by Applied Element Method | Mar 30, 2008 | Bulletins
Masonry, through its long history, is widespread used around the world and still remains a main building material in many places especially developing countries. However a poorly designed masonry is known as brittle and susceptible to the earthquake. To improve their seismic capacity, polypropylene band retrofitting technique method was purposed base on economic point of view and local availability of material and skilled labor. In this study, we proposed 3-D Applied Element Method as analysis tools to help understanding the polypropylene band retrofitted masonry behavior which will be benefit in the future design process. Unlike the previous version, 3-D Applied Element Method elements can be any rectangular prism which helps reducing the number of elements.
by Applied Element Method | Mar 30, 2008 | Other Publications, Thesis
Within the past 40 years, abnormal loadings resulting from natural hazards, design flaws, construction errors, and man-made threats have induced progressive collapse in structures all over the world. As progressive collapse behavior has become more prominent, it has...
by Applied Element Method | Aug 30, 2007 | Conferences
Bridges are critical to the transportation system especially at the time of crises. They are essential for rescue missions, evacuations, and rapid distribution of aid and medical supplies. Bridges are highly visible and accessible structures which make them...
by Applied Element Method | Mar 30, 2007 | Bulletins
Understanding masonry wall behavior under lateral cyclic loads is important as it helps both evaluating the seismic vulnerability of existing buildings and developing proper retrofitting measures. In this study, the simulation of brick masonry wall behavior was...
by Applied Element Method | Apr 19, 2006 | Other Publications
Progressive collapse simulation is the latest challenge facing today’s engineers wishing to assess the integrity of structures and to develop any necessary progressive collapse mitigation strategies. To this end, an ideal progressive collapse numerical simulation...
