In Japan, Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) is attracting attention as the way of using forest resources that have reached cutting time. CLT expected to be used for middle-to-high-rise building with making use stable in-plane shear performance. particular, composite structure steel frame or reinforced concrete can take adventage respective material properties, and more this kind researches are repor...

Abstract. The paper proposes the use of innovative devices devoted to brittle collapse protection welded steel sections, typically represented by end beam cross-sections in framed structures. Reference is made I-shaped cross-sections. At first, limiting case plane stress, relevant elastic domain defined N,T,M space; then a frame equipped with proposed and subjected seismic load condition studie...

The aim of this study is to establish the design method a timber semi-rigid frame construction system composed with coupled glulam members jointed by screws steel side plate and high-tensile bolts. In paper, firstly we proposed evaluation for out-of-plane bending characteristics high joint properties on end. Secondly, conducted full-scale test specimens grasp mechanical behaviors. We found that...

Steel Plate Shear Wall (SPSW) is made from thin steel plate which in turn are framed by the beams and columns of structural system. In recent year they are proved to be very effective and economical for resisting lateral loads such as earthquake and wind loads.The present work targets to study the behaviour of single frame SPSW with different plate thicknesses, rigid and non-rigid frame members...

The existence of a Brewster wave number is demonstrated for the case of plane-wave reflection by a specularly smooth, planar interface joining two homogeneous, linearly elastic, isotropic solid half-spaces. Such a wave number is numerically shown to exist for two material combinations: steel-aluminum and steel-brass. The wave number can be such that plane waves are either propagating or evanesc...

A three-dimensional fast spin-echo MR technique is proposed for locating contact points on implanted intracerebral multicontact electrode bundles, Coronal or sagittal reformatting shows the entire trajectory of the electrode bundles. The contract points are clearly visible owing to the absence of coating material associated with a slightly larger susceptibility artifact. Potentially, this techn...

The use of composite materials for strengthening the ailing infrastructure has steadily gained acceptance and market share. Employing composite materials in strengthening of steel structures is the subject of this study. There are several challenges that face strengthening steel structures using composite materials. The superior mechanical properties of steel result in a reduction in the effici...