Wind-induced interference effects may result in a significant increase or decrease the wind loads on buildings constructed groups due to modifying flow around, depending shape and relative location of buildings. Experimental study wind-induced mean root square (RMS) pressure coefficients between two tall are investigated detail for various conditions this study. The Interference RMS presented a...

The collapse and damage of large number buildings during the November 26, 2019 (Mw 6,4) Albania earthquake caused 51 fatalities injuries to at least 910 people. Most collapsed or heavily damaged were RC frame buildings. Although system is considered as very ductile seismic force-resisting system, its behaviour highly depends on: (1) regularity in plan elevation, (2) global local ductility. Base...

HOUSING POLICY DEBATE VOLUME 17 ISSUE 3 © 2006 FANNIE MAE FOUNDATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Abstract This article examines the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI), Mayor John F. Street’s plan to revitalize Philadelphia’s distressed neighborhoods by issuing $295 million in bonds to finance the acquisition of property, the demolition of derelict buildings, and the assembling of large trac...

On the modern battlefield cordon and search missions (also known as village searches) are conducted daily. Creating resource allocations that link search teams (e.g. soldiers, robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, military working dogs) to target buildings is difficult and time consuming in the static planning environment and is even more challenging in a timeconstrained dynamic environment. Conduc...

This work aims to present an analysis of architectural repercussions involved in choosing a certain climatic system for an office block. The intention is to unite techniques and the building itself. Independently of the bioclimatic design criteria for office work, these buildings require active technical systems for their air conditioning. We should only consider the air conditioning option tha...

Abstract The estimation of wall thermal properties through an inverse problem procedure enables to increase the reliability model predictions for building energy efficiency. Nevertheless, it requires define experimental campaign obtain on-site observations existing buildings. design experiments search optimal measurement plan that ensure highest precision parameter estimation. For in buildings,...

Referring to an old proverb – " a picture says more than a thousand words " –, this article should be seen as a comment to the following reconstruction drawings of PPNB architecture from Ba'ja, Basta, and Shkârat Msaied. The PPNB architecture of southern Jordan, especially in the Greater Petra Area, is said to be " well known " from sites like Basta, 'Ain Jammam, es-Sifiya, al-Basît, Ba'ja and ...

BACKGROUND In 2007, a national heat plan was introduced in the Netherlands to effectively protect vulnerable populations (such as institutionalised elderly people) against heatwaves. The aim of this study was to assess the extent to which the measures recommended in this heat plan had been implemented, and could be implemented, in long-term care institutions in Amsterdam three years on. METHO...

A key issue in seismic risk analysis within the context of Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering is the evaluation of the expected seismic damage of structures under a specific earthquake ground motion. The assessment of the seismic performance strongly depends on the choice of the seismic Intensity Measure (IM), which quantifies the characteristics of a ground motion that are important to t...

The development of green buildings, as the focus construction field, is an inevitable choice to achieve goal carbon peaking and neutralization. From perspective text similarity, this paper conducts a comparative study on 14th Five-Year Plan for Building Energy Conservation Green Development issued by Ministry Housing Urban-Rural PRC in 2022 sixteen local regulations buildings at provincial leve...