Conference Papers

2025

Conference Papers

Quantification of hidden safety reserves between different highway traffic load models based on probabilistic calibration analysis

S. Martinolli; A. Taras; X. Malja; P. Miglietta; A. Muttoni et al. 

2025. IABSE Congress, Ghent 2025: The Essence of Structural Engineering for Society, Ghent, Belgium, 2025-08-27 – 2025-08-29. p. 58 – 66. DOI : 10.2749/ghent.2025.0058.

2024

Conference Papers

A Novel Fiber Element to Simulate Interactive Local and Lateral Torsional Buckling in Steel Moment Frames

A. Maity; A. Kanvinde; D. I. Heredia Rosa; A. de Castro e Sousa; D. G. Lignos 

2024. Stability Conference Structural Stability Research Council, San Antonio, United States, 2024-03-19 – 2024-03-22.

Modelling and Experimental Investigation of Ductile Crack Initiation in Welded Connections with Bevelled Backing Bars and Inelastic Panel Zones

A. Skiadopoulos; D. G. Lignos 

2024. 11th International Conference on the Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Salerno, Italy, 2024-07-08 – 2024-07-10. p. 687 – 698. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-62884-9_60.

Seismic Performance of Steel Moment-Resisting Frames Utilizing Dissipative Embedded Column Base Connections

H. Inamasu; N. Bijelic; D. G. Lignos 

2024. 11th International Conference on the Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Salerno, Italy, 2024-07-08 – 2024-07-10. p. 926 – 936. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-62884-9_81.

Proposed Limits of Stiffener Spacing Requirements for Short and Intermediate Length EBF Steel Links

N. G. Skretas; T. L. Karavasilis; D. G. Lignos 

2024. 11th International Conference on the Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Salerno, Italy, 2024-07-08 – 2024-07-10. p. 745 – 755. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-62884-9_65.

2023

Conference Papers

The new Chapter 9 of Eurocode 8 Part 3 for Seismic Assessment of Existing Steel Structures

D. Lignos 

2023. 10th National Conference of Steel Structures, Athens, Greece, October 19-21, 2023.

Proposed Limits of Stiffener Spacing Requirements for EBF Links Within the Framework of Eurocode 8

N. Skretas; T. Karavasilis; D. Lignos 

2023. 10th National Conference of Steel Structures, Athens, Greece, October 19-21, 2023.

Proposed Panel Zone Model for Beam-To-Column Joints in Steel Moment Resisting Frames

A. Skiadopoulos; A. M. A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2023. 10th National Conference of Steel Structures, Athens, Greece, October 19-21, 2023.

Experimental Evaluation and Modeling of Residual Stress Distributions for Hot-Rolled Wide Flange Steel Members

A. Skiadopoulos; A. A. Sousa; D. Lignos 

2023. 10th National Conference of Steel Structures, Athens, Greece, October 19-21, 2023.

Full Scale Experiments of a Composite Steel Moment Resisting Frame: Behavioral Insights and Implications on Seismic Design

H. El Jisr; D. Lignos 

2023. 10th National Conference of Steel Structures, Athens, Greece, October 19-21, 2023.

The use of ductile steel fuses for the seismic protection of acceleration sensitive non- structural components: Numerical and Experimental verification

A. Kazantzi; A. M. A. Elkady; D. Vamvatsikos; D. Lignos; E. Miranda 

2023. 10th National Conference of Steel Structures, Athens, Greece, October 19-21, 2023.

Experimental Investigation of Instability-Free Welded Moment Connections With Simplified Weld Details

A. Skiadopoulos; D. Lignos; M. Arita; S. Hiroshima 

2023. 10th National Conference of Steel Structures, Athens, Greece, October 19-21, 2023.

Dissipative Embedded Column Bases for Enhanced Seismic Performance of Steel Moment Resisting Frames

H. Inamasu; A. A. Sousa; D. Lignos 

2023. 10th National Conference of Steel Structures, Athens, Greece, October 19-21, 2023.

Digital-Image-Correlation for Simulating Cyclic Local Buckling in Steel Beams

S. Ozden; A. A. Sousa; D. Lignos 

2023. Eurosteel, Amsterdam, Holland, September 12-14, 2023. p. 1717 – 1722. DOI : 10.1002/cepa.2671.

Towards instability-free welded moment connections

A. Skiadopoulos; D. Lignos 

2023. 13th International Congress on Mechanics, Patras, Greece, August 24-27, 2022. p. 521 – 530.

Surrogate modelling for seismic collapse risk assessment of steel moment resisting frames

N. Bijelic; A. Skiadopoulos; D. Lignos 

2023. Canadian Conferennce – Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 25th – June 30th 2023.

Local relaxation of residual stress in HFMI-treated high-strength steel welded joints subjected to high-peak loads

Y. Ono; H. Remes; K. Kinoshita; H. C. Yildirim; A. Nussbaumer 

2023. 10 International Conference on Fatigue Design, Cetim, Senlis, France, 2023-11-29 – 2023-11-30. DOI : 10.1016/j.prostr.2024.03.031.

Geometric tolerances of welded connections with inelastic panel zones

C. Wen; A. Skiadopoulos; D. G. Lignos 

2023. EUROSTEEL 2023, Amsterdam, The Neatherlands, Setember 12-14, 2023. p. 1550 – 1555. DOI : 10.1002/cepa.2272.

A Simple, Closed-Form Method for Determining the Superelevation of Tall Reinforced Concrete Buildings

D. M. V. Ruggiero; P. C. Miglietta; B. Boulanger; T. Kokai 

2023. fib Symposium 2023: Building for the Future: Durable, Sustainable, Resilient, Istanbul, Turkey, June 5-7, 2023. p. 1018 – 1027. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-32511-3_104.

