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A MULTISCALE STUDY OF CONCRETE SUBJECTED TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURES
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Low aspect ratio, shear-critical, reinforced concrete walls are used in nuclear power plants to resist gravity and lateral forces, and some serve a containment function. Beyond design basis earthquake shaking has the ...
Enabling Full-Scale Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling through Analysis of a Geotechnical Laminar Box and Real-time Dynamic Hybrid Simulation
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Soil-structure interaction is broadly assumed to be beneficial, with the incorporation of a flexible soil resulting in period-lengthening of the soil-foundation-superstructure system. However, this a high-level product and ...
EVALUATION OF SITE RESPONSE, WITH APPLICATION TO NUCLEAR STRUCTURES
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Nuclear power plants (NPPs) and other safety-related nuclear facilities offer unique design challenges not encountered with commercial infrastructure. One such challenge is the characterization of the effects of soil-structure ...
CORROSION MITIGATION IN REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES USING ENGINEERED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. However, approximately 10% of the bridges in the United States, majority of which are made of reinforced concrete, are structurally deficient or functionally ...
Analytical and Numerical Framework for the Seismic Assessment of Infilled RC Frames
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
This dissertation proposes a framework of computational and analytical tools for the efficient and accurate prediction of the nonlinear seismic behavior of buildings with masonry-infilled RC frames. The proposed framework ...
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A SEISMIC ISOLATION SYSTEM FOR LIGHTWEIGHT RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
While seismic isolation has found widespread application ranging from apartment buildings to monumental and essential facilities, only Japan has a significant number of applications of seismic isolation to houses, which ...
Flow Dynamics Modulation by Suspended Sediment
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Flow dynamics modulation by suspended sediment is present in nearly all geophysical flows. Many studies have sought to define the interactions among time-mean flows, turbulence, and suspended sediment. Yet the mechanisms ...
Model-in-the-Loop Testing of Flexible-Bus Conductors Interconnecting Substation Equipment
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Seismic performance of electrical substation equipment is of paramountimportance to avoid power outages and economic losses, and to ensureefficient post-earthquake response. Significant progress had been madetowards improving ...
Investigation of the Linear and Non-Linear Dynamic Behavior of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings through Tests and Simulations
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
This dissertation presents a comprehensive experimental and numerical investigation of the linear and nonlinear dynamic response of Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings to dynamic loads. To this end, two actual RC buildings ...
Analytical and Experimental Study of the Contribution of Steel Casing to Single Shaft Foundation Flexural and Shear Resistance
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
The objective of this dissertation is to investigate how to account for the contribution of steel casing to the structural resistance of the single shaft foundations that are encased in a permanent steel casing and are ...