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Showing 1 to 20 of 184 for “"High-rise"”.
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A Beachfront High-rise
This beachfront high-rise, sited in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is inspired by Le Corbusier's Unité d’Habitation in Marseille with floors that switch back to boast views of the Chesapeake Bay and Lynnhaven Inlet. Its large glazed facades are oriented to the west, so residents can enjoy evening …
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RESPONDING TO HIGH-RISE ACTIVE SHOOTERS
… shooter—perched on the thirty-second floor of a high-rise building—killed fifty-eight people at an outdoor concert below. Law enforcement last modified its active-shooter response practices after the mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999. Since then, agencies across the United States …
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Application of damping in high-rise buildings
… to be an efficient lateral stiffness system for high-rise buildings under static loadings. The purpose of this thesis is to research the incorporation of viscous dampers into the outrigger system to improve the dynamic performance. This study will be conducted on a typical high-rise structure in …
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Modal pushover analysis for high-rise buildings
… analysis is mostly limited to low- and medium-rise structures in which only the first mode is considered and where the mode shape is constant. The modal pushover analysis is shown to have a superior accuracy in evaluation of seismic demands for higher buildings, especially for story drift …
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Three precast concrete high rise office buildings.
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1963.
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Trends and innovations in high-rise structures
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.
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Vertical neighborhoods : a residential high-rise design exploration
Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1979.
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Hybrid damping system for high-rise building outriggers
… to dissipate external energy with dampers. For high-rise buildings, outrigger systems which connect the core and perimeter columns are innovative system, which to combine stiffness of both the core and perimeter columns to resist overturning moment. The bending moment is transferred through …
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Controlling wind induced motion in high-rise structures
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.
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Analysis of framed-tube structures for high-rise buildings
All the previous works on Framed-tube structures required the services of a digital computer of reasonable size to obtain a solution. There appears to be a distinct need to develop a simple method which will enable hand-calculations to be carried out rapidly in the early stage of design to give a …
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Seismic Fragility Assessment for Reinforced Concrete High -Rise Buildings
… fragilities are the first published for high-rise RC buildings, thus they fill an important void in regional earthquake impact assessment in Metropolitan communities. The inelastic dynamic analyses for the fragility assessments are undertaken using a simplified lumped-parameter model that …
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Multi-hazard design of mid- to high-rise structures
… application of multi-hazard design to mid- to high-rise structures is advantageous, as they have the potential of being governed by either load and have high costs and large occupancy. This study, which develops multi-hazard design, is essential for improving the safety of structures, reducing …
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Application of knee-bracing system on high-rise buildings
The need and ambition of humanity to go higher and higher is something that is amplified as time evolves. It is the same need that leads engineers to push their structures to higher limits. However, when engineers design higher structures their knowledge and their abilities are challenged. In that …
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Reducing time in the construction of high rise buildings
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.
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Economic model for height determination of high-rise buildings
… method of optimal height determination for high-rise buildings is being practiced. The primary scope of this dissertation is to see if a practical model, decision making process and list of external factors for examination can be generated for use by developers that will expose, organize, …
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Parametric analysis of progressive collapse in high-rise buildings
… types of events have been predominant in mid to high-rise buildings under both accidental and intentional circumstances. The dire consequences associated with these types of buildings have fueled research efforts into preventative measures for progressive collapse. Three main design methods have …
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TALL : rethinking the systems of the contemporary high rise
… designed spaces has evolved into a highly volatile and complex organism. Businesses and workers are increasingly mobile, unpredictable and collaborative, requiring new types of spaces to correspond to new methods of working. While there has been much recent interest in the design of …
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A Case Study on Medium and High Rise Timber Buildings
… (CLT) in comparison with LFW when applied to mid-rise buildings. Different heavy timber structural systems were designed to have equal stiffness as the relative LFW building while achieving all the strength requirements, a cost comparison is carried out between the varying heavy timber systems and …
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Health, lifestyle and nature disconnect in high-rise apartment dwellers
Disconnection from nature puts high-rise dwellers at risk of chronic disease and poor mental health, two major healthcare budget items. Many reports in the literature state compromised mental health, partly due to the ‘grey’ landscape of many apartment buildings, particularly in low socioeconomic …
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