Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction.

Includes bibliographical references.

Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced-Concrete Coupled Shear Walls: A Review -- Isolated Rectangular Footings under Biaxial Bending: A Critical Appraisal and Simplified Analysis Methodology -- Equations for Shear Design of Continuous Reinforced-Concrete Haunched Beams Based on Stress Fields and Truss Models -- Synthetic Pulse Model for Near-Fault Effects on Structures -- Distribution and Variation of Earth Pressure Applied on Submerged Toe-Retaining Walls in Rockfill Dam Engineering -- Risk Evaluation and Prioritization in Bridge Construction Projects Using System Dynamics Approach -- Efficiency of Castellated and Cellular Beam Utilization Based on Design Guidelines -- Modified Terzhagi's Equation for Modulus of Subgrade Reaction -- State of Professional Practice for Water Infrastructure Project Delivery -- Reevaluation of [f'm] for the Unit-Strength Method with Application to Lightweight Concrete Block Masonry and Face Shell-Bedded Mortar Joints -- Economical Damage Classification Approach for Blast-Resistant Buildings in Petrochemical Plants -- Compressive Strength Prediction of Nanosilica-Incorporated Cement Mixtures Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System and Artificial Neural Network Models -- National Bridge Inventory Data-Based Stochastic Modeling for Deck Condition Rating of Prestressed Concrete Bridges -- Structural Assessment of Concrete Cable-Stayed Bridge after Replacement of Closure Segment: The Service Stage -- Seismic Safety Assessment of Buildings with Fly-Ash Concrete -- Speedy Construction of Reinforced Cement Concrete Work in High-Rise Buildings by Optimizing Shoring and Reshoring Levels Using Genetic Algorithm -- Monitoring of a Tall Building Equipped with an Efficient Multiple-Tuned Sloshing Damper System -- Case Study to Evaluate Work-Zone Safety Technologies in Highway Construction -- Innovative Launch of Long-Span Arch Bridge Across Waterway Using Special Hydraulic Crawler -- Performance of the 8.7-km Bridge Spanning Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela -- Structural and Life-Cycle Economic Feasibility of Rooftop Low-Height Bamboo Telecom Tower Considering a Case Study from Bangladesh -- One- and Two-Dimensional Active MASW Survey for Subsurface Profiling of Jia Bharali River Bed, Assam, India, for a Proposed 1.2-Km Road Bridge -- Moment Redistribution in Segmental Cantilever Bridges: Simplified Approach -- Trenchless Technologies in Railroad Utility Crossing: Considerations, Allowed Construction Methods, and Economic Implications.

[Article Title: Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced-Concrete Coupled Shear Walls: A Review/ Hamdy M. Afefy, p. 03120001-1-03120001-12] Abstract: Coupled shear walls (CSWs) are structural systems connect two or more walls at the floor levels by reinforced