JD Supra

Great Structures Week V – The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Failure and Preventing Failure in Your Compliance Program

I conclude my Great Structures Week with a focus on structural engineering failures: suspension bridges and the challenges of wind in their construction and maintenance. I am drawing these posts from ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Blast Mitigation for Structures: 1999 Status Report on the DTRA/TSWG Program

Mete A. Sozen (chair), NAE, is Kettelhut Distinguished Professor of Structural Engineering, at Purdue University. Dr. Sozen specializes in teaching and research related to the analysis and design of ...
For Construction Pros

PTI Launches Training Program for Repair, Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Existing Structures

The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) announced the launch of its newest Field Personnel Certification Program, Level 1 & 2 Unbonded PT Repair, Rehabilitation and Strengthening. The announcement was ...
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Risk-Based Methods for Insurance Premiums of Negatively Elevated Structures in the National Flood Insurance Program

This report studies the pricing of negatively elevated structures in the National Flood Insurance Program. Current NFIP methods for calculating risk-based premiums for these structures, including risk ...
Medicine Buffalo

3D-BASIS-ME-MB: Computer Program for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Seismically Isolated Structures

Keywords: Computer programs. Nonlinear dynamic analyses. Response-history analyses. Seismic isolation. 3-D-BASIS-ME-MB. Superstructures. Models. Multiple isolation ...
MLive

Massive demo program gets rolling, aims to tear down 1,910 Flint area structures

FLINT, MI -- Partners in a massive demolition program say they have secured nearly $40 million to knock down 1,910 structures in the Flint area with a focus on buildings that have been damaged by fire ...