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Structural Systems for Tall Buildings
Encyclopedia, 2022 Structural systems for tall buildings have gone through an evolutionary process. The rigid frame became popular in the first half of the 20th century but proved to be structurally inefficient beyond a certain height of tall buildings.
Mir M. Ali, Kheir Al-Kodmany
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Buildings, 2022 Multiple hazards, which threaten people’s lives and property, are the main concern for engineers in preventing dangers to buildings. In particular, densely populated areas, such as capital cities and tall buildings, are exposed to higher risks owing to ...
Min Jae Park, Young K. Ju
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Exceptional atmospheric events resilience of the curtain wall
Techne, 2018 The paper presents the results of a research conducted on codes and standards adopted internationally for the design, construction and testing of hurricane- and tornado-resistant façades.
Angela Mejorin +2 more
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Three-dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Protective Effect of Tall Building on Short Building
应用气象学报, 2023 Tall buildings distort the electric field of the surrounding environment, resulting in a relatively strong electric field at top corners, which affects the lightning strike process, and the protection effect that short buildings receive from tall ...
Wu Meng +3 more
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Energies, 2016 It is widely accepted that the concentration of people living in high-density city centers offers greater operational energy efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions than lower-density expanded suburbs.
Peng Du, Antony Wood, Brent Stephens
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Buildings, 2015 It is commonly accepted that the concentration of people in high-density urban city centers, which are typically dominated by medium- and high-rise buildings located close to public transit systems, offers greater overall energy efficiency and lower life-
Peng Du +3 more
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Energy Performance and Sustainability of High-Rise Buildings
Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2023 This study is to examine methods of enhancing energy efficiency and self-sustainability of tall buildings. The current levels of energy consumption of high-rise buildings were investigated.
Jong Jin Kim
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Application of Lidar Data and 3D-City Models in Visual Impact Simulations of Tall Buildings [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015 The paper examines possibilities and limitations of application of Lidar data and digital 3D-city models to provide specialist urban analyses of tall buildings.
K. Czyńska
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Typological diversity of tall buildings and complexes in relation to their functional structure
E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 The paper focuses on peculiarities of tall buildings and complexes, their typology and its formation in relation to their functional structure. The research is based on the analysis of tall buildings and complexes and identifies the following main ...
Generalov Viktor P. +3 more
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Analysis of the Main Architectural and Structural Design Considerations in Tall Timber Buildings
Buildings, 2023 Tall timber buildings represent an emerging and highly promising sector due to their potential to yield significant environmental and economic advantages throughout their entire life cycles.
Hüseyin Emre Ilgın
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