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Assessment of housing resilience in relation to the impacts of aging
Oculum EnsaiosThe increase in the elderly population can be observed in various countries around the world, including Brazil. Aging involves the individual as a whole, and there are natural structural and functional changes associated with this process. These changes
Thiago Henrique Castro Braga +1 more
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Summertime overheating in dwellings in temperate climates
Buildings & Cities, 2021 Summertime overheating in both new and existing dwellings is widespread and increasing, even in temperate climates. There is an urgent need to solve the problem. Flats (apartments) and small dwellings, especially those in cities, are particularly at risk.
Kevin J. Lomas
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Are simple models for natural ventilation suitable for shelter design?
Buildings & CitiesMany competing airflow models are available to aid designers size windows for natural ventilation, but their complexity in terms of computation and the required expertise needed has limited their application in shelter design.
Anna Conzatti +3 more
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Complicated features and their solution in analysis of thin shell and plate structures
Structural Mechanics of Engineering Constructions and Buildings, 2018 Introduction. It is instructive to assemble a list of applications from a historical point of view, and to take as a connecting theme the way in which the introduction of the thin shell as a structural form made an important contribution to the ...
Prasad Lamichhane Govind
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Urban form and livability: socioeconomic and built environment indicators
Buildings & Cities, 2021 Spatial relations among urban elements (buildings, streets, etc.) constantly affect the quality of urban spaces, creating more or less livable cities. The study of urban form has been a way of objectively quantifying such relations to understand their ...
Nicholas Martino +2 more
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Impact of roofing materials on school temperatures in tropical Africa
Buildings & CitiesIncreasing extreme heat events in the tropics are creating dangerous environments in schools. There are limited data, however, on the extent of extreme heat in such classrooms and effective heat-mitigation strategies.
Ebenezer F. Amankwaa +3 more
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Mathematical models of multi-barreled construction artillery systems
Structural Mechanics of Engineering Constructions and Buildings, 2018 The article presents the schematic diagrams and mathematical models of multi-barrel artillery systems designed for shooting and extraction of building elements from the ground, describes the results of numerical experiments carried out on the basis of ...
Oleg L Figovsky, Oleg G Pensky
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The roofing structures of the Gothic age in France
Tema, 2023 The structural solution called chevrons formant ferme is a typical invention of the French Gothic age. In this paper, the structural functioning of such kind of structures is considered and analyzed, referring to the two original different ...
Paolo Vannucci
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How urban green infrastructure contributes to carbon neutrality
Buildings & CitiesReaching the carbon-neutrality targets of cities necessitates not only reducing emissions but also enhancing carbon sinks. This is enabled by urban green infrastructure (UGI), which is a cost-effective sink that provides numerous co-benefits beyond ...
Ranja Hautamäki +3 more
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Tema, 2023 Knowledge is essential to preserve timber roof structures for their historical and architectural value, since it allows to fully understand their cultural significance and actual structural behavior, thus planning specific strengthening ...
Lia Ferrari
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