Although story mapping strategy has been shown to be beneficial in many reading comprehension classes, the benefits of this technique have not been thoroughly investigated in L2 writing research. The small number of previous studies (e.g., Li, 2007; Brunner, 2010) have found the potential benefits of using story mapping strategy on students’ writing performance, but they did not focus on differ...

although story mapping strategy has been shown to be beneficial in many reading comprehension classes, the benefits of this technique have not been thoroughly investigated in l2 writing research. the small number of previous studies (e.g., li, 2007; brunner, 2010) have found the potential benefits of using story mapping strategy on students’ writing performance, but they did not focus on differ...

It is now widely recognized that the masonry infill frame used in reinforced concrete structures (RC) greatly enhances both rigidity and strength of surrounding frame. The lateral loading behavior this RC different from without infill, although structural contribution walls discarded many countries, including Algeria. This paper aims to focus on effect openings changing distribution panels glob...

Abstract—The optimal design procedure of buckling restrained braces (BRBs) in reinforced concrete (RC) building structures can provide the distribution of horizontal stiffness of BRBs at each story, which minimizes story drift response of the structure under the constraint of specified total stiffness of BRBs. In this paper, a simple rule is proposed to convert continuous horizontal stiffness o...

Banda Aceh city is an earthquake-prone area. One the phenomenon that a magnitude 9,3 M w and subsequent tsunami wave occurred in 2004. The incident caused casualties damage to facilities including educational such as school buildings. After 2004 Tsunami, affected was rebuilt same location before, therefore necessary conduct assessment of building ensure safety comfort learning process purpose t...

Optimal locations of the actuators for frame active control are investigated in this article. The aim is to minimize the structural drifts by employing several actuators. By utilizing genetic algorithm, the appropriate locations of the actuators are determined. They should be placed in locations where they can minimize the maximum structural drift. To explore the capability of the proposed tech...

The European goal to reach carbon neutrality in 2050 has further put the focus on construction sector, which is responsible for great impacts environment, and new sustainable solutions renovate existing building stock are currently under development. In this paper, AdESA (Adeguamento Energetico Sismico ed Architettonico, Italian) system, a holistic retrofit technique integrated renovation of bu...

To control structures against wind and earthquake excitations, Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference Systems and Neural Networks are combined in this study. The control scheme consists of an ANFIS inverse model of the structure to assess the control force. Considering existing ANFIS controllers, which require a second controller to generate training data, the authors’ approach does not need anot...

Earthquakes with magnitudes over 5.0 occurred near Gyeongju and Pohang in southern Korea 2016 2017, respectively. These earthquakes had both low- high-frequency components. Due to motions, damage nonstructural systems has been observed be relatively more than that structural systems. Consequently, the seismic design or performance evaluation of components critical facilities emerged as a key re...