Ebook: Structures 2005: metropolis & beyond: proceedings of the 2005 Structures Congress and the 2005 Forensic Engineering Symposium, April 20-24, 2005, New York, New York

Multidisciplinary Education in Wind Science and Engineering -- The ASCE/SEI Wind Effects Booklet -- A Self-Shoring Method of Column and Beam Repair -- St. Luke's Medical Center Cardiac Center and Patient Tower, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Case Study: Construction Issues -- Innovation, Risk and Reward at Ground Zero -- Sustainable Infrastructure: Reconstruction of the Little Mountain Reservoir -- Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong: the Implications of 9/11 -- Lions' Gate Suspension Bridge: Design of the Suspended Structure Replacement -- Pedestrian Excitation on the London Millennium Footbridge -- The Design of Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower -- The Value of Innovation -- Risk in Structural Engineering -- Sustainable Construction: A UK Perspective -- Adopting the Structural Eurocodes -- Modern Chinese Bridges -- Danish Strait Crossings: Lillebælt, Storebælt, Øresund and beyond -- Sustainable Engineering: The Future of Structural Design -- Monitoring and Decision Support for the Assessment of Bridges and Structures -- Dynamic and Static Tests of Bridges and Viaducts of the Rosario-Victoria Highway Link Project -- The Rion-Antirion Bridge: Concept, Design and Construction -- Freeform Glass Roofs -- Foundation and Structural Design of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina -- Stabilization of the Leaning Tower of Pisa -- The ACI Code: New Items in 2005 and Future Work -- Lateral Load Stiffness and Strength Requirements for Slab Structures -- ACI 318 Structural Concrete Building Code: The Need for Member Size Factor on the Shear Strength of Beams and One-Way Slabs -- Notation in 318-05: Changes and Challenges -- Crack Control through Bar Spacing Requirements -- Guide for the Design and Construction of Concrete Reinforced with FRP Bars (ACI 440.1R-03) -- Guide for the Design and Construction of Externally Bonded FRP Systems for Strengthening Concrete Structures (ACI 440.2R-02) -- Prestressing Concrete Structures with FRP Tendons (ACI 440.4R-04) -- 2005 AISC Manual of Steel Construction and Seismic Manual -- The 2005 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings: An Introduction -- Member Provisions of the 2005 AISC Specification for Steel Buildings -- Stability and Analysis Provisions of the 2005 AISC Specification for Steel Buildings -- Composite Design Provisions: 2005 AISC Specification for Steel Buildings -- Special Inspections and Quality Assurance: The Role of the Structural Engineer: CASE Special Inspections Committee -- Development Length of Prestressing Strands in Precast/Prestressed Girders Using Self Compacting Concrete -- Truss Models for the Design of Reinforced Concrete Beams Subject to Biaxial Shear -- A "Toolbox" of Damping Treatments for Concrete Structures -- Shear Lag in Rectangular HSS Tension Members -- Numerical Studies on Slotted Beam-Column Connection -- Yield Capacity Curve of Steel Pipe Section -- Determining the Standard of Care of Structural Engineers -- Automation: From Bridge Design to Contract Drawings -- The Owners' Perspective: Issues Important to an Owner in the Owner/Consultant Relationship -- Project Design/Delivery Systems -- Seismic Rehabilitation with FEMA 356: A Case Study -- Performance Based Seismic Rehabilitation of Nonstructural Components -- Steel Plate Shear Walls: From Research to Codification -- Codification of Precast Seismic Structural Systems -- Design of a Buckling-Restrained Braced Frame Utilizing 2005 Seismic Standards -- Building Structures with Damping Systems: From Research to Design Practice -- Applications in Incremental Dynamic Analysis -- Comparison of Incremental Dynamic, Cloud, and Stripe Methods for Computing Probabilistic Seismic Demand Models -- Modal Pushover Analysis for Unsymmetric Buildings -- Incremental Dynamic Analysis of a Structure with a Gap -- IDA Capacity Curves: The Need for Alternative Intensity Factors -- Dynamic Response of a Collapsed Heater Stack -- Benchmarking Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings -- Seismic Analysis of Steel Frames Using Spectral-Representation-Based Artificial Accelerograms -- Coupling of Concrete Walls Using Post-Tensioned Precast Concrete Beams -- Continuum Based Micro-Models for Ultra Low Cycle Fatigue Crack Initiation in Steel Structures -- Floor Acceleration Demands for 11 Instrumented Buildings in Taiwan during the 1999 Chi Chi Earthquake -- A Discussion and Analysis of Ductile Detailing Requirements for Seismic Design in Moderate Seismic Regions -- The CCQC3 Method for Multi-Component Seismic Responses of Non-Classically Damped Irregular Structures -- Semiactive Structural Control of a Nonlinear Building Model: Considering