Identification of a suitable ANN architecture in predicting strain in tie section of concrete deep beams

M Mohammadhassani, H Nezamabadi-Pour… - … and Mechanics, An Int'l …, 2013 - dbpia.co.kr
The comparison of the effectiveness of artificial neural network (ANN) and linear regression
(LR) in the prediction of strain in tie section using experimental data from eight high-strength …

Confinement effect of ring-confined concrete-filled-steel-tube columns under uni-axial load

MH Lai, JCM Ho - Engineering Structures, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Concrete-filled-steel-tube (CFST) columns show superior strength and ductility
performance because of composite action. However, this cannot be fully developed at early …

Effectiveness of adding confinement for ductility improvement of high-strength concrete columns

JCM Ho, JYK Lam, AKH Kwan - Engineering Structures, 2010 - Elsevier
The use of high-strength concrete (HSC) can reduce the size of columns in tall buildings and
save space. However, this will also reduce the flexural ductility of the columns. To restore the …

Behaviour of uni‐axially loaded concrete‐filled‐steel‐tube columns confined by external rings

MH Lai, JCM Ho - The Structural Design of Tall and Special …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY Concrete‐filled‐steel‐tube (CFST) columns have been widely adopted for
column construction of tall buildings due to its superior strength and ductility performance …

Behaviour of uni-axially loaded CFST columns confined by tie bars

JCM Ho, MH Lai - Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Concrete-filled-steel-tube (CFST) columns have been widely adopted for column
construction of tall buildings due to its superior strength and ductility performance …

Improving strength, stiffness and ductility of CFDST columns by external confinement

JCM Ho, CX Dong - Thin-Walled Structures, 2014 - Elsevier
Concrete-filled double-skin tubular (CFDST) column is one of the most efficient forms of
column construction in which the steel tubes provides both axial strength and confining …

Application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) and linear regressions (LR) to predict the deflection of concrete deep beams

M Mohammadhassani, H Nezamabadi-Pour… - … and Concrete, An …, 2013 - dbpia.co.kr
This paper presents the application of artificial neural network (ANN) to predict deep beam
deflection using experimental data from eight high-strength-self-compacting-concrete …

Ductility design of high-strength concrete beams and columns

AKH Kwan, JCM Ho - Advances in Structural Engineering, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
High-strength concrete (HSC) is increasingly used for the construction of tall buildings and
long span bridges. However, most engineers just focus on how to better utilize the strength …

[PDF][PDF] Uni-axial behaviour of normal-strength CFDST columns with external steel rings

CX Dong, JCM Ho - Steel and Composite Structures, 2012 - researchgate.net
Concrete-filled-steel-tubular (CFST) columns have been well proven to improve effectively
the strength, stiffness and ductility of concrete members. However, the central part of …

Limited ductility design of reinforced concrete columns for tall buildings in low to moderate seismicity regions

JCM Ho - The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Nonlinear moment‐curvature analysis using stress–strain relationships of the constitutive
materials and take into account the stress path dependence of longitudinal steel was …