Shaking Table Tests of Low-Rise Shear Walls Made of Recycled Aggregate Concrete (open access)

Shaking Table Tests of Low-Rise Shear Walls Made of Recycled Aggregate Concrete

This article investigates the dynamic behavior of shear walls made of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC).
Date: March 20, 2015
Creator: Zhang, Jianwei; Dong, Hongying; Cao, Wanlin & Yu, Cheng
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Strength Method for Web Crippling of Cold-Formed Steel C- and Z-Sections Subjected to One-Flange Loading (open access)

Direct Strength Method for Web Crippling of Cold-Formed Steel C- and Z-Sections Subjected to One-Flange Loading

This article presents the development of a semi-analytical design approach for the web crippling strength using the Direct Strength Method concept.
Date: December 17, 2015
Creator: Dara, Martin & Yu, Cheng
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seismic Response and Engineering of Cold-formed Steel Framed Buildings (open access)

Seismic Response and Engineering of Cold-formed Steel Framed Buildings

This article discusses a North American effort which formed as part of the NSF Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), known as Enabling Performance-Based Seismic Design of Multi-Story Cold-Formed Steel Structures (CFS-NEES), as it addresses seismic performance-based design for cold-formed steel framed buildings.
Date: May 26, 2016
Creator: Schafer, B. W.; Ayhan, D.; Leng, J.; Liu, P.; Padilla-Llano, D.; Peterman, K. D. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Investigation and Design Method for the Shear Strength of Self-Piercing Rivet Connections in Thin-Walled Steel Structures (open access)

Experimental Investigation and Design Method for the Shear Strength of Self-Piercing Rivet Connections in Thin-Walled Steel Structures

This article presents an experimental investigation on the shear strength of self-piercing rivet connections used in thin-walled steel structures.
Date: April 5, 2017
Creator: Yan, Weiming; Xie, Zhiqiang; Yu, Cheng; Song, Linlin & He, Haoxiang
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact of Mobility on Convergence Rate in a Wireless Sensor Network (open access)

Impact of Mobility on Convergence Rate in a Wireless Sensor Network

This paper shows that introducing mobility increases the rate of convergence in partially connected and disconnected wireless sensor networks (WSN).
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Norouzi Kandalan, Roya; Singh, Ramanpreet; Namuduri, Kamesh; Varanasi, Murali R. & Buckles, Bill
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental study and finite element analysis of energy dissipating outriggers (open access)

Experimental study and finite element analysis of energy dissipating outriggers

This article uses experiments and finite element analyses to study the structural responses and energy dissipation capacities of three different outriggers of an actual tall building project.
Date: November 11, 2016
Creator: Yang, Qingshun; Lu, Xinzheng; Yu, Cheng & Gu, Donglian
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Application of a Simplified Model for the Design of a Super-Tall Mega-Braced Frame-Core Tube Building (open access)

Development and Application of a Simplified Model for the Design of a Super-Tall Mega-Braced Frame-Core Tube Building

This article discusses the development and application of a simplified nonlinear model to compare two design schemes of a super-tall mega-braced frame-core tube building.
Date: December 16, 2014
Creator: Lu, Xinzheng; Xie, Linlin; Yu, Cheng & Lu, Xiao
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library