Proposed residual stress model for hot‐rolled wide flange steel cross sections

A. Skiadopoulos; A. de Castro e Sousa; D. G. Lignos 

2023. EUROSTEEL 2023, Setember 12-14, 2023, Amsterdam, The Neatherlands. p. 1711 – 1716. DOI : 10.1002/cepa.2736.

New developments on fatigue in Eurocode on steel structures

M. Lukić; M. Euler; A. Nussbaumer; M. Rauch; D. Pope 

2023. 10 International Conference on Fatigue Design, Cetim, Senlis, France, 2023-11-29 – 2023-11-30. DOI : 10.1016/j.prostr.2024.03.061.

Hysteretic behaviour of welded connections with highly inelastic panel zones

A. Skiadopoulos; D. G. Lignos; M. Arita; S. Hiroshima 

2023. EUROSTEEL 2023, Setember 12-14, 2023, Amsterdam, The Neatherlands. p. 1556 – 1561. DOI : 10.1002/cepa.2676.

2022

Conference Papers

Analytical Studies in Support of an Improved Approach to the Design of Acceleration-Sensitive Nonstructural Elements

A. Kazantzi; E. Miranda; D. Vamvatsikos; A. M. A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2022. Fifth International Workshop on the Seismic Performance of Non-Structural Elements (SPONSE), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, December 5-7, 2022.

Experimental Study to Validate an Improved Approach to Design Acceleration-Sensitive Nonstructural Components

A. M. A. Elkady; D. Vamvatsikos; D. Lignos; A. Kazantzi; E. Miranda 

2022. Fifth International Workshop on the Seismic Performance of Non-Structural Elements (SPONSE), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, December 5-7, 2022.

Assessment of stiffener spacing design requirements for intermediate EBF links via nonlinear finite element analysis

N. Skretas; T. Karavasilis; D. Lignos 

2022. Fifth National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Athens, Greece, October 20-22, 2022.

Soil-Structure Interaction effects on the seismic behavior of steel moment resisting frames: Preliminary assessment

C. Petridis; D. Lignos; D. Pitilakis 

2022. 3rd EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & SEISMOLOGY, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, September 4-9, 2022.

Seismic stability of steel moment resisting frames with inelastic panel zones

A. Skiadopoulos; D. Lignos 

2022. 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 27 – July 1 2022.

Development of dissipative embedded columns base connections for mitigating column axial shortening

H. Inamasu; A. A. Sousa; D. Lignos 

2022. The 10th International Conference on the BEHAVIOUR OF STEEL STRUCTURES IN SEISMIC AREAS, Timisoara, Romania, May 25-27, 2022. p. 269 – 275. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-03811-2_25.

Full-scale testing of European steel beams with reduced beam section under reversed cyclic loading

H. Inamasu; D. Lignos 

2022. The 10th International Conference on the BEHAVIOUR OF STEEL STRUCTURES IN SEISMIC AREAS, Timisoara, Romania, May 25-27, 2022. p. 166 – 172. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-03811-2_13.

Computational Investigation of Mode-I Fatigue Crack Growth in CFRP-Strengthened Steel Plates with a Cohesive Zone Model

M. Mohajer; M. Bocciarelli; P. Colombi; A. Hosseini; A. Nussbaumer et al. 

2022. 10th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE), Istanbul, TURKEY, Dec 08-10, 2021. p. 2287 – 2297. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-88166-5_198.

Experimental Study on the Static and Fatigue Behaviour of a New Mechanical Wedge-Barrel Anchor

H. Heydarinouri; M. Motavalli; A. Nussbaumer; E. Ghafoori 

2022. 10th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE), Istanbul, TURKEY, Dec 08-10, 2021. p. 2180 – 2187. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-88166-5_188.

Investigation on the fatigue resistance of thick transverse attachments and design of VA fatigue tests

D. Leonetti; Y. Takai; K. Kinoshita; A. Nussbaumer 

2022. European Conference on Fracture 2022 (ECF 23), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, June 27 – July 1, 2022. p. 480 – 489. DOI : 10.1016/j.prostr.2022.12.061.

Development of a Strengthening System for Riveted/Bolted Steel Connections Using Prestressed CFRP Rods

H. Heydarinouri; M. Motavalli; A. Nussbaumer; E. Ghafoori 

2022. 10th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE), Istanbul, TURKEY, Dec 08-10, 2021. p. 2267 – 2276. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-88166-5_196.

2021

Conference Papers

Hysteretic Behaviour of Shear Stud Connectors in Composite Steel Moment‐Resisting Frames

H. El Jisr; D. Lignos 

2021. EUROSTEEL 2021 Sheffield — Steel’s coming home, Sheffield, England, September 1-3, 2021. p. 575 – 582. DOI : 10.1002/cepa.1333.

EaRL: An Open-Source Software for Earthquake Risk, Loss and Lifecycle Assessment

A. M. A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2021. The 13th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2021), Shanghai, P.R. China, June 21-25, 2021.

The impact of heavy vehicle platoons on bridge traffic loads

M. Sjaarda; A. Nussbaumer 

2021. IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 2021-09-22 – 2021-09-24. p. 700 – 708. DOI : 10.2749/ghent.2021.0700.

