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A Comprehensive Study on the Effect of Regular and Staggered Openings on the Seismic Performance of Shear Walls

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Shear walls have high strength and stiffness, which could be used at the same time to resist large horizontal loads and weight loads, making them pretty beneficial in several structural engineering applications.
Ahmed Saeed   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Loss Estimation for Woodframe Buildings. Volume 2: Appendices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This report documents Tasks 4.1 and 4.5 of the CUREE-Caltech Woodframe Project. It presents a theoretical and empirical methodology for creating probabilistic relationships between seismic shaking severity and physical damage and loss for buildings in ...
Beck, James L.   +6 more
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Cost-Effectiveness of Stronger Woodframe Buildings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
We examine the cost-effectiveness of improvements in woodframe buildings. These include retrofits, redesign measures, and improved quality in 19 hypothetical woodframe dwellings.
Beck, James L.   +2 more
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Analisis Respons Struktur Portal Baja Bertingkat Akibat Kandungan Frekuensi Gempa yang Berbeda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Indonesia is one of the countries that located in the quake zone. But not all earthquakes that occur is a devastating earthquake. Some earthquake parameters that affect the level of damage from a building structure are the peak ground acceleration ...
Afisha, E. (Elly)   +2 more
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Epic Human Failure on June 30, 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Nineteen Prescott Fire Department, Granite Mountain Hot Shot (GMHS) wildland firefighters and supervisors (WFF), perished on the June 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire (YHF) in Arizona.
B Stanton   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Effect of foundation rigidity of reinforced concrete MRF-wall on lateral force and drift [PDF]

open access: yesمهندسی و مدیریت ساخت
This study investigates the lateral force distribution and structural drift of moment frames and shear walls under different ground motions with different magnitude.
Iman Hakamian
doaj  

Stranded People; Mythical Narratives About the First Inhabitants of Mentawai Islands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this paper, I examine the stories about the origins of the first inhabitants of the Mentawai Islands. My aim is to understand the perspective of the local community in seeing themselves in the particular place and space where they live in the Mentawai
Tulius, J. (Juniator)
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System Identification of Constructed Facilities: Challenges and Opportunities Across Hazards [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The motivation, success and prevalence of full-scale monitoring of constructed buildings vary considerably across the hazard of concern (earthquakes, strong winds, etc.), due in part to various fiscal and life safety motivators.
News   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Nonlinear Time History Analysis for Seismic Effects on Reinforced Concrete Building

open access: yesNigerian Journal of Technological Development, 2022
A typical Reinforced Concrete (RC) building frame comprising of RC columns and connecting beams that participates in resisting the earthquake forces.
A. Hasan   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Structural behavior of single bay two-story basalt fiber reinforced concrete frame

open access: yesGrađevinar, 2023
This study focuses on structural design, which is a primary aspect of civil engineering. Investigating the behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) frame systems subjected to lateral loading and estimating the damage state of a structure still remain ...
Gnanasundar Valarmathi Moorthy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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