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Robustness of steel framed buildings [PDF]
, 2006 Since the catastrophic failures of the twin towers at the World Trade Centre, avoidance of progressive collapse has become a major concern of designers of multi-storey buildings.
Liu, Ru
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The use of alternative energy technologies in buildings: The influence of engineering consultants [PDF]
, 2006 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Engineering Doctorate and awarded by Brunel University, 26/05/2006.The UK Government has set the target of reducing CO2 emissions by 60% by 2050.
Cooke, Robert Stewart
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Sensors, 2013 Sensor technologies have been actively employed in structural health monitoring (SHM) to evaluate structural safety. To provide stable and real-time monitoring, a practical wireless sensor network system (WSNS) based on vibrating wire strain gauges ...
Hyo Seon Park +3 more
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A Wireless MEMS-Based Inclinometer Sensor Node for Structural Health Monitoring
Sensors, 2013 This paper proposes a wireless inclinometer sensor node for structural health monitoring (SHM) that can be applied to civil engineering and building structures subjected to various loadings.
Dae Woong Ha +3 more
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Reserves and exposure assessment of reinforced concrete structures safety while reducing its power resistance [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Structural safety of buildings is such an engineering state of the structures operability, foundations, the features of their joint power resistance to expected loads and impacts, taking into account their possible combinations in direction, intensity ...
Kuzina Ekaterina +2 more
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A noniterative design procedure for supplemental brace–damper systems in single-degree-of-freedom systems [PDF]
, 2013 In this paper, a method for designing supplemental brace–damper systems in single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) structures is presented. We include the effects of the supporting brace stiffness in the dynamic response by using a viscoelastic Maxwell model. On
Londoño Monsalve, Julian Mauricio +7 more
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Structural Damage Evaluation: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering [PDF]
, 2004 The further development of performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) is on the current agenda of the earthquake engineering community. A part of assessing the seismic performance of civil engineering structures involves estimation of seismic damage.
Shaikhutdinov, R. V. +1 more
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Engineering solutions for heart efficient exterior walls in climatic condition of the Republic of Bashkortostan [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Problems and disadvantages of some technical solutions concerning modern heat efficient exterior walls are considered herein under experience of engineering, construction and operation of residential and civil buildings in the Republic of Bashkortostan ...
Bedov Anatoly +3 more
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Ingeniería e Investigación, 2021 This study aims to characterize a series of high-rise reinforced concrete wall buildings located in Antofagasta, Chile, by means of a set of structural indexes commonly used in professional activities in our country and recommended by researchers.
Juan Andrés Music Tomicic +1 more
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Thermal cracking resistance of stacking concrete blocks
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018 In massive concrete structures there is a danger of temperature cracks. One of the measures to get rid of these type of cracks is the breakdown of an array into concreting blocks.
Shaibakova Albina +2 more
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