Study of technological advancement and challenges of façade system for sustainable building: Current design practice

D Fernando, S Navaratnam, P Rajeev, J Sanjayan - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Currently, several façade systems exist to enable sustainable building design. The biggest
challenges for façade designers are to identify new technology and effective, sustainable …

On the seismic behavior of masonry infilled frame structures

J Dias-Oliveira, H Rodrigues, PG Asteris, H Varum - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Infilled frames are usually modelled in the context of global building analysis using
simplified procedures without considering the aspects resulting from the interaction between …

Resilience assessment of regional areas against earthquakes using multi-source information fusion

W Chen, L Zhang - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a hybrid information fusion approach that integrates the Dempster-
Shafer (DS) evidence theory and cluster analysis, in order to assess the resilience of …

Comparative study on seismic fragility assessment of self-centering energy-absorbing dual rocking core versus buckling restrained braced systems under mainshock …

S Hu, W Wang, M Shahria Alam - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
A strong mainshock may cause several aftershocks within a short interval. These aftershocks
can make buildings damaged during the mainshock more vulnerable to collapse. Hence, it …

Out-of-plane behaviour of unreinforced masonry infill walls: Review of the experimental studies and analysis of the influencing parameters

B Pradhan, M Zizzo, V Sarhosis, L Cavaleri - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last 50 years, research has mainly focused on characterizing the In-Plane
behaviour of unreinforced masonry infill walls. Recently, the focus of research has been …

[HTML][HTML] Research needs, challenges, and strategic approaches for natural hazards and disaster reconnaissance

J Wartman, JW Berman, A Bostrom, S Miles… - Frontiers in Built …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Natural hazards and disaster reconnaissance investigations have provided many lessons
for the research and practice communities and have greatly improved our scientific …

Out-of-plane behavior of masonry infilled RC frames based on the experimental tests available: A systematic review

A Furtado, H Rodrigues, A Arêde, H Varum - Construction and Building …, 2018 - Elsevier
The primary objective of this manuscript is to present a systematic review of experimental
studies regarding infill masonry walls out-of-plane (OOP) behaviour. An extended database …

Seismic fragility and loss estimation of self-centering steel braced frames under mainshock-aftershock sequences

C Fang, B Ping, Y Zheng, Y Ping, H Ling - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper highlights the importance of considering local component failure of self-centering
braces (SCBs) when examining the seismic fragility and economic performance of emerging …

Mainshock-aftershock damage assessment of infilled RC structures

A Furtado, H Rodrigues, H Varum, A Arêde - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
The primary objective of this manuscript is to present a numerical study regarding the
mainshock-aftershock damage assessment of infilled reinforced concrete (RC) structures …

Vibration-based tests and results for the evaluation of infill masonry walls influence on the dynamic behaviour of buildings: a review

V Nicoletti, D Arezzo, S Carbonari, F Gara - Archives of Computational …, 2022 - Springer
Tests on infill masonry walls have been widely performed by many researchers and for a
long time with the main purpose of characterising the infill performance under earthquake …