Introduction The reinforced concrete tilt-up building is the most popular form of light industrial and low-rise commercial construction in the Western United States and is a significant portion of new construction nationwide. This popularity is primarily driven by the construction speed and economical nature of tilt-up construction. Architectural acceptance has become more widespread as tilt-up...

damage to essential facilities (e.g. lifelines and industrial facilities) due to extreme loads may cause remarkable indirect impact as well as direct physical loss. hence understanding seismic performance of essential facilities is very important in high seismic risk regions. on october 23, 2011 an earthquake of magnitude mw7.2 occurred in van province in eastern turkey. several damages occurre...

providing welfare status for personnel of industrial plants is necessary and also emphasized in all standards. preparing fresh, cool and clean air especially in warm seasons is one of the most important duties of plant owners to keep workers safe and healthy. although in many workshops some cooling and air-conditioning systems (commonly mixing ventilation systems) were installed, most of them h...

A systematic analysis of green-house gases emission (carbon footprint) and primary energy consumption (energy footprint) of prefabricated industrial buildings during their entire life cycle is presented. The life cycle assessment (LCA) study was performed in a cradle-to grave approach: site-specific data from an Italian company, directly involved in all the phases from raw material manufacturin...

Localization for industrial vehicles is a key issue in the development and use of autonomous systems on industrial worksites. The WiFi technology being widely used in such environments can be used as a base for an easy to set up system requiring little hardware. In this paper we propose a system estimating the location of industrial vehicles, based only on WiFi signals, that can operate both in...