Reliability -- Systematic Performance Evaluation of Smart Seismic Isolation Systems -- Structural Vibration Reduction Using Fuzzy Control of Magnetorheological Dampers -- Seismic Design of Friction-Damped Precast Concrete Frame Structures -- Single Level Concrete Viaduct Pushover and Retrofitted Response Spectrum Analysis -- Is Investment in Seismic Design/Retrofit Oversold? -- Evaluation of Design Level Earthquakes of NCHRP Project 12-49 for Seismic Design of Bridges in New Jersey and the Northeast United States -- Seismic Risk: Why it Should be Considered and Impediments to Implementation: An Earthquake Center Perspective -- High-Impact, Low-Likelihood Risks: Engineers Are from Oz, Owners Are from Kansas -- Prediction of Injuries to Building Occupants from Column Failure and Progressive Collapse with the BICADS Computer Program -- Inelastic Dynamic Response of Curtainwall Systems to Blast Loading -- Empirical Based Concrete Masonry Pressure-Impulse Diagrams for Varying Degrees of Damage -- Development of an Analytical Database to Support a Fast Running Progressive Collapse Assessment Tool -- Revision of Army Technical Manual 5-1300/NAVFAC P-397/AFR 88-22, "Structures to Resist the Effects of Accidental Explosions" -- ASCE Design Guide for Physical Security -- U.S. Department of Defense Guidance for Security Engineering -- Applying UFC 4-010-01 in Baghdad, Iraq -- Cost-Effective Decision Making for Blast Mitigation -- Cost Effective Retrofit of Structures against the Effects of Terrorist Attacks: The Israeli Experience -- Explosion in a High-Rise Building -- Progressive Collapse: Case Studies Using Nonlinear Analysis -- Structural Integrity of Steel Connections Subjected to Rapid Rates of Loading -- A Study of Progressive Collapse in Multi-Storey Steel Frames -- Vulnerability of Flat Slab Structures -- Progressive Collapse of Moment Resisting Steel Frame Buildings -- SDOF Model for Progressive Collapse Analysis -- Multi Hazard Approach to Progressive Collapse Mitigation -- Increasing Punching Strength and Ductility of Existing Reinforced Concrete Slab-Column Connections against Abnormal Loading -- Strategies for Mitigating Risk of Progressive Collapse -- Simplified Methods for Progressive-Collapse Analysis of Buildings -- 9/11 and the Structural Hereafter -- Traditional Brick Masonry Detailing Meets Modern Cavity Wall Construction: A Difficult Marriage -- A Case Study of Early Steel Curtain Wall: The Chrysler Building, New York, NY -- Construction Sequencing: Understanding the Implication of Failure and Effective Repairs for Historic Cladding Systems -- Pioneering Building Envelope Commissioning to Prevent Moisture Intrusion -- The Empire State Building Façade: Evaluation and Repair of an Engineering Landmark -- The Challenge of Unknown Substrate Capacities for the Re-Cladding of the Houston Chronicle Building -- Stabilization and Containment of a Deteriorating Stone Cladding System -- Professor Robert H. Scanlan and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge -- Lessons Learned from Civil Engineering Failures -- Case Studies for Civil Engineering Educators -- Structural Steel Framing Failures: What Went Wrong? -- Failure of Welded Steel Connections and Members: A Forensic Engineering Case Study -- Failure of a Ten-Storey Reinforced Concrete Building Tied to Retaining Wall: Evaluation, Causes, and Lessons Learned -- Structural Failure of a Precast Double Tee Beam System -- The First Steps After a Failure -- Analysis of the Collapse of a Bridge Falsework -- Investigation of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Bridge Collapse -- Evaluating Distress in Wood-Framed Roof Structures -- March 2003 Denver Blizzard: A Retrospective PART II: Building Code Requirements for Repairs -- Roof Drainage Design and Analysis: Structural Collapses, Responsibility Matrix, and Recommendations -- Converging Confidence -- Scientific Damage Assessment Methodology and Practical Applications -- Explosion Forensic Analysis -- Progressive Collapse of Precast Panel Buildings Subjected to External Loading -- Nondestructive Testing of the Westbound Sixth Avenue Viaduct -- Repercussions of the International Existing Building Code on the Repair of Existing Structures -- Evaluation and Structural Retrofitting of a Cement Plant Preheater Tower -- March 2003 Denver Blizzard: A Retrospective PART I: Building Damage Due to Snow Loading -- Evaluation and Repair of a Deep Transfer Girder -- Applying the Lesson Learned from 9/11 to the Remedial Protective Design of Existing Buildings -- Lessons Learned from 9/11: The Report of the World Trade Center Building Code Task Force.;Monitoring of Steel Railway Floor Beams Prestressed by Steel Plates -- Using Diagnostic Load Tests for Accurate Load Rating of Typical Bridges -- Using NDT Data for Finite Element Model Calibration and Load Rating of Bridges -- Application of Load Testing