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A Simple, Closed-Form Method for Determining the Superelevation of Tall Reinforced Concrete Buildings
David Michael Volpe Ruggiero, Paola Costanza Miglietta
The vertical shortening of tall buildings is not negligible, and it is important to account for these deformations to minimize differential movement and ensure that the finished building is level. Compensation via superelevation is common in reinforced con ...
Springer2023Modeling lightning strikes to tall towers
In this chapter, we present a review of recent progress in the modeling of lightning strikes to tall structures. Since some tall structures are struck by lightning several tens of times per year, they can be used as ground-truth to measure and calibrate th ...
IET2023Analysis of barrette foundations subjected to mechanical and thermal loads
Lyesse Laloui, Alessandro Francesco Rotta Loria
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the use of rectangular barrette foundations for the structural support and energy supply of tall buildings when circular piles become inefficient or uneconomical. In such applications, so-called energy ...
ELSEVIER2022Can timber lower the environmental impact of tall buildings?
Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Catherine Elvire L. De Wolf
The building sector is responsible for 30% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (UNEP, 2009). Recent energy efficiency measures have helped reduce the operational carbon related to the use phase of the building, but a lack of industry attention ...
Taylor & Francis Group2019A practical method for seismic retrofit of tall buildings with supplemental damping
Current simplified design methods for buildings with supplemental damping devices are mainly based on single-degreefreedom (SDF) shear-models. Common errors of such methods are attributed to the linearization of nonlinear damping and stiffness, higher buil ...
CEI / SCE2019An Optimized Bracing System for Distributed Lateral Loads
Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Benjamin Jacot
One of the most crucial components of a tall building is its lateral loading system. In this paper, we provide the development of a lateral bracing system that results in bracing material savings of up to 50% relative to a traditional X-Bracing system, as ...
Global Science & Technology Forum2017Advanced methods for the evaluation of lightning incidence over large areas, wind turbine parks and tall towers
Lightning presents a significant danger to electrical and electronic equipment, buildings and monuments, people and animals. Although our knowledge about lightning has significantly improved over last century, the development of new composite materials and ...
EPFL2016An analysis of the initiation of upward flashes from tall towers with particular reference to Gaisberg and Säntis Towers
Marcos Rubinstein, Alaleh Tajalli
In this paper, we present an analysis of the lightning events preceding initiation of upward lightning flashes from the Gaisberg and the Santis Towers. It is found that the majority of upward lightning discharges from both towers are initiated without any ...
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015Computational Methods for Fabrication-aware Modeling, Rationalization and Assembly of Architectural Structures
Architectural structures such as buildings, towers, bridges and roofs are of fundamental importance in urban environments. Their design, planing, construction and maintenance carry numerous challenges in engineering due to the complex interplay of material ...
EPFL2015The impact of variable building height on drag, flow and turbulence over a realistic suburban surface
Marc Parlange, Marc Calaf Bracons, Marco Giovanni Giometto, Andreas Christen
In realistic urban environments, where buildings experience variable heights, the tallest structures have a disproportional impact on drag, mean flow and turbulence. Although wind-engineering studies document well the effects of individual high-rise buildi ...
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