2020

Conference Papers

Experimental Study of Sliding Friction Damper for High-Performance Steel Structures

M. Paronesso; D. Lignos 

2020. 17WCEE 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 13-18, 2020 (original).

Collapse-Consistent Protocols for Experimental Testing of Steel Columns under Multi-axial Cyclic Loading

D. Lignos; Y. Suzuki 

2020. 8th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 3-5, 2020.

2019

Conference Papers

An explicit model for exposed column base connections and its parameter sensitivity

A. A. Sousa; H. Inamasu; D. Lignos 

2019. 12th Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 9-11, 2019.

Concepts to minimize earthquake-induced column axial shortening in steel moment-resisting frames

H. Inamasu; D. Lignos 

2019. 12th Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 9-11, 2019.

Exposed Column Base Connections for Minimizing Earthquake-induced Residual Deformations in Steel Moment-Resisting Framess

H. Inamasu; A. A. Sousa; G. G. Bartrina; D. Lignos 

2019. SECED Earthquake Risk and Engineering Towards a Reslient World, Greenwich, London, September 9-11, 2019.

Behavior of iron-based Shape Memory Alloys under Cyclic Loading Histories

D. Heredia Rosa; A. R. Hartloper; A. A. Sousa; D. Lignos; M. Motavalli et al. 

2019. Fifth Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures, Postdam, Germany, August 27-29, 2019.

A practical method for seismic retrofit of tall buildings with supplemental damping

S. Akcelyan; D. Lignos 

2019. 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (12CCEE), Quebec, Canada, June 17-20, 2019.

Sensitivity of Simulated Steel Column Instabilities to Plasticity Model Assumptions

A. R. Hartloper; A. A. Sousa; D. Lignos 

2019. 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (12CCEE), Quebec, Canada, June 17-20, 2019.

Fatigue Damage Factor Calibration for Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge Decks

A. Nussbaumer; J. O. Pedro; C. A. P. Baptista; M. Duval 

2019. 19th International Colloquium on Mechanical Fatigue of Metals (ICMFM), Porto, Portugal, September 05-07, 2018. p. 369 – 376. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-13980-3_47.

Proposed criterion for fatigue strengthening of riveted bridge girders

H. Heydarinouri; A. Nussbaumer; J. Maljaars; E. Ghafoori 

2019. Fatigue Design 2019, Senlis, France, p. 482 – 493. DOI : 10.1016/j.prostr.2019.12.052.

Strain-based approach to fatigue crack initiation on high-strength-steel welded joints under multiaxial loading

M. Garcia; A. Nussbaumer; H. Remes 

2019. 7th International Conferen on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMCce 2019), Cape Town, South Africa, September 2-4, 2019. DOI : 10.1201/9780429426506-115.

2018

Conference Papers

Guidelines on nonlinear dynamic analysis for seismic design of steel moment frames

G. Deierlein; D. Lignos; S. Bono; A. Kanvinde 

2018. 11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (11NCEE), Los Angeles, California, USA, June 25-29, 2018.

Fiber-based model for earthquake-induced collapse simulation of steel frame buildings

Y. Suzuki; D. Lignos 

2018. 11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 25-29, 2018.

Composite beam effects and implications to seismic design provisions

H. El Jisr; D. Lignos 

2018. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE), Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18-21, 2018.

Revised ASCE-41 modeling recommendations for moment-resisting frame systems

D. Lignos; A. R. Hartloper; A. M. A. Elkady; R. Hamburger; G. Deierlein 

2018. 11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (11NCEE), Los Angeles, California, USA, June 25-29, 2018.

Influence of embedded steel column base strength on earthquake-induced residual deformations

H. Inamasu; D. Lignos; A. Kanvinde 

2018. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18-21, 2018.

Seismic retrofit of steel tall buildings with bilinear oil dampers

S. Akcelyan; D. Lignos 

2018. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18-21, 2018.

Improving the collapse risk of steel structures with high-performance steel

Y. Suzuki; D. Lignos 

2018. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18-21, 2018.

EaRL: Toolbox for Earthquake Risk and Loss Assessment of Building Assets

A. M. A. Elkady; S-H. Hwang; D. Lignos 

2018. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18-21, 2018.

Influence of non-structural components on the seismic response of cold-formed steel structures

V. Nikolaidou; C. Rogers; D. Lignos 

2018. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 18-21, 2018.

Multiaxial Fatigue Study on Transversal Attachments under constant amplitude proportional and non-proportional loadings

M. Garcia; C. A. Pereira Baptista; A. Nussbaumer 

2018. 12th international fatigue congress, Poitiers, France, May 28-June 1, 2018. DOI : 10.1051/matecconf/201816516007.

Effect of Column Base Flexibility on Earthquake-Induced Residual Deformations of Steel Columns

H. Inamasu; D. Lignos; A. Kanvinde 

2018. 9th International Conference on the Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas (STESSA 2018), Christchurch, New Zealand, February 14-17, 2018. p. 149 – 156. DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.763.149.

Earthquake-Induced Collapse Risk and Loss Assessment of Steel Concentrically Braced Frames

S-H. Hwang; D. Lignos 

2018. 8th International Conference of the Seismic Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 14-17, 2018.

Prestressed FRP-strengthening and wireless monitoring of a metallic bridge in Australia

E. Ghafoori; A. Hosseini; R. Al-Mahaidi; X-L. Zhao; M. Motavalli et al. 

2018. 9th international conference on bridge maintenance, safety and management (IAMBAS 2018), Melbourne, Australia, July 9-13, 2018. DOI : 10.1201/9781315189390-60.