for Evaluation of FRP Retrofit Systems and Monitoring for Superloads -- Bridge Deck Finite Element Model Updating Using Multi-Response NDT Data -- In-Service Evaluation of Cable-Stayed Bridges, Overview of Available Methods and Findings -- Virtual Reality Damage Process Education System for Deteriorating Bridges -- A System for In-Service Strain Monitoring of Ordinary Bridges -- Issues in Applying Wireless Sensor Networks to Health Monitoring of Large-Scale Civil Infrastructure Systems -- Overview of System Identification and Case Studies Using Vibrational Techniques -- Research on Long-Term Monitoring and Evaluating System for Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge -- Identifying Effective and Ineffective Retrofits for Fatigue Cracking in Steel Bridges Using Field Instrumentation -- High-Cycle Fatigue of Diagonally-Cracked RC Bridges -- Assessment of Bridge Remaining Fatigue Life through Field Strain Measurement -- Advances in Corrosion Monitoring Systems for Highway Bridges -- Corrosion Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bridges -- Corrosion and Prestressed Concrete Bridges -- Condition and Performance of Epoxy-coated Rebars in Bridge Decks of the State of Pennsylvania and New York -- The New Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge: Construction Support and Engineering -- The New Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge: Design of the Suspended Superstructure -- The New Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge: Critical Issues in Seismic Analysis and Design -- Tacoma Narrows Bridge Hydraulic Analysis -- The New Tacoma Narrows Bridge: Suspension System and Anchorage -- The Aesthetic Design of Pedestrian Bridges: An Engineer's Perspective -- Helix Pedestrian Bridge -- Rockefeller University Bridge and Plaza -- Stress in Orthotropic Steel Deck Components Due to Vehicular Loads -- Emergency Suspension Cable Reinforcement of Waldo Hancock Bridge -- Stability Analysis of Steel Trapezoidal Box-Girder Bridges -- Trapezoidal Box Girder Bridge Bracing: Results from Field Monitoring and FEA -- Field Studies on Metal-Deck Bracing of Trapezoidal Steel Box-Girder Bridges -- Forensic Investigation of Marcy Pedestrian Bridge -- New Directions for Stability Bracing of Steel Bridge Girders -- Inconsistent Detailing of Cross-Frame Members in Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges -- Recent Brittle Fractures in Steel Bridges and Preventative Mitigation Strategies -- Steel Girder Fracture on Delaware's I-95 Bridge over the Brandywine River -- Investigation of Girder Fractures of I-895 Bridge over US 1 and Patapsco River -- Comparing ASD and LRFD for Load Rating of Timber Bridges -- Nondestructive Assessment of Timber Bridges Using a Vibration-Based Method -- NIR-Monitoring of In-Service Wood Structures -- Orthotropic Deck Rehabilitation at the Throgs Neck Bridge -- Replacement of the Third Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River -- Covered Bridges: Engineering Judgment and the Practical Approach -- Kings Covered Bridge Rehabilitation, Somerset County, PA -- Uncovering American Covered Bridges: The HAER National Covered Bridges Recording Project -- Microstructure and Materials Science of Fire Resistive Materials -- Effect of Assembly Size, End Restraints, and Fireproofing Thickness on Fire Endurance Testing of Floor Systems -- Effects of Large Section Size and Fire Resistant Steel on Redundancy Improvement of Steel High-Rise Buildings in Fire -- Design of Structures for Fire Loading and Understanding Fire/Life Safety System Interdependencies -- Geometric Effects on the Fire Resistance of Structural Steel Elements -- A Methodology to Evaluate Robustness in Steel Buildings: Surviving Extreme Fires or Terrorist Attack Using a Robustness Index -- Behavior of CFT Beam-Columns under Elevated Temperatures from Fire Loading -- Achieving Fire Resistance through Steel Concrete Composite Construction -- Structural Design of Steel Building Components for Fire Conditions -- Defining Design Fires for Structural Performance -- Experimental Study on Ultimate Strength of H-Shaped Fire-Resistant Steel Columns under Fire Load -- The Behavior of Steel Perimeter Columns in a Fire -- A New Standard for Blast Protection of Buildings -- Green Specifications: Power and Influence -- The Relevance of Structural Engineers to Green Building Design -- Accounting for Multi-Axial Movement during the Lifting of a Long-Span Roof -- Effect of Across-Wind Response on Tall Slender Towers of Circular Cross-Section -- Full-Scale Validation of the Wind-Induced Response of Tall Buildings: Updated Findings from the Chicago Monitoring Project -- Motion-Dependent Forces in High-Rise Building -- 731 Lexington Avenue: A High Rise for the Bottom Line -- One Bryant Park -- Structural Design Challenges for The New York Times Building -- Space Age Planetarium -- Times Square