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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"multi-storey buildings"”.
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Extended evolutionary structural optimization method for multi-storey buildings
… Optimization (ESO) method for application to multi-storey buildings. The objective is to find the optimal topologies of multi-storey buildings subject to overall stiffness or displacement constraints. It emphasizes the derivation of a methodology to help the structural designers to choose the …
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Low energy cooling in multi-storey buildings for hot, arid climates
… architectural design, especially in existing and multi-storey buildings. Here, in this research, the different factors that govern the control of heat gain through the envelope of the building will be analyzed. Also, solutions to minimize the cooling load for dwellings will be suggested/provided; …
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Seismic Assessment of Singly Reinforced Concrete Walls in Pre-1970s Multi-Storey Buildings
… was observed of the reinforced concrete walls in multi-storey buildings constructed before mid-1970s, which highlighted the structural vulnerabilities of older reinforced concrete walls. In this thesis, the structural characteristics of older reinforced concrete walls in Wellington New Zealand …
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Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction in the Earthquake Performance of Multi-Storey Buildings on Shallow Foundations
… interaction (SFSI) on the performance of multi-storey buildings during earthquake events has become increasingly important in earthquake resistant design. For buildings on shallow foundations, SFSI refers to nonlinear geometric effects associated with uplift of the foundation from the …
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Contribuição à classificação dos sistemas de contraventamento e métodos de análise em edifícios de andares múltiplos em aço
… work aims to classify the bracing systems for multi storey buildings in steel and to check two approximate methods for the analysis of these systems under the action of lateral loading. The bracing systems studied here are the ones used in steel buildings all over the world to provide adequate …
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Disturbance Attenuation in Mass Chains with Passive Interconnection
… disturbance. The problem arises in the design of multi-storey buildings subjected to earthquake disturbances, but applies in other situations such as bidirectional control of vehicle platoons. It is shown that the scalar transfer functions from the disturbance to a given intermass displacement can …
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Punching shear in pad foundations on rock
With the increasing popularity of multi-storey buildings, foundation engineering is becoming a more important issue in the construction industry. In Malta, sound rock can normally be found at shallow depths. However, the design codes in use locally suggest a generic design process for foundations …
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Improvement of inelastic performance for friction damped asymmetric buildings
… of friction damped braced frames in single and multi-storey buildings. Firstly, multi-storey models having stiffness ratio (brace stiffness to frame stiffness) of three and strength ratio (brace strength to frame strength) of unity are subjected to an ensemble of earthquakes over a wide range of …
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Thin-shell Concrete Floors for Sustainable Buildings
… viable alternative to typical slabs and beams in multi-storey buildings. Switching the dominant structural behaviour from bending to membrane action increases efficiency, enabling significant embodied carbon reductions. A system is proposed featuring pre-cast textile reinforced concrete shells of …
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Globalisation and Architectural Behaviour in The United Arab Emirates - Towards Reformation of humanitarian Architecture
… the architectural domain, such as skyscrapers, multi-storey buildings and iconic landmarks. The empirical study examines this argument about globalisation through questionnaires and interviews. A comparison is drawn between two groups: globalised houses is the first group, which reflects …
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Monolithic beam to external column joints in reinforced concrete
… strength concrete (HSC) in the construction of multi-storey buildings are commonly acknowledged. Past researchers have investigated the suitability of design codes for the use of HSC [1]. However, there are concerns about the shear behaviour of HSC beams and BCJ used in the construction of these …
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Developing an Integrated Design Support Framework to Enable Mass-Customisation in Multi-Storey Timber Building Projects
… with the customised nature of this sector. Multi-storey apartment buildings constitute a large segment of the Australian building sector, which possesses significant potential for MC. MC aims to provide choices for heterogeneous apartment demands in a prefabricated construction context. It …
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Experimental and theoretical study of encased-plate composite structural walls
… widely used as lateral-load resisting systems in multi-storey buildings. However, they have a number of shortfalls which could be mitigated if a composite construction consisting of steel plates and concrete is used. The encased-plate composite wall studied herein is formed by embedding a steel …
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Vibrations in Lightweight Buildings - Perception and Prediction
… construction code (in 1994) allowed wooden multi-storey buildings to be built, this type of lightweight construction became popular due to its low cost and ease of construction, and also because wood is a plentiful resource in Sweden. Drawbacks in such buildings are disturbing vibrations and …
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Behaviour of multi-storey cross-laminated timber buildings under lateral loading
… alternative to other construction materials. CLT buildings taller than 10-storeys and CLT buildings in regions of moderate to high seismicity would be subject to higher lateral loads due to wind and earthquakes than CLT buildings which have already been completed. The lack of structural design …