concrete columns with poor lap splices, 90-degree hooks and widely spaced transverse bars in plastic hinge regions according to aci detailing (pre.1971) and (318-02) using gfrp wraps. three specimens were tested in “as built” condition and retested after they were repaired by glass fiberreinforced plastic s...

The most prominent feature of the architecture of the cortex is its horizontal organization into layers. Each layer contains different cell types, and forms different types of connections with other neurons. However, a strong vertical organization is often also apparent: neurons stacked on top of each other through the depth of the cortex tend to be connected and have similar response propertie...

ACT does not suggest any regulations for columns under torsion. However, by all means, the number of such columns used in steel and concrete structures is abundant. In this paper, using the results of laboratory tests on 35 square and rectangular columns with intermediate slender ratios, relations for determination of torsional strengths of reinforced concrete under axial compression have been ...

thin-walled hollow steel columns, either circular or box shaped, are commonly used as piers in bridges. recent earthquakes, e.g. hyogoken-nanbu or kobe 1995, on the other hand have shown that these columns are vulnerable to damage when subjected to earthquake loading. this paper presents a new innovative thin-walled hollow steel column fabricated of corrugated plates, “thin-walled steel columns...

This work presents the robustness assessment of stiffened thin-walled composite structures in postbuckling, which is based on a new design strategy that satisfies weight, load-based performance and energy-based robustness requirements. In this approach, robustness is understood as collapse insensitivity due a local failure, where global buckling for instance is assumed as a local failure, once ...