The vulnerability of buildings on coastal dikes due to overtopping wave impacts is difficult to assess. A method is developed in this paper to quantify the vulnerability of masonry buildings on a coastal dike exposed to wave overtopping. Using previous studies, the accidental loads due to the extreme wave impacts are characterized. Using the approach from Eurocode 6, the strength of masonry bui...

This paper describes the potential of Radarsat-1 fine beam intensity SAR images in urban mapping and change detection. The main objective was to determine the possibility of building detection e.g. as a function of height, orientation, roof material and roof type in the Helsinki metropolitan region. Altogether 22235 buildings were used to estimate the effect of height, and then 14270 buildings ...

Abstract—Past earthquakes have shown that seismic events may incur large economic losses in buildings. FEMA P-58 provides engineers a practical tool for the performance seismic assessment of buildings. In this study, FEMA P-58 is applied to two typical Italian pre-1970 reinforced concrete frame buildings, characterized by plain rebars as steel reinforcement and masonry infills and partitions. G...

Sensorized commercial buildings are a rich target for building a new class of applications that improve operational and energy efficiency of building operations that take into account human activities. Such applications, however, rarely experience widespread adoption due to the lack of a common descriptive schema that would enable porting these applications and systems to different buildings. O...

The percent of energy consumed by plug load equipment in commercial buildings is on the rise. Research conducted in the past has included surveying plug load equipment, measuring plug load electricity consumption and equipment operating patterns, and studying plug load reduction solutions in office buildings, but plug load energy use across other building types is poorly understood. A universit...

In this paper, we define twinnings for affine R-buildings. We thus extend the theory of simplicial twin buildings of affine type to the non-simplicial case. We show how classical results can be extended to the non-discrete case, and, as an application, we prove that the buildings at infinity of aMoufang twin R-building have the induced structure of aMoufang building. The latter is not true for ...

Abstract Introduction The study aimed to evaluate if costal cartilage is a good source of DNA for genetic individual identification tests performed in forensic autopsies. Materials and Methods included samples collected from 80 cadavers retrieved different environments: indoors (flat/hospital), outdoors (primarily the forest), coal mine, fire site, uninhabited buildings, basement, bodies fresh ...

Abstract: Let X be a building of uniform thickness q+1. L-Betti numbers of X are reinterpreted as von-Neumann dimensions of weighted L-cohomology of the underlying Coxeter group. The dimension is measured with the help of the Hecke algebra. The weight depends on the thickness q. The weighted cohomology makes sense for all real positive values of q, and is computed for small q. If the Davis comp...

This paper is focused on applying a polarization multiplex to passive optical networks double their transmission bandwidth without significant changes in the distribution network. Although multiplexes are already employed for high-speed transport with digital signal processing and coherent detection, we propose system that could be used existing older using dynamic controller combination wavele...

Lighting control systems (LCSs) play important roles in maintaining visual comfort and energy savings buildings. This paper presents a prototype LCS using LabVIEW with real-time high dynamic range images digital multiplex controller to brighten lamps sequentially provide comfort. The is applied scaled classroom model three schemes involving different activities needs: writing reading, requiring...