Thermal mass is the material's ability to store heat and release it after an amount of time and concrete is considered one of the best thermal mass material. Since concrete has been used widely in many building constructions, by considering the capability of concrete in terms of thermal mass, it is worthwhile to use this ability of concrete in order to build buildings more healthy and comfortab...

Over 90% of framed structures in Uganda are built from reinforced concrete. Prior to the 1990’s, most buildings had no openings in slabs, yet in city centers buildings butt against each other with widows at front and back only. This limited retail activities to front rooms of the ground floor and the buildings had to be narrow. A baseline survey of 50 shopping malls in Kampala Central Business ...

The work is devoted to the analysis of one possible limit states, for which scenario collapse floor over a remote column, as result general rancake-type occurs. An approximate method assessing progressive reinforced concrete slab multi-story building, will receive an impact from falling fragments failed structures, proposed. technique's underpinning dynamic simplified module motion, form assume...