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Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings: Is the Stay-Put Tactic a Misjudgement or Magnificent Strategy? [PDF]
Buildings, 2021 Historically, fire incidents in high-rise buildings reveal that Fire and Rescue Services frequently rely on the stay-put tactic (i.e., occupants of high-rise buildings should remain in their apartments) during an inferno.
Andrew Oyen Arewa +3 more
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A Study on the Vertical Navigation of High Rise Buildings [PDF]
, 2007 Scroll bar and stab touch screen controls were designed and compared to a soft keyboard to help firefighters perform vertical navigation tasks for high-rise buildings depicted on a graphical display. 18 male subjects were asked to accomplish three experimental tasks: 1) input floor number and navigate to the floor, 2) switch the current floor to ...
Xianghong Sun, Thomas Plocher, Weina Qu
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Review of Vibration Control Strategies of High-Rise Buildings. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2022 Since the early ages of human existence on Earth, humans have fought against natural hazards for survival. Over time, the most dangerous hazards humanity has faced are earthquakes and strong winds. Since then and till nowadays, the challenges are ongoing
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Diachronic Changes and Factors Influencing the Exterior Design of High-Rise Apartment Buildings
Buildings, 2022 High-rise apartment buildings, the preferred type of housing in South Korea, have very similar exteriors. Thus, apartment complexes tend to look similar with no unique identity of complex or city.
Keumrok Gong, Jeehyun Nam
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Progressive Collapse of High-Rise Buildings from Fire
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 Considers ensuring the stability of structures of high-rise buildings against progressive collapse due to fire, proposed measures to ensure the stability of high-rise buildings due to progressive collapse.
Pershakov Valerii +4 more
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Fire Safety Literacy of Personnel in High-Rise Buildings: A Survey Study
FireOver recent decades, the number of high-rise building fires has increased rapidly with urbanization. However, few studies have been conducted from the perspective of fire safety awareness among residents in high-rise buildings.
Jingya Wang +4 more
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High-Rise Residential Timber Buildings: Emerging Architectural and Structural Design Trends
Buildings, 2023 High-rise residential timber buildings (≥8 stories) are an emerging and promising domain, primarily owing to their capacity to deliver notable environmental and economic benefits over the entire span of their existence.
H. E. Ilgın
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The social value of public spaces in mixed-use high-rise buildings
Buildings and Cities, 2023 A growing consensus recognises the impact of the built environment on creating thriving communities, particularly as societies face significant social challenges, including increasing population densification and diversification.
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Remote Sensing, 2023 In recent years, the number of super high-rise buildings is increasing due to the rapid development of economy and construction technology. It is important to evaluate the health condition of super high-rise buildings to make them operate safely. However,
Yang Yang +4 more
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A Novel Safety Risk Assessment Based on Fuzzy Set Theory and Decision Methods in High-Rise Buildings
Buildings, 2022 The high-rise construction industry has particular features, such as prolonged construction periods and constant change in the workplace. These features may have turned it into the most dangerous industry, given its significant mortality rate.
R. Ansari +3 more
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