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Introduction The high-rise chemical towers are important equipments in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and civil engineering.
Many applications of super-elastic SMA have been reported [2] in the civil engineering such as high-rise buildings.
Tuissi, et al: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance Vol. 21 (2012), p. 2713 [2] S.S.
Zhang, et al: Chemical Engineering & Machinery Vol. 26 (1999), p.330 (In Chinese) [6] S.S.
Li: Engineering Mechanics Vol. 31 (2014), p.35 (In Chinese)

., Head of the Information Systems in Construction Laboratory 3 Russia, Moscow, Moscow state university of civil engineering, Yaroslavskoe shosse 26 1volkov@mgsu.ru, 2sedovav@mgsu.ru, 3chelyshkovpd@mgsu.ru Keywords: BIM, simulation, energy efficiency, mathematical model.
The model consists out of 15 different modules corresponding to specific engineering systems of a building.
A result of simulation runs a prognosis for the consumption of water, heat and electricity for each modelled engineering system and for the entire building is available.
The other 20% of these significant solutions are made on later design elaboration stages by engineers.
[4] Volkov, A., General Information Models of Intelligent Building Control Systems / In Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Proceedings of the International Conference, Nottingham, UK, Nottingham University Press, [текст] // 2010, Paper 43, p. 8.

Virtual realization of shaking table test of structure in sine-swept vibration by multi-support excitation Manyi Xu1, a, Hongbiao Liu 1, b, Mingyu Li1,c 1 Key Laboratory of Harbor & Marine Structure Safety, Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering, MOT, Tianjin 300456, P.R.
It can provide theoretical basis for the sine-swept shaking table test design and dynamic time history numerical simulations of products in civil engineering, mechanical and aerospace field
Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Vol. 7 (2008) No.4, p. 403-414 [4] Fengxia Shen.
Spacecraft Environment Engineering，Vol. 21 (2004) No. 4, p. 7-13 [5] Hongbiao Liu, Xun Guo.
China Civil Engineering Journal，Vol. 45 (2012) No. 12, p. 18-28.

Viscous Dampers Installation Arrangement and Hysteresis Curve Characteristics Research on the Mega-Sub Controlled Structure System Tao LI, Xun’an ZHANG, Toi LIMAZIE Institute of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shaanxi Xi’an, China Keywords: Mega-Sub Controlled Structure System, viscous dampers, dynamic characteristics, arranging schemes, hysteresis curve, displacement control ratio, acceleration control ratio Abstract.
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[2] Xun’an Zhang, Jianlin Zhang, Dong Wang, et al.: Journal of Engineering Mechanics Vol. 131 (2005), p. 1046-1055
[4] Dagen Weng, Zhuhui Lu, Bin Xu, et al.: World Information on Earthquake Engineering, Vol.18(2002), p. 30-35, in Chinese
[5] Tao Li, Xun’an Zhang: Submitted to Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2011, in Chinese

The Numerical Calculation of Vibration Frequency of High Arch Dam Structure on the Condition of Earthquake Ke feng ZHANG1, a, Zhi xiang CAO2,b Zheng bing XIA 1,c 1Institute of civil engineering, Nantong Broadcast and TV University, Nantong, China 2 College of water conservancy and civil engineering, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi, Tibet, China azhangkefeng2210@163.com, bcaozhx2005@126.com, c siazhengbin@163.com Corresponding author: Cao zhixiang Keywords: high arch dam; additional mass matrix; vibration frequency; numerical calculation Abstract.
Foundation item: Project (SZTD-211-03) supported by“211 project ”Ⅲ phase innovation team project funding First author: Zhang kefeng (1979—) Master Research direction: Structure identification and reinforcement engineering References [1] Yu haiying, Gong maosheng.
The main problems and developments in seismic studies on hydraulic structures in china, submitted to Journal of vibration engineering,153-157(1997)
Generation of spatially nonuniform ground motion for a concrete arch dam, submitted to Journal of Earthquake engineering and structural 1339-1357(2006)
Energy demands for seismic design against low cycle fatigue, submitted to Journal of Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics,383-404(2007)

Seismic consolidation of ’60s pilotis r.c. building for social housings with SCC-steel shear walls Marco Andreini1,a, Anna De Falco2,b, Linda Giresini3,c, Mauro Sassu2,d 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801-2352 - USA 2Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Constructions Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino n.1 - 56126 Pisa, Italy. 3Lehrstuhl für Baustatik und Baudynamik RWTH Mies-van-der-Rohe St.1, 52074 Aachen Germany aandreini@illinois.edu, ba.defalco@dic.unipi.it,clinda.giresini@lbb.rwth-aachen.de, dm.sassu@unipi.it (corresponding author) Keywords: r.c. consolidation, pilotis reinforcement, seismic retrofitting, social housing.
Composite steel and concrete structural systems for seismic engineering, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 58(5-8), 703-723, 2002
Cyclic Behavior of Traditional and Innovative Composite Shear Walls, Journal of Structural Engineering - ASCE, 130(2), 271-284, 2004
Case study on the soft-first-story buildings strengthened by confined concrete columns, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, August 1-6, Vancouver, B.

