Abstract: Masonry infill is considered as a non-structural element in all type of buildings where masonry use. But, masonry infill walls are mainly used to increase initial stiffness and strength of reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings. This Open First storey is also termed as “Soft Storey”. The upper storeys have brick infilled wall panels with various opening percentage in it. In many cit...

The article determines that the priority factor of energy efficiency at design stage is optimal functional and planning solution educational buildings; established architectural techniques aimed improving higher education institutions, including compaction clear zoning, implementation compact solutions for buildings structures, blocking in one or adjacent areas several free economic cooperation...

The fundamental periods of buildings are essential to calculate the design base shear and lateral forces. Most seismic codes specify empirical formulae to estimate the fundamental vibration period of buildings. These empirical formulae are used for both lowand mediumrise buildings. These formulae depend on the building materials (steel, reinforced concrete etc), building types (frame, shear wal...

We studied the forest structure and tree species diversity with diameter-at-breast-height (dbh) ≥ 10 cm in Abasumba Globally Significant Biodiversity Area Ghana. Sixteen 25 m * plots were demarcated trees dbh inventoried following International Plant Nomenclature Index. The characteristic three–storey of tropical forests was shown, 68.7% lower 4.5–18 middle 18–30 storeys. A majority 91.4% 342 1...

The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope [1] is a water Cherenkov detector currently under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. It is also designed to serve as a platform for investigations of the deep-sea environment. In this context, the ANTARES group at the University of Erlangen will integrate acoustic sensors within the infrastructure of the experiment. With this dedicated setup, tests of acoustic...

In the present paper, Fragility Curves (FCs) of Reinforced Concrete (RC) building types with moment-resisting frame structure representative existing Italian stock have been derived through an analytical approach. The proposed methodology is based on Non-Linear Dynamic Analyses encompassing all steps required to bring about reliable as well realistic fragility results. First, prototype selected...

CMHC then contracted with 10 consulting firms to gather data from apartment buildings across the country. Construction dates of the buildings range from 1920 to 1993.The buildings are from six to 26 storeys in height and from 3,345 m to 26,795 m in size, with a total of 27 to 400 suites per building. The buildings are located in the West Coast, Prairie, Central and Atlantic regions of the count...

What are the consequences of the ongoing process of informatisation for the democratic constitutional state? To answer this question a topical perspective of the constitutional state is provided. In this perspective, the constitutional state is portrayed as a 'house', an edifice to which new storeys and rooms have been added and furnished over the course of centuries. Each storey of this edific...