Outstanding TMS Journal Paper Awards | An Overview:

Since the 5th North American Masonry Conference in 1990, awards have been presented to recognize outstanding papers published in TMS Journal.  

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Recipients of TMS Journal Outstanding Paper Awards at the 10th North American Conference were:

  • "Structural Behavior of Tie Connections for Residential Brick Veneer Construction," by James M. LaFave and Dziugas Reneckis; published in Volume 23, Number 1.

  • “Design Considerations for Stability of Transversely-Loaded URM Walls," by A. E. Schultz and J. G. Mueffelman; published in Volume 21, Number 1.

  •  “In-Plane Strengthening of URM Infill Wall Assemblages Using GFRP Laminates," by Wael W. El-Dakhakhni, Ahmad A. Hamid, and Mohamed Elgaaly; published in Volume 22, Number 1. 

  •  “Effective Pier Model for the Nonlinear In-Plane Analysis of Individual URM Piers," by Tianyi Yi, Franklin L. Moon, R. T. Leon, and Lawrence F. Kahn; published in Volume 23, Number 1. 

The following papers received honorable mentions at the 10th North American Masonry Confernce:

  • “Elastic Stability Of URM Walls Under Transverse Loading," by A. E. Schultz and J. G. Mueffelman; published in Volume 21, Number 1. 

  • "Shear Behavior of UCMW using CFRP Sheet: A Case Study," by Tong Zhao, Chenjun Zhang and Jian Xie; published in Volume 22, Number 1. 

 

Past Recipients of TMS Journal Outstanding Paper Awards:

  • "Testing and Codification of Partially Grout-filled Nominally-reinforced Concrete Masonry Subjected to In-plane Cyclic Loads,” Jason M. Ingham, Barry J. Davidson, David R. Brammer, Kok C. Voon (Volume 19, Number 1)

  • “Proposed Provisions for Design of Anchorage to Masonry,” Richard Allen, J. Gregg Borchelt, Richard E. Klingner, Rob Zobel (Volume 18, Number 2)

  • “Masonry Foundation Wall Systems Under Combined Uplift and Shear Forces,” W. Mark McGinley and Matthew J. Scolforo (Volume 15, Number 2)

  • “Nondestructive Evaluation of Masonry Structures Using the Impact-Echo Method,” Tamara J. Williams, Mary Sansalone, William B. Streett, Randall W. Poston, and A. Rhett Whitlock (Volume 15, Number 1)

  • “Behavior of Unreinforced Brick Masonry Under Lateral (Cyclic) Loading,” Yan Zhuge, John Corderoy and David Thambiratnam (Volume 14, Number 2)

  • “Stability of Hollow Masonry Walls,” James Colville (Volume 11, Number 1)

  • “Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Shear Wall Structures 6 Cyclic Loading,” Frieder Seible, Gregory R. Kingsley, and Henriette L. LaRovere (Volume 9, Number 1)

  • “Seismic Response of T-Section Masonry Shear Walls,” M.J. Nigel Priestley and He Limin (Volume 9, Number 1)

  • “The Use of Confinement Steel to Increase the Ductility in Reinforced Concrete Masonry Shear Walls,” Gary C. Hart, James L. Noland, Gregory R. Kingsley, Robert E. Englekirk, and Niaz Ahmed Sajjad (Volume 7, Number 2)

  • “Masonry Panel Wall Design,” Clayford T. Grimm (Volume 6, Number 2)

  • “Bond Stress and Slip in Masonry Reinforced with Spliced Reinforcement,” Z. Soric and L.G. Tulin (Volume 6, Number 1)


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