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The Maturity Method: From Theory to Application

May 1, 2001
Author(s)
Nicholas J. Carino, Hai S. Lew
The maturity method is a technique to account for the combined effects of time and temperature on the strength development of concrete. The method provides a relatively simple approach for making reliable estimates of in-place strength during construction

Strength Evaluation of Connectors for Intermodal Containers

August 1, 2000
Author(s)
Hai S. Lew, Fahim Sadek, E D. Anderson
Intermodal containers are used widely in marine cargo handling. In order to facilitate unloading of empty containers from ship to shore, two containers are lifted frequently in tandem. This operation is referred to as vertical tandem lifting. In this

Evaluation of Seismic Performance Parameters

June 1, 1997
Author(s)
Hai S. Lew
Recent earthquakes have shown that buildings designed for life safety could sustain severe damage to structural and nonstructural elements and building contents. In the U.S. several groups have proposed performance-based seismic design approaches to

January 17, 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) Earthquake: Performance of Structures, Lifelines, and Fire Protection Systems (NIST SP 901)

July 1, 1996
Author(s)
R M. Chung, D B. Ballantyne, E Comeau, T L. Holzer, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, A J. Schiff, William C. Stone, J Wilcoski, R. D. Borcherdt, J D. Cooper, Hai S. Lew, Jack P. Moehle, L H. Sheng, A W. Taylor, I Bucker, John(Jack) R. Hayes Jr., E V. Leyendecker, T O'Rourke, M P. Singh, M Whitney
The January 17, 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake of magnitude 7.2 in JMA scale (Mw = 6.9), which struck Kobe, Japan and its surrounding area was the most severe earthquake to affect that region this century. The earthquake resulted in more than 6,000 deaths