As woodworking and construction technologies improve, the of multi-storey timber buildings is gaining popularity worldwide. There a need to look at design existing assess their sustainability. The aim present study sustainability modern high-rise using multi-criteria assessment methods. paper presents hierarchical system indicators an framework, developed by authors. Based on this tallest in di...

Over the early years of the 21 century, cities throughout the Middle East, particularly in the Gulf region have expanded more rapidly than ever before. Given the presence of a large volume of high-rise buildings allover the region, the local authority aims to set a new standard for sustainable development; with an integrated approach to maintain a balance between economy, quality, environmental...

An overview of development of high-rise buildings is presented. Key advancements leading to highrise buildings of today are discussed. Structural analysis and design considerations for modern highrise buildings are presented and trends in design of tall buildings of the future are discussed.

With the exception of the 2003 Tokachi-Oki earthquake, strong ground recordings from large subduction earthquakes (Mw > 8.0) are meager. Furthermore there are no strong motion recordings of giant earthquakes. However, there is a growing set of high-quality broadband teleseismic recordings of large and giant earthquakes. In this thesis, we use recordings from the 2003 Tokachi-Oki (Mw 8.3) earthq...

Title of Document: Occupant Merging Behavior During Egress From High Rise Buildings Christopher Campbell, Master of Science, 2012 Directed By: Professor and Chair, Dr. James A. Milke, Department of Fire Protection Engineering Occupant merging behavior on stairwell landings is analyzed through the study of evacuation videos. Both flow rate and transit time analyses are conducted. Data is compare...

This paper presents results of a recent study addressing issues concerning the dynamic response of high-rise buildings. Utilizing a high-frequency base-balance, the alon~w;:~d, acrosswind and torsional components of aerodynamic loads and their statistical corm!ations for a wide range of generic building shapes of different aspect ratios in two approach flow conditions are quantified. A random-v...

The paper applies a computer-based method involving stochastic search, multi-criteria optimization and color filtering to investigate the tradeoff between the life-cycle profitability of highrise commercial office buildings and their load-path safety against progressive collapse under abnormal loading. The study was motivated by the progressive-collapse failure of the twin towers of the World T...