Evaluating the Displacement Modes and Associated Risks of Stacked Log Structures [PDF]
, 2013 This thesis explores the displacement modes and causes of displacement, especially those associated with snow load, of historic stacked log structures at the Bar BC Ranch in Grand Teton National Park in preparation of a typology of displacement ...
Beckman, Christine L
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Purlin-Cladding interaction in standing seam roofs [PDF]
, 2012 The research activity presented in this paper focuses on the effect of sliding clips and intermediate elements (bridge system) on the secondary load-bearing beams (Z-purlins) in standing seam roofs.
Dunai, László, Kachichian, Mansour
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Historical and archaeological investigations at 26Pe2137: American Canyon, Pershing County, Nevada
, 1999 Previous archaeological investigations concerning overseas Chinese in the United States have focused on artifact assemblages in an effort to determine the level of acculturation of Chinese into dominant Euroamerican cultures.
Valentine, David Wayne
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Evaluation of machine learning techniques for capacity prediction of cold-formed steel beams subjected to bending [PDF]
Summary Stiffened Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) sections often exhibit intricate nonlinear behaviors attributable to factors such as flexure effects and excessive slenderness.
Abdullah, Ahmed +2 more
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Technical Report: Market and value chain analysis of ware potato from eastern Uganda with a focus on postharvest management practices and losses [PDF]
, 2017 European UnionInternational Fund for Agricultural ...
Nabukeera, C., Tatwangire, A.
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Framing God’s House: The timber-framing practices of the Carolina Lowcountry’s Anglican Parish Churches and Chapels of Ease [PDF]
, 2020 Houses of worship formed the backbone of colonial society in the New World. They functioned both as sites of religious devotion as well as spaces of social interactions–merging the sacred and secular.
Fortenberry, Brent R.
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AISI Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing -- Truss Design [PDF]
, 2001 The material contained herein has been developed by the American Iron and Steel Institute Committee on Framing Standards. The Committee has made a diligent effort to present accurate, reliable, and useful information on cold-formed steel framing design ...
American Iron and Steel Institute
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Collapse behaviour of a fire engineering designed single-storey cold- formed steel building in severe fires [PDF]
, 2019 This paper describes a full-scale natural fire test to investigate the collapse behaviour of a single storey cold-formed steel (CFS) building, designed to behave in a specified way in a severe fire, with roof venting and partial wall collapse.
Clifton, George +7 more
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Notes on Applying Real Options to Climate Change Adaptation Measures, with examples from Vietnam [PDF]
A factor common to all adaptation measures is the uncertainty that is the hallmark of climate change. The timing, intensity and location of climate change impacts is not known to any degree of precision.
Dobes, Leo
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Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction Joining Tech-niques Review [PDF]
, 2016 Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC), also known as volumetric modular construction has recently been adopted for high-rise building construction.
Dai, Ziquan +3 more
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