Journal•ISSN: 0733-9399
Journal of Engineering Mechanics-asce
American Society of Civil Engineers
About: Journal of Engineering Mechanics-asce is an academic journal published by American Society of Civil Engineers. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Finite element method & Buckling. It has an ISSN identifier of 0733-9399. Over the lifetime, 7986 publications have been published receiving 268725 citations. The journal is also known as: ASCE engineering mechanics.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the method is capable of application to structures of any degree of complication, with any relationship between force and displacement, from linear elastic behavior through various degrees of inelastic behavior or plastic response, up to failure; any type of dynamic loading, due to shock or impact, vibration, earthquake, or nuclear blast can be considered.
Abstract: Method is capable of application to structures of any degree of complication, with any relationship between force and displacement, from linear elastic behavior through various degrees of inelastic behavior or plastic response, up to failure; any type of dynamic loading, due to shock or impact, vibration, earthquake, or nuclear blast can be considered; use of high-speed digital computers.
4,176 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a new plastic-damage model for concrete subjected to cyclic loading is developed using the concepts of fracture-energy-based damage and stiffness degradation in continuum damage mechanics.
Abstract: A new plastic-damage model for concrete subjected to cyclic loading is developed using the concepts of fracture-energy-based damage and stiffness degradation in continuum damage mechanics. Two damage variables, one for tensile damage and the other for compressive damage, and a yield function with multiple-hardening variables are introduced to account for different damage states. The uniaxial strength functions are factored into two parts, corresponding to the effective stress and the degradation of elastic stiffness. The constitutive relations for elastoplastic responses are decoupled from the degradation damage response, which provides advantages in the numerical implementation. In the present model, the strength function for the effective stress is used to control the evolution of the yield surface, so that calibration with experimental results is convenient. A simple and thermodynamically consistent scalar degradation model is introduced to simulate the effect of damage on elastic stiffness and its recovery during crack opening and closing. The performance of the plastic-damage model is demonstrated with several numerical examples of simulating monotonically and cyclically loaded concrete specimens.
2,825 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a fundamental analysis of the meaning of second-moment reliability in multivariate problems is presented, and the format described is entirely derived from one basic assumption concerning the measurement of reliability.
Abstract: A fundamental analysis of the meaning of second-moment reliability in multivariate problems is presented. The format described is entirely derived from one basic assumption concerning the measurement of reliability. All formulations are exact, and approximations involving the assumption of small variance are only introduced to simplify practical equations. The format is fully invariant under any change of formulation of the failure criteria consistent with the laws of algebra and mechanics.
2,702 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a new method of modeling and solution of a large class of hysteretic systems (softening or hardening, narrow or wideband) under random excitation is proposed.
Abstract: Based on a Markov-vector formulation and a Galerkin solution procedure, a new method of modeling and solution of a large class of hysteretic systems (softening or hardening, narrow or wide-band) under random excitation is proposed. The excitation is modeled as a filtered Gaussian shot noise allowing one to take the nonstationarity and spectral content of the excitation into consideration. The solutions include time histories of joint density, moments of all order, and threshold crossing rate; for the stationary case, autocorrelation, spectral density, and first passage time probability are also obtained. Comparison of results of numerical example with Monte-Carlo solutions indicates that the proposed method is a powerful and efficient tool.
2,377 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical method for the dynamic analysis of infinite continuous systems is developed, applicable to systems for which all exciting forces and geometrical irregularities are confined to a limited region and is applicable to both transient and steady state problems.
Abstract: A numerical method for the dynamic analysis of infinite continuous systems is developed. The method is applicable to systems for which all exciting forces and geometrical irregularities are confined to a limited region and is applicable to both transient and steady state problems. The infinite system is replaced by a system consisting of a finite region subjected to a boundary condition which simulates an energy absorbing boundary. The resulting systems may be analyzed by the finite element method. Examples applying the method to foundation vibration problems are presented. Good agreement with existing solutions is found and new results for embedded footings are presented.
2,172 citations