additional dampers are employed in order to decrease the dynamic response of structure against the earthquake and wind loading recently. in this study, two types of systems related to waste of inactive energy, i.e. frictional damper which is categorized in dampers dependent on movement and viscoelastic damper which is categorized in dampers dependent on velocity, in making steel structures resi...

On 12 May 2008, the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake occurred in Sichuan Province, China, triggering thousands of landslides, debris flows, and barrier lakes, leading to a substantial loss of life and damage to the local environment and infrastructure. This study aimed to monitor the status of geologic hazards and vegetation recovery in a post-earthquake disaster area using high-resolution aer...

Spotting ignition by lofted firebrands is a significant mechanism of fire spread, as observed in many largescale fires. The role of firebrands in fire propagation and the important parameters involved in spot fire development are studied. Historical large-scale fires, including wind-driven urban and wildland conflagrations and post-earthquake fires are given as examples. In addition, research o...

Although control theory has been widely applied to constrain motion response of tall, slender structures and long bridges undergoing large forces from natural hazards such as earthquakes and strong wind, numerous uncertainties in these structures such as model errors, stress calculations, material properties, and load environments need to be included in design of the control algorithm. This pap...

Effective force testing (EFT) is one of the force-based experimental methods used for performance evaluation of structures that incorporate dynamic force control using hydraulic actuators. While previous studies have shown successful implementations of force control, controllable frequency ranges are limited to low frequencies (10 Hz). This study presents the EFT method using a robust loop shap...

During their development, plants are subjected to repeated and fluctuating wind loads, an environmental factor predicted to increase in importance by scenarios of global climatic change. Notwithstanding the importance of wind stress on plant growth and development, little is known about plant acclimation to the bending stresses imposed by repeated winds. The time-course of acclimation of young ...

Damage prognosis for structural health monitoring is a challenging and complex research topic in civil engineering. Early and accurate damage detection is essential to maximizing the useful life of structures. The use of densely clustered sensor networks provides promising applications in the analysis of structural components and identification of local damage. The proposed localized damage det...

At present, the tubular structural systems are mainly used in tall buildings to withstand earthquake loads. Although it is possible to analyse the structure by finite element methods using standard three dimensional programs, the system is generally time-consuming and expensive in the primary design work. In this paper, for the analysis of Framed-Tube systems, a simple method was studied and de...

At present, the tubular structural systems are mainly used in tall buildings to withstand earthquake loads. Although it is possible to analyse the structure by finite element methods using standard three dimensional programs, the system is generally time-consuming and expensive in the primary design work. In this paper, for the analysis of Framed-Tube systems, a simple method was studied and de...