Flat prestressed unbonded reinforcement (FPUR) system for strengthening of steel I-Beams

A. Hosseini; E. Ghafoori; M. Motavalli; A. Nussbaumer; X-L. Zhao et al. 

2018. 9th international conference on bridge maintenance, safety and management (IAMBAS 2018), Melbourne, Australia, July 9-13, 2018. DOI : 10.1201/9781315189390-59.

Application of pre-stressed un-bonded CFRP for strenghthening of metallic structures

E. Ghafoori; A. Hosseini; E. Pellisier; M. Hueppi; M. Motavalli 

2018. 9th international conference on fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in civil engineering (CICE 2018), Paris, France, July 17-19, 2018.

FRP-to-concrete debonding – global and local bond behaviour

M. Breveglieri; A. Hosseini; C. Czaderski 

2018. 9th international conference on fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in civil engineering (CICE 2018), Paris, France, July 17-19, 2018. p. 353 – 360.

Steel Columns under Multi-Axis Seismic Loading: Experimental Findings and Design Recommendations

A. Elkady; J. Cravero; D. G. Lignos 

2018. Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 14-17, 2018. p. 376 – 383. DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.763.376.

Earthquake-Induced Collapse Risk and Loss Assessment of Steel Concentrically Braced Frames

S-H. Hwang; D. Lignos 

2018. 9th International Conference on the Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 14 – 17, 2018.

Shape memory alloy (SMA) strips for fatigue strengthening of cracked steel plates

M. Izadi; E. Ghafoori; M. Motavalli; S. Maalek; A. Hosseini 

2018. 9th international conference on fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in civil engineering (CICE 2018), Paris, France, July 17-19, 2018.

Glass transition evaluation of commercially available epoxy adhesives for strengthening of steel structures with bonded CFRP plates

A. Hosseini; J. Michels 

2018. 9th international conference on fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in civil engineering (CICE 2018), Paris, France, July 17-19, 2018.

Feasibility of accelerated curing for strengthening of steel members by prestressed bonded CFRP plates

A. Hosseini; E. Ghafoori; A. Sadeghi Marzaleh; M. Motavalli 

2018. 9th international conference on fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in civil engineering (CICE 2018), Paris, France, July 17-19, 2018.

2017

Conference Papers

Development of Bidirectional Cyclic Lateral Loading Protocols for Experimental Testing of Steel Wide-Flange Columns

A. M. A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2017. 3rd Huixian International Forum on Earthquake Engineering for Young Researchers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, August 11-12, 2017.

Approximate Method for Performance-Based Seismic Assessment of Steel Moment-Resisting Frames

S-H. Hwang; D. Lignos 

2017. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE), Santiago, Chile, January 9-13, 2017.

Assessment of the Probability of Collapse of Structures Under Earthquakes

E. Miranda; L. Eads; H. Davalos; D. Lignos 

2017. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE), Santiago, Chile, January 9-13, 2017.

Full-Scale Cyclic Testing of Deep Slender Wide-Flange Steel Beam-Columns under Unidirectional and Bidirectional Lateral Drift Demands

A. M. A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2017. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE), Santiago, Chile, January 9-13, 2017.

Stability of extended beam-to-girder shear tab connections under gravity induced shear force

M. Motallebi; D. Lignos; C. Rogers 

2017. Annual Stability Conference Structural Stability Research Council, San Antonio, Texas, USA, March 22-24, 2017.

Experimental Investigation of Steel Braces Installed with Intentional Eccentricity Using Gusset Plate Connections

K. Skalomenos; H. Inamasu; H. Shimada; M. Kurata; M. Nakashima 

2017. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE), Santiago, Chile, January 9-13, 2017.

Stability Requirements of Deep Steel Wide-Flange Columns under Cyclic Loading

A. M. A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2017. Annual Stability Conference Structural Stability Research Council, San Antonio, Texas, USA, March 22-24, 2017.

Proposed methodology for earthquake-induced loss assessment of instrumented steel frame buildings: building-specific and city-scale approaches

S-H. Hwang; D. Lignos 

2017. 6th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Rhodes Island, Greece, June 15-17, 2017.

Seismic Performance of a Special Steel Moment-Resisting Frame Subassembly from the Onset of Damage through Collapse

M. Ramos; G. Mosqueda; D. Lignos 

2017. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE), Santiago, Chile, January 9-13, 2017.

Updates to the ASCE-41-13 Provisions for the Nonlinear Modeling of Steel Wide-Flange Columns for Performance-based Earthquake Engineering

A. R. Hartloper; D. Lignos 

2017. Eurosteel, 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 13-15, 2017.

Lehrveranstaltungen in Baudynamik und Erdbebeningenieurwesen an der EPFL

K. Beyer; P. Lestuzzi; I. Smith; D. Lignos 

2017. D-A-CH Tagung: Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik 2017, Weimar, Germany, September 21-22, 2017.

Collapse Behavior of Steel Columns as Part of Steel Frame Buildings: Experiments and Numerical Models

Y. Suzuki; D. Lignos 

2017. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE), Santiago, Chile, January 9-13, 2017.

Characterization of Cold-Formed Steel Framed/Wood Sheathed Floor and Roof Diaphragm Structures

V. Nikolaidou; P. Latreille; C. Rogers; D. Lignos 

2017. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE), Santiago, Chile, January 9-13, 2017.

