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Evaluation of seismic fragilities of special concentrically braced frame hybrid buildings equipped with prefabricated cross-laminated timber-steel composite floor diaphragms
Floor diaphragms are structural elements mainly responsible for transmitting lateral loads to the adjoining vertical members of the...
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Seismic design and nonlinear response comparison of a hybrid timber building configured with BRB- and SMA-braced LVL frames
To achieve adequate performance during earthquakes, mass timber buildings are often combined with structural systems including other materials,...
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Seismic behavior of innovative hybrid CLT-steel shear wall for mid-rise buildings
This paper examines the seismic behavior of CLT-steel hybrid walls at 6- and 10-story heights to increase seismic force resistance compared to...
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A hybrid model for post-earthquake performance assessments in challenging contexts
Disasters provide an invaluable opportunity to evaluate contemporary design standards and construction practices; these evaluations have historically...
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A novel wood-based hybrid system for seismic performance increase of mid-rise building structures
A new hybrid system consisting of wood shear walls, concrete columns, bracing system, and viscous damper devices is introduced in this paper. A...
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An analysis of innovative and maintenance free active pre-stressed soil nail with reinforced grout hybrid anchor in the region of Rawang, Malaysia
Steep cut slops along the highways and hillsides closer development projects are generally stabilize using soil nailing method in Malaysia. Soil nail...
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Seismic strengthening of existing RC buildings with external cross-laminated timber (CLT) walls hosting an integrated energetic and architectural renovation
In this study a timber-based integrated solution is presented to solve at once common issues affecting typical reinforced concrete (RC) existing...
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Superstructures development with frame of light steel by fusion techniques
Fusion's light steel frame system was chosen as a viable lightweight steel solution that would equal the pace of construction of a timber frame,...
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Fragility curves for Italian URM buildings based on a hybrid method
A hybrid seismic fragility model for territorial-scale seismic vulnerability assessment of masonry buildings is developed and presented in this...
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Intelligent modeling of unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of hybrid cement-modified unsaturated soil with nanostructured quarry fines inclusion
Gene expression programming (GEP) and multi-expression programming (MEP) have been employed to predict models for the unconfined compressive strength...
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Adaptive Architecture—A Pathway to Resilient Communities
Adaptive architecture can be explained wherein contemporary construction and vernacular architecture techniques can be brought together to makes its...
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The spatiotemporal evolution of compound impacts from lava flow and tephra fallout on buildings: lessons from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption (La Palma, Spain)
The simultaneous or sequential occurrence of several hazards—be they of natural or anthropogenic sources—can interact to produce unexpected compound ...
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Experimental investigations of a new highly ductile hold-down with adaptive stiffness for timber seismic bracing walls
An efficient implementation of the capacity design requires high ductility combined with a low overstrength of the critical regions. Conventional...
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Assessing embodied carbon and financial implications in concrete T-girder bridge design for cost-effective sustainability
The substantial contribution of the global construction sector to greenhouse gas emissions underscores the urgency of mitigating its environmental...
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Prediction of the Single Pile Seismic Deflection by Using FEM and ANN
A failure prediction assessment is generally required to enhance infrastructural seismic design. This study used Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and...
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Seismic Risk Model for the Bei**g–Tian**–Hebei Region, China: Considering Epistemic Uncertainty from the Seismic Hazard Models
This study presents a probabilistic seismic risk model for the Bei**g–Tian**–Hebei region in China. The model comprises a township-level...
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NextGen Building Systems - S4: Seismically Safer, Sustainable and Smart - Raising the Bar to Enhance Community Resilience and Sustainability
Time for action: after decades of “lessons learnt from previous earthquakes” with severe and unacceptable socio-economic impacts, the remarkable...
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Optimization of design parameters for controlled rocking steel braced dual-frames
A controlled rocking concentrically steel braced frame (CR-CSBF) is introduced as an alternative to conventional methods to prevent major structural...
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Rockfall Hazard: A Comprehensive Review of Current Mitigation Practices
This chapter discusses the kinematics of a rockfall which forms the framework for the selection of mitigation strategies. It is followed by a...
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Optimization of the structural coupling between RC frames, CLT shear walls and asymmetric friction connections
This paper focuses on the optimum design of the e-CLT technology. The e-CLT technology consists in adding cross laminated timber (CLT) walls to an...
