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Modal Analysis for Damage Detection in Structures by Hearn, George, Testa, Rene B

“…Nondestructive inspection of structures by modal analysis of vibration response is reported. The dependence of natural frequencies and modal damping…”
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Mechanics of an Adhesive Anchor System Subjected to a Pullout Load. II: Viscoelastic Analysis by Prieto-Muñoz, Pablo A, Yin, Huiming M, Testa, Rene B

“…AbstractAn analytical viscoelastic model is proposed to predict the time-dependent displacement of adhesive anchoring systems under axial tension. Using the…”
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Mechanics of an Adhesive Anchor System Subjected to a Pullout Load. I: Elastic Analysis by Prieto-Muñoz, Pablo A, Yin, Huiming M, Testa, Rene B

“…AbstractAn elastic solution is developed for an anchor embedded in a concrete hole and bonded to the concrete through an adhesive layer that is not necessarily…”
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New York Times Building: Role of Selected Features by Grande, Ernesto, Imbimbo, Maura, Testa, Rene B

“…AbstractWith a height of 52 stories and a steel structure visible from the exterior, the New York Times Building is the third-tallest building in the city of…”
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Bridge Maintenance Level Assessment by Testa, Rene B., Yanev, Bojidar S.

“…Parameters in assessing the effectiveness of maintenance tasks on the overall cost of a bridge or system of bridges are identified and the linkage among…”
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Closure Effects on Fatigue Crack Detection by Zhang, Wuzhen, Testa, Rene B

“…An experimental study of crack closure and its effects on the vibration of a simple beam shows that both frequency and damping changes due to the crack are…”
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Elastoplastic material with isotropic damage by Cauvin, Alix, Testa, Rene B

“…The two damage parameters needed to describe isotropic damage are shown to define a damage domain and the evolution of damage is defined by a path within that…”
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Mechanics of an Adhesive Anchor System Subjected to a Pullout Load. Part II: Viscoelastic Analysis by Prieto-Munoz, Pablo A, Yin, Huiming M, Testa, Rene B

“…An analytical viscoelastic model is proposed to predict the time-dependent displacement of adhesive anchoring systems under axial tension. Using the…”
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Closure to "Modal Analysis for Damage Detection in Structures" by George Hearn and Rene B. Testa (October, 1991, Vol. 117, No. 10) by Hearn, George, Testa, Rene B

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Damage mechanics : basic variables in continuum theories by Cauvin, Alix, Testa, Rene B.

“…It is shown that any type of material damage that causes stiffness degradation in general requires description by an eighth order damage tensor but that the…”
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Stress-Strain Relation for Coated Fabrics by Testa, Rene B, Yu, Lop Man

“…A constitutive relation is formulated for coated fabrics that exhibit both elastic and inelastic, but time-independent, responses. The nonlinear orthotropic…”
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Forensic structural engineering handbook by Testa, Rene B.

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