HA de Melo e Silva, MSc, CPHC, ERA

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Flietstra, J.C., Ahlborn, T.M., Harris, D.K., de Melo e Silva, H.A. “Creep and Shrinkage Behavior of Ultra High Performance Concrete under Compressive Loading with Varying Curing Regimes”, HiPerMat 2012 - 3rd International Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Concrete and Nanotechnology for Construction Materials, Kassel, Germany, March 7-9, 2012.

Kreiger, E.L., Ahlborn, T.M., Harris, D.K., de Melo e Silva, H.A. “Characterization of the Fracture Behavior of UHPC under Flexural Loading”, HiPerMat 2012 - 3rd International Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Concrete and Nanotechnology for Construction Materials, Kassel, Germany, March 7-9, 2012.

Vaghefi, K., de Melo e Silva, H.A., Harris, D.K., Ahlborn, T.M. “Application of Thermal IR Imagery for Concrete Bridge Inspection." Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Annual Convention and National Bridge Conference; 2011 October 22-26; Salt Lake City, UT.

van de Lindt, J.W., H.A. de Melo e Silva, J.N. Huart, and D.V. Rosowsky. "Reliability of Wood Shearwalls to Natural Hazard Loading." FPS Wood Design Focus, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 16-18 (2005).

van de Lindt, J.W. and de Melo e Silva, H.A. "Uniform Serviceability Load Limits for Mechanical Flange Connectors." ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 34-39 (February 2005).

van de Lindt, J.W., H.A. de Melo e Silva, J.N. Huart, and D.V. Rosowsky. "Reliability of Wood Shearwalls to Natural Hazard Loading." Accepted for Presentation and Proceedings at the Conference on Woodframe Housing Durability and Disaster Issues; 2004 October 4-6; Las Vegas, NV.

van de Lindt, J.W. and de Melo e Silva, H.A. "Allowable Damage-Based Seismic Design of Wood Shearwalls." Accepted for presentation and proceedings at the 8th World Conference on Timber Engineering; 2004 June 14-17; Lahti, Finland.

van de Lindt, J.W., de Melo e Silva, H.A., and Zhou, Y. "New Performance Criteria for Reliability of Wood Shear Walls." Accepted for presentation and proceedings at the ASCE 2003 Structures Congress & Exposition; 2003 May 29-31; Seattle, WA.

van de Lindt, J.W. and de Melo e Silva, H.A. "Deterministic Serviceability Limits for Mechanical Flange Connectors." Submitted to the PCI Journal; 2003 March.

van de Lindt, J.W. and de Melo e Silva, H.A. "Experimental Comparison of the Behavior of In-Flange Connectors for use in Pre-Cast Concrete Double-Tee Systems." Houghton, MI: Michigan Technological University; 2002; Progress Industries Incorporated Report MTU-CEE-JWV-05.