In seismic risk mitigation policies, fragility functions of existing buildings play a fundamental role. In this paper, a procedure to develop analytical fragility curves for Moment Resisting Frame Reinforced Concrete buildings is presented. The design of the selected building typologies was performed according to the codes at the time of construction using force-based methods and the state of t...

A new optimization concept is introduced which involves the optimization of non-linear planar shear buildings by using gradients based on equivalent linear structures, instead of the traditional practice of calculating the gradients from the non-linear objective function. The optimization problem is formulated as an equivalent linear system of equations in which a target fundamental eigenfreque...

This paper aims to investigate the energy saving and carbon reduction performance of cross-laminated timber residential buildings in the severe cold region of China through a computational simulation approach. The authors selected Harbin as the simulation environment, designed reference residential buildings with different storeys which were constructed using reinforced concrete (RC) and cross-...

The author’s intention is to contribute to the general discussion on timber multi-level commercial buildings. Interest in this topic is expected due to the environmental advantages of timber construction when compared to concrete and steel. This paper looks into three timber based systems for resisting lateral loads for buildings to six storeys, that will ensure relatively ‘open’ floor spaces. ...

Since 1998 the NEMO Collaboration started a long term activity dedicated to improve deep-sea technologies and to characterize an optimal site for the installation of a km3 neutrino Telescope in the Mediterranean sea. More than 25 sea campaigns were performed to deploy and recover instrumented lines of multi-functional detectors, dedicated to survey the environmental characteristics and water op...

Modular construction has been in the UK since the late 1970s but its rapid increase in recent years has occurred due to client demands in various well-defined sectors. There are five major manufacturers of modular units in the UK. A strong infrastructure of design, manufacture and supply exists, which has expanded to meet the increasing demand of the late 1990s. The motivation for using modular...

Timber-concrete hybrid buildings are an innovative solution to increase the amount of timber materials used in modern buildings. This study presents a dynamic evaluation nine-storey timber-concrete residential building during construction. The has irregular shape and consists three seven storeys cross-laminated (CLT) on top two concrete. In order influence non-structural elements heavily increa...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the energy efficiency of residential buildings by using natural energy and optimizing the choice of materials for heat and cold saving with the Ecotect simulation software. According to analysis and simulation was found that the optimum material of main building components in a mild climate zone of Rasht city is the Brick Conc block Plaster for wall wi...

Why We Are Restless is informed by a certain Tocquevillean urgency. As the Storeys tell us in their introduction, students, among most privileged young people America, are profoundly uneasy, souls agitated and restless as they ponder questions about how should live what will make them happy. The attempt to sense of this examining thought call four “old French philosophers” (xii). They acknowled...