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A Performance-Based Window Design and Evaluation Model for Naturally Ventilated Offices
Buildings, 2022 This study proposes a performance-based window design model for optimised natural ventilation potential by reducing the level of indoor carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and improving thermal comfort, consequently minimising supplementary heating ...
Hardi K. Abdullah, Halil Z. Alibaba
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Australia’s Combustible Cladding Crisis—A Failure in Delegated Legislation?
Buildings, 2023 Australia’s combustible cladding crisis is estimated to cost approximately $6 billion to remediate. No study has been published which determined the causative factors for the magnitude of this issue.
Christian van der Pump +1 more
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A METHOD FOR MEASURING THE SENSITIVITY OF BUILDING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS TO FIRE DECAY PHASES
Acta Polytechnica, 2016 Firefighters face a major threat when intervening in a building during a fire: the possibility of structural collapse during the cooling phase of the fire, or soon thereafter.
Thomas Gernay
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Buildings, 2022 Due to their excellent seismic behavior, shear wall-type concrete buildings are very popular in earthquake-prone countries like Chile. According to current seismic regulations, the performance of such structures can be indifferently assessed through ...
Maria Cristina Porcu +4 more
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Column Link Behavior in Eccentrically Braced Composite 3-Dimensional Frames
Buildings, 2023 Eccentrically braced frames are renowned for their capacity to absorb seismic forces while offering greater adaptability. These frames incorporate bracings that are joined to the beams with an intentional offset, forming a connection within the beams ...
Celine Reena G. +2 more
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Towards Performance-Based Design of Masonry Buildings: Literature Review
Buildings, 2023 Masonry is among the most widely used construction materials around the world. Contemporary masonry buildings are primarily designed to comply with prescriptive building code regulations.
Bowen Zeng, Yong Li
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Peak Inelastic Displacement of Bilinear Systems in Support of Performance-Based Wind Design
Buildings, 2023 A fundamental notion in building engineering is the equal displacement rule, which posits that the peak inelastic displacement of a system subjected to a ground motion excitation is approximately equal to the displacement of the same system responding ...
Johnn Judd, James Niedens
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Buildings, 2023 In the constantly changing field of architectural design and meeting the evolving demands of the space tourism industry, this study presents a case study focused on the design of a space tourism building in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Aref Maksoud +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 This paper aims to apply a performance-based earthquake engineering approach to assess the assurance of flexural frames whose members are jointed together by using new modified RBS connections, namely, semi-rigid welded steel connections, which obey a ...
Majid Malekzadeh, Mohsenali Shayanfar
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Buildings, 2023 Performance-based design has been increasingly used in practice due to computational improvements, the sophistication and dissemination of nonlinear analysis methods, and the development of commercial programs that facilitate its use. We can evaluate the
Juan C. Vielma-Quintero +2 more
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