It has taken many years for wireless engineers to “tame” wireless communications and there are still many complexities in planning wireless networks due to the unpredictable and varying RF environment. There are mainly two techniques to plan and deploy wireless networks. One uses theoretical electromagnetic models to predict RF coverage. The theoretical model requires information for the survey...

The effects of plan asymmetry on the earthquake response of one­ story systems are identified by comparing the dynamic response of an asymmetric­ plan system and the corresponding symmetric-plan system for a wide range of system parameters-uncoupled lateral vibration period, uncoupled torsional-to-lat­ eral frequency ratio, stiffness eccentricity, and yield factor. Elastic as weI! as in­ elasti...

Utilising energy efficiency to lower energy demand in buildings is a key policy goal of the European Commission. This paper presents the results of bottom-up modelling to elucidate the impact of energy efficiency on the EU building stock up to 2050 under three different scenarios. The modelling is performed for eight individual EU countries and a ninth hypothetical entity that represents the re...

Strategic Environmental Assessment is a procedure aimed at introducing systematic assessment of the environmental effects of plans and programs. This procedure is based on the so called coaxial matrices that define dependencies between plan activities (infrastructures, plants, resource extractions, buildings, etc.) and positive and negative environmental impacts, and dependencies between these ...

Preliminary layout design of buildings has a substantial effect on the ultimate design of structural components and accordingly influences the construction cost. Exploring structurally efficient forms and shapes during the conceptual design stage of a project can also facilitate the optimum integrated design of buildings. This paper presents an automated method of determining column layout desi...

The estimation of building seismic risk and loss utilising response history analysis is challenging, especially because the final objective for stock. In this paper, challenge addressed by developing a simplified nonlinear structural model, which capable simulating predominantly plan-symmetrical reinforced concrete frame buildings subjected to ground motions in both horizontal directions. model...