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Proceedings of the 20th Analysis and Computation Specialty Conference, held in conjunction with Structures Congress 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, March 29.31, 2012. Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE. This collections contain 49 papers that highlight recent research in the broad areas of applied structural analysis, optimal structural design, structural control, and emergent computing technology. Topics include: recent innovations and application of passive seismic control; new directions in damage detection using structural health monitoring; selected issues in analysis and computation; optimal design using advanced computational methods; benchmark cases of optimum structural design; advances in hybrid simulation; calibration and validation of concrete models; evaluation and design of new and existing buildings against disproportionate collapse; and recent advancements in collapse assessment of structures under earthquakes.

Computer analysis --- Structural analysis --- Structural control --- Structural design --- Seismic design --- Building design --- Computer models --- Structural engineering

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Sponsored by the Technical Council on Wind Engineering of ASCE. Wind Issues in the Design of Buildings explains the ways that structural designers accommodate the impact of extreme wind events on the built environment. By studying the flow and pressure fields around buildings, architects and engineers can identify and select the best strategies for ensuring that a building will resist the loads due to high winds, maintaining pleasant conditions in outdoor spaces, assessing natural ventilation potential, and seeing that any exhaust fumes are dispersed adequately. This volume identifies wind characteristics and describes the effects of winds generated by hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms. It explains the internal and external pressures on a building's cladding (skin) and the effects of wind-borne debris. A building's response to the structural loads caused by wind is outlined, along with techniques for resisting wind. A chapter is devoted to wind tunnels and physical modeling to predict structural loads, cladding response, pedestrian experience, topographic effects, and snow deposition. A section of frequently asked questions, a glossary, and recommended reading make this material in this volume accessible to students and nontechnical members of project teams. Structural engineers and architects will find this book a useful aide in explaining wind-related issues to clients, builders, building officials, and owners. Students in structural and architectural engineering will welcome the clear, concise presentation of an important component of structural design.

Buildings --- Wind resistant design. --- Building design --- Wind engineering --- Structural design --- Wind pressure --- Load factors --- Wind loads --- Wind tunnel --- Aerodynamics.

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Proceedings of the Sixth Congress on Forensic Engineering, held in San Francisco, California, October 31-November 3, 2012. Sponsored by the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering of ASCE. This collection contains 144 peer-reviewed papers presenting findings intended to help forensic engineers develop practices and procedures to reduce the number of failures, disseminate information on failures, and provide guidelines for conducting failure investigations and for ethical conduct. Topics include: bridges; building envelopes; critical infrastructure; design practices; disaster risk management; education; emerging technologies; fires; floods; flooring; geotechnical failures; hurricanes, tornadoes, and extreme winds; investigative methodologies; practices to reduce failures; professional practice; research and testing; residential construction; and structural failures. This book will be valuable to engineers, researchers, educators, and students involved in forensic engineering.

Forensic engineering --- Structural failures --- Failure analysis --- Safety --- Bridge failures --- Bridge tests --- Infrastructure construction --- Building design --- California --- United States

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Architecture --- Architectural design --- Architectural design. --- Architecture. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Buildings --- Design --- Structural design --- Design and construction

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Architecture --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Architecture, Modern --- History --- Design and construction --- Architecture, Primitive