Using re-calibrated design S-N curves for fatigue assessment of road bridges

L. D’Angelo; A. Nussbaumer 

2017. Stahlbau, Holzbau und Verbundbau. Festschrift, Stuttgart, Germany, August 31, 2017. p. 443 – 448.

Experimental Study on Cyclic Behaviors and Restoring Force Characteristics of Concrete Filled Steel Tube Columns Using Ultra-High Strength Steel

K. Hayashi; Y. Luo; R. Nishi; H. Inamasu; M. Nakashima 

2017. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE), Santiago, Chile, January 9-13, 2017.

Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Steel Columns for Performance-Based Seismic Assessment of Steel Moment Frames

D. Lignos; A. M. A. Elkady; Y. Suzuki; A. R. Hartloper 

2017. PESDES 2017 International Workshop on Performance-Based Seismic Design of Structures, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 13-15 October 2017.

Experimental Investigation of Bolt-Configured Naturally Buckling Braces with Gusset Plate Connections

H. Inamasu; K. Skalomenos; P-C. Hsiao; K. Hayashi; M. Kurata et al. 

2017. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16WCEE), Santiago, Chile, January 9-13, 2017.

2016

Conference Papers

Application of photoelasticity in structural glass research

J. Cupac 

2016. International Conference on Processes in Combined Digital Optical and Imaging Methods applied to Mechanical Engineering, Ascona, Switzerland, May 8-13, 2016. p. 63 – 66.

Comparison of Seismic Design Requirements for Steel Moment Resisting Frames with Emphasis on Stability of Columns in North America, New Zealand, and Europe

A. Imanpour; D. Lignos; C. Clifton; R. Tremblay 

2016. 11th Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Shanghai, China, October 26-28, 2016.

Effect of composite beam action on the hysteretic behavior of fully-restrained beam-to-column connections under cyclic loading

A. M. A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2016. 8th International Workshop on Connections in Steel Structures, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, May 24-26, 2016.

Fatigue strengthening of riveted girders in a historic railway metallic bridge in Switzerland using pre-stressed un-bonded CFRP laminates

E. Ghafoori; M. Motavalli; A. Herwig; A. Nussbaumer; G. S. Prinz et al. 

2016. 8th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS2016), Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, June 26-30, 2016.

Stress Analysis of Unbonded and Bonded Prestressed CFRP-strengthened Steel Plates

A. Hosseini; E. Ghafoori; M. Motavalli; A. Nussbaumer; X-L. Zhao 

2016. 8th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering, Hong Kong, China, December 14-16, 2016. p. 1179 – 1186.

A strengthening theory to prevent fatigue crack initiation in old metallic bridges

E. Ghafoori; M. Motavalli; A. Nussbaumer; A. Herwig; M. Fontana et al. 

2016. 8th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS2016), Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, June 2016.

Experimental Investigation of the Hysteretic Behavior of Wide-Flange Steel Columns under High Axial Load and Lateral Drift Demands

D. Lignos; J. Cravero; A. M. A. Elkady 

2016. 11th Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Shanghai, China, 29-31, 2016.

Lateral Torsional Buckling of steel bridge girders

R. Thiébaud; J-P. Lebet 

2016. Annual Stability Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 12-15 April 2016. p. 1 – 19.

Dynamic Stability of Deep and Slender Wide-Flange Steel Columns – Full Scale Experiments

A. M. A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2016. Annual Stability Conference, Structural Stability Research Council, Orlando, Florida, USA, April 12-15, 2016.

Ultra low cycle fatigue of welded steel joints under multiaxial loading

A. A. Sousa; A. Nussbaumer 

2016. Structural engineering, mechanics and computation, Cape Town, South Africa, September 5-7, 2016. p. 433 – 434. DOI : 10.1201/9781315641645-217.

ATC-114 Next-Generation Hysteretic Relationships for Performance-based Modeling and Analysis

R. Hamburger; G. Deierlein; D. Lehman; L. Lowes; B. Shing et al. 

2016. SEAOC Convention, Maui, Hawaii, USA, October 12-15, 2016.

Multi-Directional Structural Component Hybrid Testing System for the Assessment of the Seismic Response of Steel I-Shaped Columns

K. Auger; Y. Minouei; A. M. A. Elkady; A. Imanpour; M. Leclerc et al. 

2016. 11th Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Shanghai, China, October 26-28, 2016.

Finite element simulation of buckling of extended beam-to-girder shear tab connections under gravity induced shear force

M. Motallebi; D. Lignos; C. Rogers 

2016. Annual Stability Conference, Structural Stability Research Council, Orlando, Florida, USA, April 12-15, 2016.

Steel-Concrete Connections by Adhesion, Interlocking, and Friction for Composite Bridges under Cyclic Loading

J-P. Lebet; D. Papastergiou 

2016. 7th International Conference on Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete, North Queensland, Australia, July 28-31, 2013. p. 632 – 647. DOI : 10.1061/9780784479735.048.

2015

Conference Papers

Novel concept of performance enhancing hybrid adhesive connections in glass structures

M. Santarsiero; C. Louter 

2015. Glass Processing Days 2015, Tampere, Finland, June 24-26, 2015. p. 458 – 462.

Calibration of partial safety factors for fatigue design of steel bridges

L. D’Angelo; M. H. Faber; A. Nussbaumer 

2015. 12th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP12)., Vancouver, Canada, July 12-15, 2015.

