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Fall 2017

Moosavi Nanehkaran, Seyed Abdol Hadi

Although the reliability levels of structural steel and reinforced concrete structures designed to the Canadian codes and standards have been investigated substantially in the past four decades, studies on the reliability of masonry structures are limited. Based on some preliminary studies in 1980s

investigation reported herein was carried out to contribute to filling the gap in our knowledge on the reliability of structural masonry members designed using the limit states method, to establish reliability levels for masonry comparable to other structural materials and to help remove any unnecessary

Spring 2023

Kang, Ning

Static deflection at mid-span under a concentrated load and fundamental natural frequency are two important vibration serviceability design parameters for mass timber panel (MTP) floor systems. Current design procedures for the two parameters tend to be conservative and over-simplified. To...

Fall 2024

Pessiyan, Sepehr

test data linked to diverse structural elements, has opened new avenues for structural analysis. These methods offer potential solutions to the problems encountered in numerical simulation. This M.Sc. thesis aims to develop data-driven surrogate models for the prediction of nonlinear hysteresis

Spring 2023

Yi, Chaofan

The production of cement-based materials releases numerous greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and therefore, accelerates global warming. The search for an alternative to Portland cement systems has thrown up the family of alkali-activated geopolymers as a potential choice. In civil engineering

, workability, setting time, strength and durability are the most important demands as they determine the quality of construction, engineering performance and the service life of structures. To boost the widespread application of N-A-S-H geopolymers in civil engineering, developing mature mix design guidelines

Fall 2015

Cakiroglu, Celal

study of vintage pipes in order to have a better understanding of their structural response under tensile strain. In the scope of this research program the tensile strain capacity of energy pipelines is investigated both experimentally and using finite element analysis. In the experimental part of

classification of failure modes of cold bends under large tensile strains. In order to have a better understanding of the tension side fracture of cold bends under excessive tensile strain, the effects of the internal pressure level and the pipe steel grade on the structural response of cold bends are

showed that, two different types of structural response can be observed depending on the level of the internal pressure and the steel grade. In order to develop a rigorous decision making procedure for the mode of the structural behaviour, a linear classification algorithm is utilized based on the

Spring 2024

Romero, Danny J.

Masonry connectors are used in wythe wall systems to either transfer lateral loads or increase composite behaviour. As future energy code requirements are updated, insulation is increasing which increases the cavity within walls which affects a connector’s behaviour. Due to a lack of masonry...

Fall 2016

Trovato, Alexandra N

solution to the problems associated with these treatments is a talar body implant that replaces the avascular portion of the talus or the talus in its entirety. Presently, there are reports of custom talar implants surgically implanted in patients; however, custom implants increase time between injury and

Spring 2024

Al-Tamimi, Ahmed

The heat transfer from a hot to a cold medium occurs first in transient state before reaching a steady state. Hence, heat flux and surface temperatures fluctuate with changing times during the transient phase till they stabilizes after a period, and reach a steady phase. Heat conduction depends...

Fall 2021

Attia, Saher, S.

Special finite element formulations were developed to accurately predict the structural response of straight and curved pipes. Although the ELBOW elements implemented in the ABAQUS library have been verified under in-plane and out-of-plane loading, the effect of internal pressure loading had not

been well addressed. Therefore, a detailed assessment for the structural response of the ELBOW elements under internal pressure is introduced showing their limitations. One of these limitations is the inability of the ELBOW elements to model initial geometric imperfections associated with the

ovalized pipes, the mathematical approach proposed in ‎Chapter 5 is applicable to model straight and curved pipes with generic cross-sections. Comparisons with general shell models demonstrate the accuracy and versatility of the proposed formulations to predict the structural response of initially

Fall 2022

Shirzad Ghaleroudkhani, Nima

The sustainability of urban cities is contingent upon the adequate performance of their infrastructure. The transportation system is one of the crucial components of the city infrastructure and the sustainability and the economic development of a city depend on its proper operation. Monitoring...