In this paper, through an example of a foundation pit engineering, numerical analysis was carried combined with finite element software for foundation pit excavation step by step process[3-4].
Project Overview The foundation pit engineering is a construction project which set luxury hotel, high-grade office buildings, apartment buildings and high-end shopping malls and other comprehensive functions as one.
Table 1 Main calculation parameters of the soil serial number layer name thickness /m weight /kN.m3 cohesive force /kPa friction angle / bulk modulus /MPa shear modulus /MPa expansion angle / tensile strength /Pa 1 plain fill 3.00 17.5 12 11 3.35 1.94 0 0 2 powdery clay 1 7.00 20.1 32 16 9.87 1.89 0 0 3 powdery clay 2 20.00 20.1 36 17 3.63 1.98 0 0 Numerical simulation analysis of excavation and support Pile-anchor retaining system was adopted in the excavation and supporting of foundation pit engineering.
A practical method for calculating a heave of excavated foundation [J].China Civil Engineering Journal, 2000, 33(4): 61-67
Construction monitoring and numerical simulation for a deep excavation in Tianjin[J].Chinese Civil Engineering Journal，2007，40( 2) : 79-103 [5] Liu Guobin, Wang Weidong,Excavation engineering bandbook[M].2nd Edition.Beijing: China Architecture&Building Press，2009

Reference [1] Vision 2000: Performance Based Seismic Engineering of Buildings.
Structural Engineering Association of California,　Vision 2000 Committee, California (1995) [2] FEMA 273.
Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 33, No.4 (2000), p. 421-444 [4] P.
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 28, No.1 (1999), p. 979-993 [5] Aschheim, M., E.
China Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 38, No.9 (2005), p.53-60 (in Chinese)

Numerical Simulation of 3-D Fracture Behaviors on the FRP-Strengthened Concrete Structures Juanxia Zhang 1,a, Chun'an Tang2,b,Xingjie Hui1,c, Wancheng Zhu 3,c, Zhengzhao Liang2,c YongbinZhang3,c and Xianzhang Guo3,c 1 Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China, 066004 2 Department of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering of Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, 116024 3 Department of Civil and Engineering of Northeastern University, Shenyang, China,110004 a zhang_juanxia@126.com, btca@mail.neu.edu.cn, c crisr@mail.neu.edu.cn Keywords: 3D, FRP; concrete structure; crack propagation; numerical simulation Abstract.
Introduction With the development of the technology of strengthening existing concrete structures with externally bonded FRP sheets, extensive research and development in the field of materials engineering and science have been carried out with fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites leading to a wide range of practical applications [1,2].
Engineering Fracture Mechanics 70 (2003), P.1339
Tang, Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 243-244(2003), p.279 [13] J X Zhang, J J Liu, C A Tang and X Chang.
Key Engineering Materials, 297-300(2005), P.2654. 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 Displacement(mm) N/Ncr FRP-w-20 FRP-w-60 FRP-w-100 plain concrete experiment[5] Fig.4 (b) Load displacement compare curves for the experiment and numerical simulation with RFPA 3D Fig.4 (a) Load-displacement compare curves simulated with RFPA 3D 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 Displacement(mm) Load(KN) FRP-w-20 FRP-w-60 FRP-w-100 plain concrete

Limit Analysis of Slopes Reinforced with Multi-directional Anchors Tingkai Nian1,2, a *, Kai Liu3,b , Yanjun Zhang3,c and Dong Wang4,d 1 School of Civil Engineering and the State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China 2Key Laboratory of Marine Hydrocarbon Resources and Environmental Geology, Ministry of Land and Resources, Qingdao 266071, China 3 School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China 4Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia a tknian@dlut.edu.cn, b kliu@mail.dlut.edu.cn, c zhangyanjun@mail.dlut.edu.cn, ddong.wang@uwa.edu.au Keywords: slope stability, limit analysis, multi-directional anchors, strength reduction technique Abstract.
Introduction The permanent grouted anchors have been widely used in slope engineering.
While in slope engineering, by using the strength reduced technique, a safety factor can be obtained, which is a lower bound of the true solution.
Hossain: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Vol. 31 (2011), p. 841