Tower: The Design of a Tall Tower on a Tiny Footprint -- History of the Analysis of Cable Net Structures -- The History of Cable Nets in Communications -- Cable Net Structures in Mid-Twentieth Century Architecture -- Vladimir Shukhov and the Invention of Hyperboloid Structures -- Spatial Cable-Stayed Structures with Increased Stiffness -- Design Experience with Post-Tensioned Spatial Steel Truss Networks -- Elongation and Creeping of Cables in Buildings -- Updating ASCE Standard 19-96: Structural Applications of Steel Cables for Buildings -- Factors Affecting Structural Behavior of Suspension Cables Nets -- On Limit States Design of Cable Systems for Buildings -- The Roof Structure of the Jeju Worldcup Stadium -- How Currently Available Optimization Tools in Analysis/Design Software Can Help Your Business Now! -- Economic System Maps: Construction and Application to Optimal Structural Design -- Structural Design Optimization Using the MS Excel Solver and Computer Algebra Systems -- Design Tools in the Steel Industry -- A Constructive Neural Network Approach for Simulation and Identification of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems -- Damage Characterization of the IASC-ASCE Structural Health Monitoring Benchmark Structure by Transfer Function Pole Migration -- Parameter Estimation of the Generalized Extreme Value Distribution for Structural Health Monitoring -- Recent Advances to Obtain Real-Time Displacements for Engineering Applications -- Analysis of Real-Time Vibration Data -- Variations in the Natural Frequencies of Millikan Library Caused by Weather and Small Earthquakes -- A Simplified Design Procedure for Precast Prestressed Concrete Piling in Areas of High Seismicity to Include the Effects of Pile Buckling -- Comparison of Finite Element and Continuous Beam Methods for Excavation Support Design -- Analysis of Pile-Raft Foundations with 3D Finite-Element Method -- Soil-Structure Interaction: A Case Study -- Quantifying Soil-Raft-Superstructure Interaction Using Field Testing, Numerical Analysis and Artificial Neural Networks, ANNs -- Identification of Site Dynamic Properties for Soil-Structure Systems -- Seismic Response of Ohba Bridge, Fujisawa, Japan: Theory vs. Field Measurements -- Kinematic Response of Nonlinear Pile under Vertical Shear Waves -- Model of Circular Reinforced Concrete Members Subjected to Axial Load -- Influence of Different Confinement Patterns on the Axial Behavior of R/C Columns -- Retrofit of Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams by Using Steel Plate -- Computation of Secondary Moments in Prestressed Concrete Structures -- Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete: An Investigative Study -- Capacity Assessment of Rectangular Concrete-Filled Steel Tube (RCFT) Members and Connections for Performance-Based Design of Composite Frames -- Axial Capacity of Concrete Filled Stainless Steel Columns -- Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Hybrid Coupled Wall Systems -- Non-Linear Analysis of the Bond Strength Behavior on the Steel-Concrete Interface by Numerical Models and Pull-Out Tests -- High Strength Steel-Concrete Composite Columns: Applications and Design -- Behavior of Un-Bonded Post-Tensioned Beams Repaired and Retrofitted with Composite Materials -- An Uncoupled Approach to Shape and Laminate Optimization of FRP Membrane and Shell Structures -- Floor System Vibration Control -- The Relationship between the Buckling Load Factor and the Fundamental Frequency of a Structure -- Vibration Study for the New Addition at St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Determination of Local Structural Vibration Properties for the Design of Machine Foundations -- Analysis and Design of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Research Laboratory Building -- Unified Approach for the Flexural Stability Design of Steel I-Section Members -- The Direct Analysis Method: Bridging the Gap from Linear Elastic Analysis to Advanced Analysis in Steel Frame Design -- High Gain Observer for the Estimation of Nonlinear Restoring Forces in Single Degree of Freedom Shear Buildings -- Assessment of the Efficiency of the Structure Foundation by the Resonance Frequencies of Its Anti Planar Vibrations -- Wood Engineering Education: Trends and Challenges -- A Comprehensive Approach to Wood Building Design Education -- Wood Engineering Education: Balancing the Needs -- Importance of Wood Education in Structural Engineering Practice: Case Studies -- Teaching Structural Behavior with a Physics Engine -- Project-Based Independent Study Capstone Course -- Reality Graduate Course: Design of Large Scale Building Structures -- The Continuous Segment Method: A More Practical Approach for Teaching and Learning Structural Analysis -- A Course in Forensic Structural Engineering -- Hurricane Engineering: A New Curriculum for a Planet at Risk.