The influence of weld geometry on plastic strain history in cyclic loading – a parametric study

A. A. Sousa; A. Nussbaumer 

2015. The 2015 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM15) & Advances in Aeronautics, Nano, Bio, Robotics, and Energy (ANBRE15), Incheon, South Korea, August 25-29, 2015.

Comparative Study of Post-tensioned Glass Beams with Bonded Tendons

J. Cupac; C. Louter 

2015. Glass Performance Days 2015, Tampere, Finland, June 24-26, 2015. p. 383 – 386.

New experimental determination of fatigue strength of tubular truss joints in steel grades up to S690

S. Herion; T. Ummenhofer; M. Veselcic; F. Zamiri; A. Nussbaumer 

2015. 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, May, 27-29, 2015.

FULL SCALE TESTING OF EXTENDED BEAM-TO-COLUMN AND BEAMTO- GIRDER SHEAR TAB CONNECTIONS SUBJECTED TO SHEAR

J. Hertz; D. Lignos; C. Rogers 

2015. 8th International Conference on Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Shanghai, China, March 24-27, 2015.

Welding simulation of tubular K-joints in steel S690QH

F. Zamiri; J-M. Drezet; A. Nussbaumer 

2015. 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, May, 27-29, 2015.

Flexural buckling of extended shear tab connections under gravity induced shear force

M. Motallebi; J. Hertz; N. Goldstein; D. Lignos; C. Rogers 

2015. Annual Stability Conference Structural Stability Research Council, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, March 24-27, 2015.

Design Decision Support for Steel Frame Buildings through an Earthquake-Induced Loss Assessment

S-H. Hwang; A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2015. Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures, San Francisco, California, USA, December 10-12, 2015. p. 240 – 252. DOI : 10.1061/9780784479728.028.

Fatigue behaviour and detailing of slotted tubular connection

C. A. Pereira Baptista; L. Borges; S. Yadav; A. Nussbaumer 

2015. 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, May, 27-29, 2015.

Seismic Design Criteria for Steel Moment Resisting Frames for Collapse Risk Mitigation

A. Elkady; D. Lignos 

2015. 8th International Conference on Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Shanghai, China, July 1-3, 2015.

Preliminary studies on the mechanical behaviour of thick embedded laminated connections

M. Santarsiero; C. Louter 

2015. Glass Performance Days 2015, Tampere, Finland, June 24-26, 2015. p. 134 – 142.

Post-Tensioned Structural Glass Beams – Comparative Experimental Study

J. Cupac; C. Louter 

2015. Advanced Building Skins, Graz, April 23-24, 2015.

2014

Conference Papers

Influence of the number of test specimens on glass strength estimates

M. Vandebroek; R. Caspeele; J. Belis; C. Louter 

2014. Challenging Glass 4 & COST Action TU0905 Final Conference, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 6-7, 2014. p. 725 – 730.

COST Action TU0905 Structural Glass – Novel design methods and next generation products

J. Belis; C. Louter; J. Neugebauer; J. Schneider 

2014. Challenging Glass 4 & COST Action TU0905 Final Conference, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 6-7, 2014. p. 5 – 10.

Structural glass beams prestressed by externally bonded tendons

C. Louter; J. Cupac; M. Debonnaire 

2014. GlassCon Global, Philadelphia, USA, July 7-10, 2014. p. 450 – 459.

Parametric 2D numerical investigation of the structural response of SG-laminated reinforced glass beams

C. Bedon; C. Louter 

2014. Challenging Glass 4 & COST Action TU0905 Final Conference, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 6-7, 2014. p. 483 – 490.

The mechanical behavior of SentryGlas® and TSSA laminated polymers in cured and uncured state in uniaxial tensile test

M. Santarsiero; C. Louter 

2014. Challenging Glass 4 & COST Action TU0905 Final Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 6-7, 2014. p. 375 – 384.

Effect of Slab Stiffness on EBF Link Rotation Demands and Implications for Link Ultra Low-Cycle Fatigue Susceptibility

G. Prinz; A. A. Sousa 

2014. ASCE Structures Conference 2014, Boston, Massachussets, USA, April 3-5, 2014. p. 2664 – 2674. DOI : 10.1061/9780784413357.233.

The effects of environmental impacts on durability of laminated glass plates with interlayers (SG, EVA, PVB)

T. Serafinavicius; J-P. Lebet; C. Louter; A. Kuranovas; T. Lenkimax 

2014. Challenging Glass 4 & COST Action TU0905 Final Conference, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 6-7, 2014. p. 455 – 462.

Exploratory 2D and 3D numerical investigation of SG-laminated reinforced glass beams

C. Bedon; C. Louter 

2014. Engineered Transparency, Düsseldorf, October 21-22, 2014.

Activity report of COST Action TU0905 Working Group 4 – Novel glass assemblies

C. Louter; F. Wellershoff; O. Marina; M. Stavric; C. Bedon et al. 

2014. Challenging Glass 4 & COST Action TU0905 Final Conference, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 6-7, 2014. p. 31 – 40.

Résistance au déversement des poutres métalliques de pont

R. Thiébaud; J-P. Lebet 

2014. Neues aus der Brückenforschung / Nouveaux acquis de la recherche sur les ponts, Olten, CH, 13 mars 2014. p. 57 – 66.

Resistance to LTB of steel bridge girders

R. Thiébaud; J-P. Lebet 

2014. EUROSTEEL 2014, Naples, Italy, 10-12, 2014. p. 759 – 760.

S-N-P Fatigue Curves using Maximum Likelihood

L. D’Angelo; M. Rocha; A. Nussbaumer; E. Brühwiler 

2014. 7th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Napoli, September 10-12,2014. p. 705 – 706.

