This paper investigates the prominent failure modes of educational facilities by using field observations. Specifically, damage to roof covering, structure and exterior windows were quantified. An archetype these structures is modeled in a Monte Carlo Simulation wherein probabilistic resistance capacities building envelope components are compared their corresponding wind loads. The probability ...

In the building construction, framed structures are frequently used due to ease of construction and rapid progress of work. Masonry infill panels have been widely used as interior and exterior partition walls for aesthetic reasons and functional needs. When infill walls are omitted in a particular storey, a soft storey is formed compared to much stiffer other stories. The masonry infill has bee...

We consider the estimation of the extremes of the metocean climate, in particular those of the univariate and joint distributions of wave height, wave period and wind speed. This is of importance in the design of oil rigs and other marine structures which must be able to withstand extreme environmental loadings. Such loadings are often functions of two or more metocean variables and the problem...

E mergency response deals with the reaction to a natural or man-made disaster and involves containing the disaster situation. The process is time-critical because many lives depend on how quickly and accurately emergency responders make decisions. During an emergency response, emergency operations centers (EOCs) face different problems depending on the category the emergency falls under (fire, ...

A FRAMEWORK ON THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF TALL STRUCTURES TO NON-STATIONARY WIND USING DESIGN SPECTRUM - 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 28-30 June 2021, Streamed from Athens, Greece

An optimal semi-active Cuckoo- Fuzzy algorithm is developed to drive the hydraulic semi-active damper for effective control of the dynamic deformation of building structures under earthquake loadings, in this paper. Hydraulic semi-active dampers (MR dampers) are semi active control devices that are managed by sending external voltage supply. A new adaptive fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is introd...

As the capabilities of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model full aircraft config­ urations improve, and the speeds of massively parallel machines increase, it is expected that CFD simulations will be used more and more to steer or in some cases even replace traditional flight test analyses. The mission of the US Air Force SEEK EAGLE office is to clear any new weapon con­ figurations and ...

urban effete textures are multiple problems at conspectus skeletal, environmental, social and economic that encounter life of inhabitants with problem in this texture. according to the research, almost 90% of population in country exposed hazard of occurrence earthquake. in this face, by reason of problems, effete textures are over damage if the earthquake happened. nonetheless, to make provisi...