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Fire risk assessment of high-rise buildings under construction based on unascertained measure theory. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
To prevent fire accidents in high-rise buildings under construction, in this paper, the fire risk assessment of such buildings is studied. First, based on project investigation and a literature review, a fire risk assessment index system suitable for ...
Wenlong Li   +5 more
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Criteria describing high-rise buildings

open access: yesMokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2011
Although the evolution of high rise buildings according to different literature sources counts the 2nd century, however, until now, no universally accepted criterion to characterize them has been established.
Ernestas Gaudutis
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Space Efficiency in European High-Rise Timber Buildings [PDF]

open access: goldApplied Sciences
As towering wooden edifices (≥8 stories) become a rapidly expanding and promising field, they provide substantial environmental and economic advantages throughout their entire lifespans, leading to their increasing popularity, especially in the European ...
Hüseyin Emre Ilgın   +1 more
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Characteristics of Iconic High-rise Buildings [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Engineering Research - Egypt, 2022
Iconography is a degree given to a building and an objective of its architectural design. The iconic high-rise buildings are important in various fields.
Tarek Gaber   +2 more
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Operational safety of high-rise buildings [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Risk of fire and smoke dangers are greater in high-rise rather than low-rise buildings. Use of high expansion foam delivered through elevator shafts can prevent or reduce smoke and fire damage and injury in high-rise buildings.
Degaev Evgeniy
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Technical features of the construction of high-rise buildings [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
High-rise buildings are unique construction objects, in the design and construction of which special rules and regulations apply. The purpose of the work is, through an analysis of the literature and technical documentation, to present the main features ...
Gamayunova Olga, Spitsov Dmitriy
doaj   +1 more source

Wind Tunnel Experiments on Interference Effects of a High-Rise Building on the Surrounding Low-Rise Buildings in an Urban Block

open access: yesWind, 2023
High-rise buildings cause accelerated winds around them. However, the interference effects of high-rise buildings on the surrounding low-rise buildings in urban blocks have not been evaluated. This study investigated the wind pressure coefficients on the
Yasuyuki Ishida   +4 more
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A Probabilistic Model for Fire Temperature Rise in High-Rise Residential Buildings under the Action of Uncertain Factors

open access: yesFire, 2023
Due to the randomness of interior combustibles, wall thermal inertia, and opening factor, the fire temperature rise in high-rise residential buildings is uncertain. This study investigated 38 urban high-rise residential buildings, created the probability
Jiyao Yin   +4 more
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Social Sustainability of High-rise Buildings [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2014
Nowadays, high-rise buildings have been proposed as a dominant form in world's major cities which its rapid growth has caused social and cultural concerns of the residents of these buildings. Social capital is remembered as a basis for economic development of any society.
Mohammad Javad Mahdavinejad   +2 more
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A macro-element based practical model for seismic analysis of steel-concrete composite high-rise buildings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Engineering Structures. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting,
Bao   +22 more
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