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...

Experimental or theoretical tests show that dramatically changes of infill area causes soft story mechanism. "Soft story" mechanism is the most frequent failure mode of reinforced concrete (R.C.) structures. This phenomenon is caused by the fact that the overall shear force applied to the building by an earthquake is higher at the base floor. If the lower story is not originally weakened, it is...

The Open Construction & Building Technology Journal is presently publishing a Special Issue on Infilled Framed Structures focusing on the Experimental & Modelling Aspects. It has been established that masonry infill walls affect the strength, stiffness and ductility of infilled frame structures. However, when designing such structures, it has become common practice not to include the existing i...

Brownfield redevelopment has gained support in the U.S. as an essential ingredient of urban revitalization. Assessing the effects of such projects is important as government budgets tighten recently. Through multi-scale spatial and statistical analysis, this study shows the spatial patterns of residential property values and their changes, and investigates linkages to the presence of different ...

A model is created for assessing the redevelopment potential of brownfields. The model is derived from a space and time conceptual framework that identifies and measures the surface and subsurface risk factors present at brownfield sites. The model then combines these factors with a contamination extent multiplier at each site to create an index of redevelopment potential. Results from the appl...

Metropolitan planning and development of Australia’s cities for much of the past 75 years has been strongly influenced by what could be termed the “North American model” of low-density, car-dependent suburban development on greenfield master-planned housing estates. The negative social, economic and environmental consequences associated with perpetuating this low-density greenfield model were b...

Abstract Due to the global oil price crisis in 2014, one of MOL's preventive/reactive measures was identify geologically or commercially risky elements within their portfolio. This involved reevaluation all geologic data from Field A Volga-Urals Basin. In re-evaluating A, several unexpected challenges, problems and pitfalls were faced by interdisciplinary team performing task building a new dat...

the rapid and sprawl development city in recent decades has created many problems for cities and causing instability in urban environments. the late twentieth century these problems caused a revision in urban planning models and introduction of new models such as the infill development. studies show that third world countries like iran are faced with sprawl development model and should take the...

This case study describes the process and results of a prospective health impact assessment that was conducted on a major hospital redevelopment in NSW. Undertaking the health impact assessment has raised awareness of the potential intended and unintended consequences of redevelopment in relation to health. It has also enhanced the capacity and commitment for health impact assessment within the...

<p class="Abstract">To optimize the 3D printing process, influence of its parameters on performance process needs to be investigated. This research investigates effect infill pattern, density, and angle time filament material length. First, this collected length data for each combination angle. The collection was conducted by implementing Repetier-Host v.2.1.6 software as a acquisition to...