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Seismic collapsing behaviour of one-story wooden structure with thatched roof under strong earthquake ground motion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In Japan, there has existed a serious problem on seismic retrofit for a lot of one-story wooden structures such as temples and shrines in famous tourist resort areas, which were built by a Japanese traditional framedconstruction method and have some ...
Nishikawa, Hayato, Takatani, Tomiya
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Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

WOODEN STRUCTURES

open access: yesOF THE VIII INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE «INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION» («ITSE 2020» CONFERENCE), 2020
The NMIT Arts & Media Building in Nelson, New Zealand is the first in a new generation of multi-storey timber structures. It employs a number of innovative timber technologies including an advanced damage avoidance earthquake design that is a world first for a timber building.
openaire   +1 more source

Build n burn: using fire as a tool to evoke, educate and entertain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The visceral nature of fire was exploited in the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Britain by the burning down of timber buildings and monuments, as well as the cremation of the dead. These big fires would have created memories, perhaps even ‘flashbulb
Brophy, Kenneth   +2 more
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The phenomenon for the wood creep in the reinforced glued wooden structures

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
For the composite structures based on wood, that include reinforced wooden structures, allowance for the influence of wood specific features as a building material allows us to evaluate its structural design as accurately as possible and ensure the ...
Roshchina Svetlana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Studies on Joints of Wooden Elements with Proposed “CM Insert”

open access: yesBuildings
The article examines the results of testing a series of samples, where the joint operation of wooden elements is ensured by a composite material based on fiberglass.
Alexander Tusnin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Classification of defects in wooden structures using pre-trained models of convolutional neural network

open access: yesCase Studies in Construction Materials, 2023
Wooden structures, over time, are challenged by different types of defects. Due to mechanical and weathering effects, these defects can occur in the form of cracks, live and dead knots, dampness, and others.
Rana Ehtisham   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate change impacts and fungal decay in vulnerable historic structures at Svalbard [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
This paper emphasises on degradation of wood in cultural heritage structures at Svalbard. Nowhere else does global heating occur faster. Negative impacts of climate change will increase the strain on wooden structures and can daily be observed at ...
Flyen Anne-Cathrine   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Textile mills in Friuli (XIX-XX century). Building technique analysis and seismic refurbishment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The conservation of industrial architectures and the refurbishment project, must take into account the growing attention to the seismic risk of the built heritage, which the recent events of central Italy have made dramatically current.
Bertolazzi, Angelo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Analysis of reticulated dome with universal connector

open access: yesActa Polytechnica
In order to investigate the stress-strain state of a 4 m diameter reticulated dome model, four series of glued wooden rods were prepared for centric and eccentric compression tests. The tests were carried out in the laboratory of the Department of Metal
Oleksandr Gilodo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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