today, corrosion in reinforcements is an important issue in many structures, especially those made in off-shore, resulting of reduction of the structural capacity under gravitational and lateral loads. using frp polymer can reduce this effect to some extents. a numerical and experimental investigation has been conducted on three different concrete beams to find out the effect of replacing steel...

An innovative lateral force resisting system is investigated that allows steel braced frames to uplift and rock on their foundation, partially isolating the frame. Passive energy dissipation devices are implemented at the uplifting location to control the rocking response to within allowable limits. The structure’s gravitational forces provide an inherent restoring force during the rocking resp...

Steel plate shear walls (SPSW) have been used as the primary lateral force resisting system in buildings. Extensive analytical studies on steel plate shear walls in the United States, Canada, Taiwan and other countries have already validated the simple analytical model known as strip model to predict the monotonic behavior of this kind of structural system. However, more research is still neede...