... reserved 2015 research & development seismic engineering timber structures Within step (b), five wall configurations with a total of 17 specimens were tested. To enable a good comparison with the results of step (a), the same connection types were used for the experimental wall tests...

... that plane sections remain plane, a fixed neutral axis position assumption was adopted in the derivation of Equation 5, irrespective of shrinkage 1 r cs = κ ε cs ( t , t 0 ) y c r c 2 codes of practice & standards concrete structures research...

... and f^r is the rigid frequency. Using Equations 4 to 7, the value of the rigid response coefficient can be evaluated from the response spectrum. 17 3 2011 10 3 2010 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2012 nuclear power research & development seismic engineering...

... Publishing: All rights reserved 2012 buildings, structures & design sustainability research & development In recent years, numerous countries, with a greater or lesser degree of success, have launched ‘Green Building' initiatives to ensure that they remain environmentally friendly...

... design procedures as well as enabling more rapid development of new technologies. beams & girders buildings, structures & design research & development A_st cross-sectional area of longitudinal reinforcement A_reinf cross-sectional...

... effects on load-bearing resistance are emphasised. Figure 1. Strengthened timber floor composite structures research & development timber structures A_c cross-sectional area of concrete slab A_f cross-sectional area of carbon strip...

... research & development 17 11 2009 13 1 2009 © 2010 Thomas Telford Ltd 2010 Figure 6. Variation in ventilation rate with wind direction for the 6 m Silsoe cube ¹Air changes per hour equals hourly volume flow rate/room volume. The UK government has...

... for perforation thickness, t_p 11 02 2008 17 10 2008 © 2009 Thomas Telford Ltd 2009 research & development safety & hazards strength & testing of materials Curves of the perforation limits predicted by the NDRC and the CEA-EDF empirical formulae...

... 07 2008 © 2008 Thomas Telford Ltd 2008 buildings, structures & design codes of practice & standards research & development The introduction of hot-finished elliptical hollow sections (EHS) to the construction industry opens a new chapter in the use of structural...

... Thomas Telford Ltd 2008 codes of practice & standards composite structures research & development statistical analysis NOTATION A_s area of cross-section of shank of a stud b₀, d_s, e...

... span of decks for the particular applications of the ASSET profile. 16 07 2003 05 09 2007 © 2007 Thomas Telford Ltd 2007 bridges materials technology research & development A material in which more than one constituent is present can be described as a ‘composite...

... © 2007 Thomas Telford Ltd 2007 concrete structures research & development strength and testing of materials NOTATION A_c area of concrete c concrete cover d effective depth f_ct tensile strength...

... the bending test results. These showed that the biggest reductions in bond strength were at the ends of the beams where slip and shear stress were greatest. 08 08 2006 21 11 2006 © 2007 Thomas Telford Ltd 2007 beams & girders rehabilitation, reclamation & renovation research...

... of the longitudinal bar at the intersection, but partly slipping out (Figs 5 and 6). Fig. 5. Failure of intersection (C29) Fig. 6. Failure of intersection (C32) 05 11 2002 11 02 2003 © 2004 Thomas Telford Ltd 2004 composite structures diaphragm walls research...

.... In the case of beam design type (i) (the web-buckling beam design), two different types of stiffening method were used. 18 09 2002 14 05 2003 © 2004 Thomas Telford Ltd 2004 composite structures materials technology research & development The interest in advanced polymer...

... façade configurations and different levels of behind-façade confinement. buildings, structure & design research & development safety & hazards NOTATION R range W TNT equivalent charge mass w street width Z scaled distance...

... environment research & development Bridge network management is a complex task. The Surrey County Council (SCC) bridge inventory encompasses 1000 structures and has an estimated worth of over £350 million. Management of this asset is the responsibility of the SCC Structures Group, which comprises...

... other work focused on the second and third objectives, but also raised issues that highlighted the importance, and often problematic nature, of process issues, the topic of the fourth objective, and the main focus of this paper. † concrete structures management research...

... by the well-known formula © 2002 Thomas Telford Ltd 2002 bridges dynamics research & development Vibration serviceability is becoming a governing design criterion for light and slender structures occupied and dynamically excited by humans. Typical examples of these structures are long...

... Ltd 2002 corrosion grouting research & development Numerous condition surveys have been carried out to investigate the grouting of internal ducts and determine the extent of any problems. One of the earliest concerned buildings having the Intergrid system. 19 In 1974 a beam...