Weidlinger's engineers and scientists write as experts in their fields about innovative work on significant projects and about issues of general concern to engineers, architects, and owners of government and commercial facilities. This is a representative sample of their recently published papers and articles.

BUILDINGS

"Translucent Dome for Argentine Soccer Stadium," by Matthys Levy, Structure, February 2013

“Rite of Spring” by Cheng Gu and Tian-Fang Jing, Modern Steel Construction, August 2012.

“Architectural Precast Concrete Panel Systems Used for Lateral-Force Resistance” by J. Paul Hobelmann and Macarena Schachter-Adaros, PCI Journal, Winter 2012.

"Extending Jefferson's Vision," by Peter DiMaggio, Civil Engineering, April 2011 (request PDF)

"Liberty Island Pavilion: The Structural Engineer as Sustainability Consultant," by Panagiotis Koklanos, Structure, March 2011

"Built for Deconstruction," by Panagiotis Koklanos, Modern Steel Construction, January 2011

"Starting Over: New York City's New Office of Emergency Management Bolsters the Headquarters' Commitment to Preparedness," by Salim Atileh, Tian-Fang Jing, and Ron Check, Modern Steel Construction, December 2006

"Raising the Bar: Embodied Carbon Savings through Renovation," by Andrew Lei, Real Estate Weekly, April 15, 2009 (request PDF)

"Big Dig, Big Idea," by Abdol Hagh and Assaad El-Haddad, The Concrete Producer, September 2005

"Simply Serene: Structural Steel Creates a Clean-Lined Folded Plate Roof for an Idyllic Residence in Beautiful Aspen, Colorado," by Seth Wolfe and Matthys Levy, Modern Steel Construction, December 2004

"Recent Structures in China: Bank of China Headquarters, Beijing," by Tian-Fang Jing, Structural Engineering International, January 2004 (request PDF)

"Space Age Structure (Rose Center for Earth and Space)," by Matthys Levy, Structure, February 2001 (request PDF)

"Achieving Low Floor-to-Floor Heights," by Minhaj Kirmani, Modern Steel Construction, September 2000

BRIDGES

"Stranded on a Bridge: Inspectors Test Red River Bridge Tendons for Grout Voids and Strand Corrosion," by Joseph LoBuono, Roads & Bridges, January 2006 (request PDF)

"You Can't Judge a Cable by Its Cover," by Ronald M. Mayrbaurl and Helen Goddard, Modern Steel Construction, September 2007

"Unusual Arrangement: A New Form of Cable-Stayed Bridge Has Been Developed to Join Two Parts of New York City's Rockefeller University," by Matthys Levy, Civil Engineering, November 2005

"Victory Bridge, Assembly Required: The Instructions for Building New Jersey's First Segmental Bridge," by Joseph LoBuono, Bridges Magazine, September/October 2005 (request PDF)

"The Evolution of a Design: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Signature Span," by Sante Camo, Structural Engineer, January 2004 (request PDF)

INFRASTRUCTURE

"It's All in the Bracing: Boston Engineers Used an Unusual T-Panel Wall System With a Structural Steel Web to Expand a Subway Station without Damaging Nearby Historic Buildings," by Minhaj Kirmani, Steven Highfill, and Gordon Chen, Civil Engineering, March 1999

APPLIED SCIENCE

"A simple and efficient methodology to approximate a general non-Gaussian stationary stochastic process by a translation process" by M. D. Shields, G. Deodatis, and P. Bocchini, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, vol. 26 (2011) 511–519 (request PDF)

"A simple and efficient methodology to approximate a general non-Gaussian stationary stochastic vector process by a translation process with applications in wind velocity simulation" by M.D. Shields and G. Deodatis, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, vol. 31 (2013) 19–29 (request PDF)

"Simulation and Measurement of Nonlinear Behavior in a High-Power Test Cell" by Gerald Harvey and Anthony Gachagan, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 58, no. 4, April 2011 (request PDF)

"Modeling Fracture in Large Scale Shell Structures" by Pawel Woelke and Najib Abboud, Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 60, issue 12, 2012 (request PDF)

