Reinforced concrete (RC) elements lose their structural strength by exposing to fire as the mechanical properties of reinforcing steel and deteriorate due heat. This study provides an understanding behavior three elements: beam, column, slab at high temperatures using a finite element (FE) modelling produced in ABAQUS, well potential retrofitting these Slurry Infiltrated Fiber Concrete (SIFCON)...

Abstract The paper reports the analytical investigation in Multi-storey building located seismic zone III. This is considered as moderate-damage risk per Indian Codal provision and thirty percent of India falls this category. To improve performance, externally bonded FRP strengthening techniques are adopted to deficient beam columns, paper, analysis carried out with without lateral resisting sy...

lack of enough awareness about the right ways of finding shelter, principles of building construction, structural and non-structural retrofitting, lack of enough information about the active faults and earthquakes knowledge are among those issues which impose financial and non-financial expenses on a country after an earthquake. making an attitude correction and forming new beliefs and behavior...

New protocols or protocol extensions are best designed with due consideration of the functionality needed to operate and manage the protocols. Retrofitting operations and management is sub-optimal. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to authors and reviewers of documents that define new protocols or protocol extensions regarding aspects of operations and management that should b...

3. Unless otherwise indicated, the reduction measures listed are considered, on the basis of operational experience of several years in most cases, to be the most well-established and economically feasible best available technologies. However, the continuously expanding experience of low-emission measures and technologies at new plants as well as of the retrofitting of existing plants will nece...

Recent advances in software testing introduced parameterized unit tests (PUT), which accept parameters, unlike conventional unit tests (CUT), which do not accept parameters. PUTs are more beneficial than CUTs with regards to fault-detection capability, since PUTs help describe the behaviors of methods under test for all test arguments. In general, existing applications often include manually wr...

The paper presents a case study where the energy demand for a listed building constructed in 1900 is reduced. Many older buildings are listed and have restrictions that include the entire building or that include only its exterior. For the building presented, only its exterior facade is listed. The paper demonstrates measures for the improvement of the thermal insulation of the building with so...

With respect to disasters, earthquake is one of the leading causes of death. Its aftermath can be abated if proper actions take place before the onset of the earthquake. Various sectors in a country are responsible for managing disasters, but the lack of knowledge about the positive effects of their actions makes them reluctant to act decisively. Retrofitting buildings and structures, positioni...