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...

Current software engineering efforts typically rely heavily on industrial infrastructure. In a situation of civilizational collapse which various researchers have suggested could ensue in the next century via an assortment of environmental, economic, and/or social pathways such infrastructure may become less reliable. Previous research has offered some thoughts about what new forms of software ...

Interior brick-infill partitions are usually considered as non-structural components and only their weight is accounted for in practical structural design. In this study, their effect on the progressive collapse resistance of an RC building subjected to sudden column loss is investigated. Three notional column loss conditions with four different brick-infill locations are considered. Column-los...

In order to scale back the life cycle costs of an establishment from construction maintenance, it is very effective monitor structural health a structure. At present, maintenance and integrity checks on structure require personnel entry into normally inaccessible areas perform necessary non-destructive inspections. This paper discusses implementation budgeted, battery-powered based collision av...

Abnormal loads due to natural events, implementation errors and some other issues can lead to occurrence of progressive collapse in structures. Most of the past researches consist of 2- Dimensional (2D) models of steel frames without consideration of the floor system effects, which reduces the accuracy of the modeling. While employing a 3-Dimensional (3D) model and modeling the concrete slab sy...

well-known seismic design codes have offered an alternative equivalent static procedure for practical purposes instead of verifying design trials with complicated step-y-step dynamic analyses. such a pattern of base-shear distribution over the building height will enforce its special stiffness and strength distribution which is not necessarily best suited for seismic design. the present study, ...