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Bridging Policy Gaps in Transition Times: How Local Actors Navigate Low Policy Coherence for Advancing a Circular Built Environment

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The construction sector is a major contributor to the climate crisis, accounting for over one‐third of global energy‐related CO2 emissions. In response, the European Commission identified the circular economy as a means of achieving green growth and prioritized the construction sector in its Circular Economy Action Plan.
A. (Angeline) Chartier, W. D. (Wieke) Pot   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

OPTIMAL DESIGN OF TIMBER-FRAME BUILDINGS

International Journal for Computational Civil and Structural Engineering
The problem of optimal design of timber frame structures is addressed. A computational algorithm has been developed and tested for selecting the cross-sectional areas of structural elements to minimize material volume while satisfying code requirements ...
Tatiana Dmitrieva, Kristina Podshivalova, Alexander Botkhoev   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seismic Performance and Vibration‐Based Damage Identification of Two‐Storey Balloon‐Framed CLT Shear Walls

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While cross‐laminated timber (CLT) is increasingly utilized in lateral force‐resisting systems in mass timber construction, research has predominantly focused on platform‐type construction. Balloon‐type CLT shear wall systems offer distinct structural advantages, notably the elimination of cumulative perpendicular‐to‐grain compression and a ...
Samira Mohammadyzadeh, Houman Ganjali, Jianhui Zhou, Thomas Tannert   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analytical Framework for System‐Level Fragility Surfaces of Reinforced Concrete Bridges Under Mainshock‐Aftershock Sequences

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conventional single intensity measure (IM) fragility approaches with simplified component dependency assumptions overlook the progressive damage accumulation and evolving inter‐component correlations that govern system behavior under mainshock‐aftershock (MSAS) loading.
Muhammad Rashid, Mayuko Nishio
wiley   +1 more source

Numerical and Experimental Evaluation of a Simplified Lateral Spring Formulation for Rocking Structures

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rocking podium isolation systems have gained significant research interest as a method of limiting seismic demands on superstructures and eliminating residual post‐earthquake drifts through self‐centring behaviour. However, while numerous models of varying complexity, including analytical, phenomenological, and physical formulations, have been
Marawan Zaki, Chiyun Zhong, Constantin Christopoulos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulation Calculation and Analysis of Building Energy Consumption of Multi-Story Glued Laminated Timber Structures

BioResources, 2023
As the only renewable building material, wood has a strong carbon sequestration effect. Thus, timber structures have the natural advantages of saving energy and reducing emissions. Currently, the research objects of building energy consumption are rarely
Yuying Zou, Xiaoyu Gu, Patrick Adjei, Zheng Wang, Yujie Huang   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Mechanisms of Roadway Instability and Coupled Control Technology for Working Face Passing Through Fault Zones

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
This study mainly explores the instability characteristics of roadways near faults in the working face. Taking the 51104 transportation roadway of the 51104 working face in Shengxin Coal Mine as the main research object, through theoretical analysis, borehole inspection, numerical simulation and on‐site mine pressure observation, the instability ...
Shuaifeng Yin, Yitao Yan, En Wang, Xubo Zhao, Kanglei Han   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Char Layer Thickness Evolution During Structural Timber Fire Experiment and Final Density Profile

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper evaluates several non‐destructive experimental methods for determining the char layer thickness and its density profile in structural timber samples exposed to standard ISO 834 fire curve experiments. Microwave echo pulse, ultrasonic echo pulse, X‐ray computed tomography, and resistance drilling were evaluated.
Fernando Pérez Pérez, Kiarash Tajbakhsh, Joachim Schmid, Robert Zboray, Andrea Frangi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An interface-based microscopic model for the failure analysis of masonry structures reinforced with timber retrofit solutions

Fracture and Structural Integrity
This paper presents a refined Finite Element (FE) modeling strategy for analyzing the failure behavior of regular masonry structures reinforced with timber-based retrofit solutions.
Fabrizio Greco, Lorenzo Leonetti, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi, Arturo Pascuzzo, Giacinto Porco   +5 more
doaj   +5 more sources

An Experimental Investigation on the Impact of Burner Height and Location on the Characteristics of Externally Venting Flames

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire sources in actual compartment fires exhibit a predominantly uneven spatial distribution. In this context, the impact of the height and location of the fire source, as well as the heat release rate (HRR) of the fire, on the thermal characteristics of Externally Venting Flames (EVF) is experimentally investigated.
Dionysios I. Kolaitis, Andrianos E. Koklas   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source