Recent initiatives to enhance cooperation in structural glass research and education in Europe

J. Belis; C. Louter; J. Schneider; J. Neugebauer 

2014. GlassCon Global, Philadelphia, USA, July 7-10, 2014. p. 53 – 64.

2013

Conference Papers

Building on planet Mars student project

A. Nussbaumer; P. Zurbrügg; S. Erkman; T. Besson 

2013. Structure and Architecture – ICSA 2013, Guimaraes, Portugal, July 24-26, 2013. p. 1411 – 1418.

Alternative stress definition and residual stress effects in fatigue design of welded tubular structures

L. Borges; F. Zamiri Akhlaghi; C. Acevedo; A. Nussbaumer 

2013. 2. Darmstädter Ingenieurkongress: Bau und Umwelt, Darmstadt, Germany, March 12-13, 2013. p. 49 – 54.

Boosting European education on structural glass. COST Action TU0905 Training School

J. Belis; C. Louter; J. Neugebauer; J. Schneider 

2013. ICSA 2013, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal, July 24-26, 2013. p. 299 – 304.

Long-term laminated glass four point bending test with PVB, EVA and SG interlayers at different temperatures

T. Serafinavičius; J-P. Lebet; C. Louter; T. Lenkimas; A. Kuranovas 

2013. 11th International Conference on Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques, Vilnius, Lithuania, May 16-17, 2013. p. 996 – 1004. DOI : 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.04.126.

Simulation of welding stresses for fatigue design of welded tubular connections

C. Acevedo; J-M. Drezet; A. Nussbaumer 

2013. 10th International Conference on Math. Modelling of Weld Phenomena, Seggau, Sept. 2012, Eds. C. Sommitsch and N. Enzinger, TU-Graz, 2013., Seggau, Graz, Austria., September 2012. p. 501 – 519.

Post-tensioned structural glass beams, experimental investigations

C. Louter; A. Pérez; T. Jordan; J-P. Lebet 

2013. COST Action TU0905, Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass, Porec, Croatia, April 18-19, 2013. p. 277 – 284.

Fatigue Life Assessment of Existing Motorway Bridge

L. D’Angelo; A. Nussbaumer; M-A. Fénart; A-G. Dumont 

2013. 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2-5, 2013. p. 757 – 761.

Finite element modeling for fatigue strengthening of metallic riveted bridges using un-bonded pre-stressed CFRP plates

G. S. Prinz; E. Ghafoori; A. Nussbaumer; M. Motavall; A. Herwig et al. 

2013. Second Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures (SMAR), Istanbul, Turkey, September 9-11, 2013.

Reinforced and Post-tensioned Glass Beams

C. Louter 

2013. Glass Performance Days 2013, Tampere, Finland, June 13-15, 2013. p. 139 – 141.

Exploratory experimental investigations on post-tensioned structural glass beams

C. Louter; J. H. Nielsen; J. Belis 

2013. ICSA 2013, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal, July 24-26, 2013. p. 358 – 365.

Thermal breakage of glass

M. Vandebroek; J. Belis; C. Louter 

2013. COST Action TU0905, Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass, Porec, Croatia, April 18-19, 2013. p. 563 – 569.

Embedded and point laminated adhesive connections for glass structures: parametric non-linear numerical investigations

M. Santarsiero; C. Louter 

2013. Glass Performance Days 2013, Tampere, Finland, June 13-15. p. 263 – 271.

Numerical analyses of the effect of SG-interlayer shear stiffness on the structural performance of reinforced glass beams

C. Louter; J. H. Nielsen 

2013. COST Action TU0905, Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass, Porec, Croatia, April 18-19, 2013. p. 405 – 412.

Ultra low-cycle fatigue modeling of welded joints under multi-axial strain conditions for better seismic design

G. S. Prinz; A. Nussbaumer 

2013. 2. Darmstadter Ingenieurkongress: Bau und Umwelt, Darmstadt, Allemagne, March 12-13, 2013. p. 99 – 105.

Parametric numerical investigation of adhesive laminated point connections

M. Santarsiero; C. Louter; J-P. Lebet 

2013. COST Action TU0905, Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass, Porec, Croatia, April 18-19, 2013. p. 507 – 516.

Ratio of mirror zone depth to flaw depth after failure of glass beams

M. Vandebroek; J. Belis; C. Louter; G. Molnar 

2013. COST Action TU0905, Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass, Porec, Croatia, April 18-19, 2013. p. 235 – 241.

Experimental and numerical investigations of metal-to-glass embedded connections with thin stainless steel plate

M. Santarsiero; P. Carvalho; C. Louter; P. Cruz 

2013. COST Action TU0905, Mid-term Conference on Structural Glass, Porec, Croatia, April 18-19. p. 421 – 428.

2012

Conference Papers

Reinforced glass beams composed of annealed, heat-strengthened and fully tempered glass

C. Louter; J. Belis; F. Bos; F. Veer 

2012. Challenging Glass 3, TU Delft, Delft, June, 2012.

Numerical investigation of welding residual stresses in planar bridge trusses made of CHS steel profiles

F. Zamiri Akhlaghi; A. Nussbaumer; C. Acevedo 

2012. 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, London, UK, September 12-14, 2012. p. 219 – 225.

