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Evaluation of mechanical properties of concretes containing coarse recycled concrete aggregates using multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS), M5 model tree (M5Tree), and least squares support vector regression (LSSVR) models by Gholampour, Aliakbar, Mansouri, Iman, Kisi, Ozgur, Ozbakkaloglu, Togay

“…This paper investigates the application of three artificial intelligence methods, including multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS), M5 model tree…”
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Seismic Behavior Investigation of the Corrugated Steel Shear Walls Considering Variations of Corrugation Geometrical Characteristics by Farzampour, Alireza, Mansouri, Iman, Hu, Jong Wan

“…The corrugated steel plate shear walls have recently been proposed to address the seismic issues associated with simple steel plate shear walls; however,…”
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A Prediction Model for the Calculation of Effective Stiffness Ratios of Reinforced Concrete Columns by Das, Sourav, Mansouri, Iman, Choudhury, Satyabrata, Gandomi, Amir H, Hu, Jong Wan

“…Nonlinear dynamic analyses of reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings require the use of effective stiffness of members to capture the effect of cracked…”
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Experimental Study on Recentering Behavior of Precompressed Polyurethane Springs by Ju, Young-Hun, Mansouri, Iman, Hu, Jong-Wan

“…Traditional seismic design has a limitation in that its performance is reduced by significant permanent deformation after plastic behavior under an external…”
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Force–Displacement Relationship of the Butterfly-Shaped Beams Based on Gene Expression Programming by Farzampour, Alireza, Mansouri, Iman, Mortazavi, Seyed Javad, Hu, Jong Wan

“…Structural steel plates with engineered cut-outs to exhibit a controlled yielding mechanism is recently proposed for desirable structural performance compared…”
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Structural Retrofitting of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Bamboo Fiber Laminate by Awoyera, Paul Oluwaseun, Nworgu, Tobechukwu Austin, Shanmugam, Balaji, Prakash Arunachalam, Krishna, Mansouri, Iman, Romero, Lenin Miguel Bendezu, Hu, Jong-Wan

“…Corrosion creates a significant degradation mechanism in reinforced concrete (RC) structures, which would require a high cost of maintenance and repair in…”
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Incremental Dynamic Analysis for Estimating Seismic Performance of Multi-Story Buildings with Butterfly-Shaped Structural Dampers by Farzampour, Alireza, Mansouri, Iman, Dehghani, Hamzeh

“…Structural strength and stiffness were previously investigated to sufficiently improve the lateral load resistance against major events. Many buildings require…”
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Current and New Approaches to Predict the Deflections of One-Way Flexural Members with a Focus on Composite Steel Deck Slabs Voided by Circular Tubes by Lee, Chang-Hwan, Mansouri, Iman, Bae, Jaehoon, Ryu, Jaeho

“…A new type of composite voided slab, the TUBEDECK (TD), which utilizes the structural function of profiled steel decks, has recently been proposed. Previous…”
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Improved Homotopy Perturbation Method for Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis of Space Trusses by Dehghani, Hamzeh, Mansouri, Iman, Farzampour, Alireza, Hu, Jong Wan

“…The objective of this study is to explore a noble application of the improved homotopy perturbation procedure bases in structural engineering by applying it to…”
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Comparison of Seismic Reliability and Risk Assessment for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames by Shokrgozar, Hamed Rahman, Mansouri, Iman, Hu, Jong Wan

“…Demand and capacity factor design is a probability-based safety-checking framework for performance-based design and evaluation of structures during earthquake…”
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Seismic Response of Steel Moment Frames (SMFs) Considering Simultaneous Excitations of Vertical and Horizontal Components, Including Fling-Step Ground Motions by Shahbazi, Shahrokh, Karami, Armin, Hu, Jong Wan, Mansouri, Iman

“…Near-field (NF) earthquakes have drawn considerable attention from earthquake and structural engineers. In the field of earthquake engineering, numerous…”
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Effect of Soil Classification on Seismic Behavior of SMFs considering Soil-Structure Interaction and Near-Field Earthquakes by Karami, Armin, Hu, Jong Wan, Mansouri, Iman, Shahbazi, Shahrokh

“…Seismic response of a structure is affected by its dynamic properties and soil flexibility does not have an impact on it when the bottom soil of foundation is…”
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Novel Predictive Model of the Debonding Strength for Masonry Members Retrofitted with FRP by Mansouri, Iman, Hu, Jong Wan, Kisi, Ozgur

“…Strengthening of masonry members using externally bonded (EB) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites has become a famous structural strengthening method…”
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Optimization of the Curved Metal Damper to Improve Structural Energy Dissipation Capacity by Kim, Young-Chan, Mortazavi, Seyed, Farzampour, Alireza, Hu, Jong-Wan, Mansouri, Iman, Awoyera, Paul

“…Structural curved metal dampers are implemented in various applications to mitigate the damages at a specific area efficiently. A stable and saturated…”
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Prediction of Ultimate Strain and Strength of FRP-Confined Concrete Cylinders Using Soft Computing Methods by Mansouri, Iman, Kisi, Ozgur, Sadeghian, Pedram, Lee, Chang-Hwan, Hu, Jong

“…This paper investigates the effectiveness of four different soft computing methods, namely radial basis neural network (RBNN), adaptive neuro fuzzy inference…”
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Improved predictive model to the cross-sectional resistance of CFT by Mansouri, Iman, Chacón, Rolando, Hu, Jong Wan

“…This paper proposes an improved theoretical prediction equation for Concrete-filled steel tubes (CFT) subjected to compressive forces. This ultimate load…”
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Development of Innovative Lateral Resistance Systems Featuring Earthquake-Protective Dampers by Farzampour, Alireza, Mansouri, Iman, Mortazavi, Seyed Javad, Retzepis, Eleni, Kaloop, Mosbeh R., Hu, Jong-Wan

“…Several conventional structural systems require sufficient retrofitting design procedures, improvements, and reconstructions to withstand lateral loads and to…”
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Seismic Fragility Estimates of LRB Base Isolated Frames Using Performance-Based Design by Soori, Sanaz, Khoshkalam, Mohammadreza, Hu, Jong Wan, Ghodrati Amiri, Gholamreza, Mansouri, Iman, Shahbazi, Shahrokh

“…With improving technology, the idea of using energy dissipater equipment has been strengthened in order to control the structures response in dynamic loads…”
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A New Method for Evaporation Modeling: Dynamic Evolving Neural-Fuzzy Inference System by Kisi, Ozgur, Hu, Jong Wan, Mansouri, Iman

“…Evaporation estimation is very essential for planning and development of water resources. The study investigates the ability of new method, dynamic evolving…”
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Seismic Response of Steel SMFs Subjected to Vertical Components of Far- and Near-Field Earthquakes with Forward Directivity Effects by Sam Daliri, Noura, Hu, Jong Wan, Mansouri, Iman, Shahbazi, Shahrokh, Karami, Armin

“…In the near-field earthquake, forward directivity effects cause long-period pulse with a short effective time and a large domain in the velocity time history…”
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