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Spring 2015

Lin, Meng

Enbridge vintage Norman Wells Pipeline made of X52 steels has transported crude oil from Norman Wells, Northwest Territories (NWT) to Zama, Alberta since 1985. It is the first fully buried pipeline that traverses permafrost regions in Canada, and is often subjected to adverse geotechnical...

Fall 2023

Casaverde Lopez, Oswald

variability through enhanced supervision control of masonry would lead to increase in safety and, consequently, an increase in the strength reduction factor. This, in turn, results in a higher design capacity of structural masonry.

Fall 2013

Kazemi, Sadegh

With the ever increasing concerns about the structural adequacy of buildings and infrastructures, particularly in harsh environments with limited funding for ongoing maintenance, a significant need exists to develop highly durable and rapidly constructed structural systems. To this aim, recent

implemented in detailing of composite members to make sure that the material is best used where it is most required. To date, however, there has been very limited research on the structural behaviour of this member configuration. The objectives of the current study are twofold. The first phase focuses on

® 6.11 was used to simulate the response of the composite connection system subjected to the pull-out load and to minimize the need for full-scale structural testing. A total of 42 specimens were designed, constructed, and tested to capture the experimental response of the composite connections subjected

Fall 2015

Vafaeian, Behzad

Ultrasound has been widely utilized in diagnostic and therapeutic clinical practices. Further development of the application of ultrasound in the clinical practices requires comprehensive understanding of the physics of ultrasound propagation in biological tissues. In this research, computer...

Fall 2023

Liu, Wanyan

The compressive strength of masonry is an essential mechanical parameter considering its influence on structural design. Among different types of masonry, hollow concrete block masonry is the most commonly used one in North America. Over the past decades, various methods were developed to determine

Spring 2021

Mei, Qipei

Transportation infrastructure system is a key component of smart and sustainable cities. To support the development of future smart cities, the efficiency and sustainability of transportation infrastructure systems must be improved. In this context, there is an increasing demand for efficient and...

Spring 2014

Thomas, Kristin S

Current design procedures for extended shear tab connections tend to be conservative and often do not include considerations for axial load. To address these problems, an investigation into the behaviour of extended shear tabs was completed by testing 23 full-scale specimens. Both unstiffened and...

Spring 2017

Safari Gorji, Meisam

(SPSW-O) and (2) Coupled SPSW (C-SPSW). The above-mentioned SPSW configurations are intended to enhance the overturning stiffness of SPSWs, while improving material efficiency and providing architectural flexibility. The plastic method of structural analysis was used to investigate the behaviour

, mechanisms and efficiency of these SPSW configurations, and to develop procedures for efficient design of such structural systems. Four different SPSW-O options were discussed and their structural characteristics were investigated in terms of lateral load resistance and overturning stiffness. A simple

Fall 2016

Agah, Faisal

The main purpose of this study was creating a finite element model with bio-realistic geometry of ligaments in the cervical spine region. A ligamentous finite element model was created that allows the study of the stress distribution on ligaments under six different moments: flexion, extension,...

Fall 2015

Do, Ngoan Tien

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a rapidly developing field, which is expected to play an important role in management of infrastructure systems by providing critical information about the structural changes or damage in the structure under monitoring. Among the different components of SHM

, data analysis methods and damage detection algorithms are widely considered among the most critical components. For real life applications, the effects of operational and environmental factors on the damage detection process should be appropriately considered since these effects can mask structural

), which detect structural damage. Numerical and experimental case studies are employed for verification of the methodology. First, a numerical study of a 4-DOF spring mass system and the IASC-ASCE (International Association of Structural Control; American Society of Civil Engineers) numerical benchmark