Experimental and numerical characterisation of heat flow during flame cutting of thick steel plates

R. Thiébaud; J-P. Lebet 

2012. 15th international Conference on Material Forming, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 14-16 March, 2012.

Evaluation of Eurocode damage equivalent factor based on traffic simulation

N. Maddah; A. Nussbaumer 

2012. IABMAS 2012, Stresa, Lake Maggiore, July 8-12, 2012. p. 3456 – 3463.

Novel Laminated Connections

M. Santarsiero 

2012. Recent, Current & Near-Future Research on Structural Glass, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, April 2-6, 2012. p. 85 – 89.

Influence of the Load History on the Edge Strength of Glass with Cut Edge Finishing

M. Vandebroek; J. Belis; C. Louter 

2012. Challenging Glass 3, TU Delft, Delft, June, 2012. p. 587 – 596. DOI : 10.3233/978-1-61499-061-1-587.

2011

Conference Papers

Design and testing of two composite underspanned beams

R. T. Leon; T. Perea; G. A. Rassati; J. Lange; M. Crisinel et al. 

2011. Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VI, Tabernash, Colorado, July 20-24, 2008. p. 212 – 224. DOI : 10.1061/41142(396)18.

Experimental study on stud shear connectors with large diameter and high strength

Q. Wang; Y. Liu; J. Luo; J-P. Lebet 

2011. 2011 International Conference on Electric Technology and Civil Engineering, ICETCE 2011, Lushan, China, April 22-24, 2011. p. 340 – 343. DOI : 10.1109/ICETCE.2011.5776113.

Durability of SG-laminated reinforced glass beams

C. Louter; J. Belis; J-P. Lebet; F. Veer 

2011. Glass Performance Days 2011, Tampere, Finland, June, 2011. p. 343 – 347.

Seismic Behavior of Shell-Base Connections in Large Storage Tanks

G. Cortes; A. Nussbaumer 

2011. 8th International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2011), Leuven, Belgium, July 4-6, 2011. p. 215 – 218.

Influence of edge flaws on failure strength of glass

M. Lindqvist; M. Vandebroek; C. Louter; J. Belis 

2011. Glass Performance Days, Tampere, June 17-20, 2011. p. 126 – 129.

Edge strength of cut and polished glass beams

M. Vandebroek; M. Lindqvist; J. Belis; C. Louter 

2011. Glass Performance Days Finland, Tampere, Finland, June 17-20, 2011. p. 476 – 479.

Evaluation of damage equivalent factor for roadway bridges

N. Maddah; A. Nussbaumer 

2011. 35th International Symposium of IABSE, London, UK, September 20-23, 2011.

New steel-concrete shear connection for composite bridges

R. T. Leon; T. Perea; G. A. Rassati; J. Lange; J-P. Lebet 

2011. Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VI, Tabernash, Colorado, July 20-24, 2008. p. 65 – 77. DOI : 10.1061/41142(396)6.

Edge-Strengthening of Structural Glass with Protective Coatings

M. Lindqvist; C. Louter; J-P. Lebet 

2011. 10th International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 19-21, 2011. p. 331 – 334. DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.488-489.331.

2010

Conference Papers

Structural Glass Beams with Embedded Glass Fibre Reinforcement

C. Louter 

2010. Challenging Glass 2, 2010, TU Delft, The Netherlands, May 21-22, 2010. p. 439 – 448.

SIA 269/4 – The new Swiss standard for existing composite structures

R. Bärtschi; W. Borgogno; J-P. Lebet; M. Mensinger 

2010. Joint IABSE-FIB Conference Dubrovnik 2010, Cavtat, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, May 3-5, 2010. p. 1129 – 1136.

Modeling the Structural Response of Reinforced Glass Beams using an SLA Scheme

C. Louter; v. d. A. Graaf; J. Rots 

2010. Challenging Glass 2, TU Delft, The Netherlands, May 21-22, 2010. p. 427 – 438.

Mechanical modelling of in-plane loaded glass panes

P. J. S. Cruz; J. Pequeno; J-P. Lebet; D. Mocibob 

2010. Challenging Glass 2, Delft, Netherlands, May 20-21, 2010. p. 309 – 319.

New S-N curves for details in bridges with steel truss tubular superstructure

A. Nussbaumer; S. Herion; M. Veselcic; R. Dietrich 

2010. Tubular Structures XIII, Hong Kong, China, December 15-17, 2010. p. 481 – 490.

Residual stress effects in tubular K-joints crack growth

C. Acevedo; A. Nussbaumer 

2010. 1st EPFL Doctoral Conference in Mechanics EDCM2010: Advances in Modern Aspects of Mechanics, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 19, 2010. p. 103 – 106.

Influence of welding residual stresses on stable crack growth in tubular K-joints under compressive fatigue loadings

C. Acevedo; A. Nussbaumer 

2010. Tubular Structures XIII, Hong Kong, China, December 15-17, 2010. p. 557 – 566.

Nouvelle méthode de vérification des ponts mixtes à âme pleine

J-P. Lebet 

2010. Journées SIA, Olten, 10 novembre 2010. p. 79 – 87.

Updating of traffic loads on existing bridges

E. Brühwiler; J-P. Lebet 

2010. Joint IABSE-fib Conference, Cavtat, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, May 3-5, 2010. p. 1177 – 1184.

Evaluation du facteur de correction en fatigue des ponts routiers sous charges de trafic actualisées

N. Maddah; A. Nussbaumer 

2010. Journée SIA, Olten, 10 novembre 2010. p. 65 – 77.