A numerical treatment of a hemivariatinal inequality problem arising in dynamic structural mechanics is presented. This problem concerns the elastoplastic-fracturing unilateral contact between neighbouring civil engineering structures during earthquakes. By using concepts of the non-convex analysis, the problem formulation has as governing conditions a set of equations and inequalities, which i...

Recent reports by investigators describe how high precision GPS sensors deployed on large engineering structures (such as dams, bridges, towers and tall buildings) can provide continuous real-time measurements, which can, in turn, be used to indicate displacements and vibrations caused by temperature changes, wind loading, distant earthquakes, landslides, etc. This information can be made avail...

A full account of architectural science must include empirical findings about the social and psychological influences that buildings have on their occupants. Tall residential buildings can have a myriad of such effects. This review summarizes the results of research on the influences of high-rise buildings on residents’ experiences of the building, satisfaction, preferences, social behavior, cr...

Values of site factors in numerical simulation can have profound effects on the calculation accuracy. In order to fully understand the performance of rigid-pile composite foundation in tall buildings, this article set up an overall FEA model of a 25-storey frame-tube structure by considering the interaction of superstructure, foundation and ground. Thereafter, a detailed parametric study was pe...