Michel BRUNEAU Director, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research Professor, Department of Civil Engineering University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14261 [email protected] Michel Bruneau is conducting research on the seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing steel bridges, steel buildings, and masonry buildings. He has published over 200 technical publications as a result of ...

The use of Membrane Bio-Reactors (MBRs) in municipal wastewater treatment has grown widely in the past decade. This trend is primarily due to more stringent effluent water quality requirements, decreasing system costs and improved energy efficiency. Moreover, in response to a changing economic climate, MBR is commonly viewed as an option for the retrofit, expansion and upgrade of aging infrastr...

Because of difficulty in inspection and retrofit of foundation in comparison with other elements, the common design philosophy is to avoid any nonlinear deformation in the foundation. This paper shows that by employing controlled foundation nonlinearity, in predetermined sections with arrangements for inspection and retrofit, it is possible to reduce seismic demand on superstructure. Localizing...

Per Lundqvist Dr., Lars Herbe M.Sc, The Royal Institute ofTechnology, Dept. of Energy Technology, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden Fax: +46 8 20 30 07 Tel: +46 8 790 74 52 Email: [email protected] There are several important issues when dealing with new refrigerants in a retrofit situation. This paper is however restricted to system performance and a discussion of methods suitable to determine ...