“Stress Resultant Based Elasto-Viscoplastic Thick Shell Model,” by Pawel Woelke, Ka-Kin Chan, Raymond Daddazio, and Najib Abboud, Shock and Vibration, June 2011 (request PDF)

“Design and Instrumentation of the 2010 E-Defense Four-Story Reinforced Concrete and Post-Tensioned Concrete Buildings” by Takuya Nagae et al., Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Report of the University of California, Berkeley, June 2011

“Ship Impact Study: Analytical Approaches and Finite Element Modeling,” by Pawel Woelke, Najib Abboud, Darren Tennant, Eric Hansen, and Chad Macarthur, Shock and Vibration, May 2011 (request PDF)

"Characterization of the Pressure Wave Emitted from Implosion of Submerged Cylindrical Shell Structures" by Michael D. Shields, Pawel Woelke, and Najib N. Abboud, Proceedings of the Internoise 2012/ASME NCAD Meeting, 2012 (request PDF)

“Analysis of Shear Flexible Layered Isotropic and Composite Shells by ‘EPSA’,” by Pawel Woelke, Ka-Kin Chan, Raymond Daddazio, Najib Abboud, and George Z. Voyiadjis, Shock and Vibration, March 2011 (request PDF)

"Curtainwalls in Modern Buildings," by William Koffel, Ali Memari, Tod Rittenhouse, Huston Dawson, and Mohammed Ettouney, Structure, January 2005

"Designing for Progressive Collapse," by Margaret Tang, Matthew Kmetz, Adam Hapij, Peter DiMaggio, and Mohammed Ettouney, Structure, April 2006

"Anatomy of a Disaster: A Structural Investigation of the World Trade Center Collapses," by Najib Abboud, Matthys Levy, Darren Tennant, John Mould, Howard Levine, Stephanie King, Chukwuma Ekwueme, Anurag Jain, and Gary Hart, Proceedings of ASCE 3rd Forensic Congress, in San Diego, California, October 19-21, 2003 (view abstract)

"Impact Mitigation for Buried Structures: Demolition of the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum" by Pawel Woelke, Margaret Tang, Scott McClennan, Najib Abboud, Darren Tennant, Adam Hapij, and Mohammed Ettouney, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol. 131, no. 3, June 2009 (view abstract)

SECURITY

"Blast Protection and Historic Preservation," by Timothy Beach and Peggy Van Eepoel, Civil Engineering, October 2012 (request PDF)

"Blast Windows and Curtainwalls: Understanding the Challenges," by Huston Dawson and Peggy Van Eepoel, Design-Build Dateline, November 2006

"Planters and Bollards Make For Safer Buildings," by Huston Dawson, Real Estate Weekly, August 2, 2006 (request PDF)

"Building Protection on Main Street, USA: How the Construction Industry Saves Lives," by Tod Rittenhouse and Robert Smilowitz, Design-Build Dateline, September 2004

"Protecting Against Blasts: Analytical Methods, Blast Barriers and Retrofit Systems Can Counter the Threat of Explosions," by Robert Smilowitz, The Military Engineer, No. 623, May-June, 2003 (request PDF)

INVESTIGATIONS

"Impact of Modern Wind Code Provisions on Existing Tall Buildings," by Anurag Jain and Gary Hart, Proceedings of ASCE/SEI Structures Congress, in St. Louis, Missouri, May 2006 (view abstract)

"Design Performance of a Mid-Rise Reinforced Masonry Building Subjected to Unanticipated Loads" by Can C. Simsir, Anurag Jain, Alexis P. Dumortier, and Gary C. Hart, Proceedings of the Masonry Society 10th North American Masonry Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2007 (Honorable Mention, Outstanding Paper Awards). (request PDF)

"Licensed Not to Kill: Evaluating Your Moral Obligation," by Gary Hart, Structural Engineer, September 2005

"Out-of-Plane Design of Masonry Walls: A Systematic Approach for Designing Large Masonry Buildings," by Chukwuma Ekwueme, Structural Engineer, October 2003 (request PDF)