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1. Penthouses’ impact on the wind flow structure and pollution distribution in the street canyons with or without balconies on building facades

   This research is focused on how the different shape and parts (penthouses balconies, etc.) of a building with an aspect ratio of 2.33 takes part...

   V. A. Karkoulias, P. E. Marazioti, ... E. A. Maraziotis in Environmental Fluid Mechanics

   Article 25 July 2023
   

2. Decentralized Water Supply Management Model: a Case Study of Public Policies for the Utilization of Rainwater

   The growing population has resulted in the need for new alternatives that guarantee water supply to the population. Among the alternatives, there is...

   Suélen Fernandes, Mariele Canal Bonfante, ... Lucila M. S. Campos in Water Resources Management

   Article 29 June 2020
   

3. Evaluation of seismic vulnerability screening indices using data from the Taiwan Earthquake of 6 February 2016

   Cities in seismic regions often have unknown numbers of older buildings vulnerable to strong earthquake ground motion. Simple methods are needed with...

   Aishwarya Y. Puranam, Ayhan Irfanoglu, ... Shyh-Jiann Hwang in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

   Article 26 November 2018
   

4. Spatiotemporal variability of tornadoes in the Czech Lands, 1801–2017

   Tornadoes are severe, small-scale weather phenomena that may cause loss of human lives and give rise to great material damage on a local (regional)...

   Rudolf Brázdil, Kateřina Chromá, ... Zbyněk Černoch in Theoretical and Applied Climatology

   Article 07 July 2018
   

5. Optimal design of isolation devices for mid-rise steel moment frames using performance based methodology

   This paper develops and applies the performance-based analysis and design methodology to assess the seismic vulnerability of mid-rise steel moment...

   Jian Zhang, Zhan Shu in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

   Article 12 February 2018
   

6. A new GIS-based tsunami risk evaluation: MeTHuVA (METU tsunami human vulnerability assessment) at Yenikapı, Istanbul

   Istanbul is a mega city with various coastal utilities located on the northern coast of the Sea of Marmara. At Yenikapı, there are critical...

   Zeynep Ceren Cankaya, Mehmet Lutfi Suzen, ... Betul Aytore in Earth, Planets and Space

   Article Open access 22 July 2016
   

7. Wind-Induced Dispersion of Pollutants in the Urban Environment

   Predicting air and pollutant flow around buildings in an urban environment is a very complex problem affecting building design and performance. This...

   Ted Stathopoulos, B. Hajra in Advanced Environmental Wind Engineering

   Chapter 2016
   

8. Pedestrian Wind Environment Around Tall Buildings

   Pedestrian-level wind conditions around tall buildings are described by examining the aerodynamics of the urban environment and the various wind...

   Ted Stathopoulos, Bert Blocken in Advanced Environmental Wind Engineering

   Chapter 2016
   

9. Performance-based seismic design of nonstructural building components: The next frontier of earthquake engineering

   With the development and implementation of performance-based earthquake engineering, harmonization of performance levels between structural and...

   Andre Filiatrault, Timothy Sullivan in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

   Article 01 August 2014

10. Screening criteria to identify brittle R.C. structural failures in earthquakes

    Collapse of structures in severe earthquakes is synonymous with loss of vertical load bearing capacity in the columns and walls of the structural...

    Stylianos J. Pardalopoulos, Georgia E. Thermou, Stavroula J. Pantazopoulou in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

    Article 27 October 2012

11. Building Against Earthquakes

    F. Mañá, L. Bozzo, J. Irizarry in Assessing and Managing Earthquake Risk

    Chapter 2008