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Environmental performance assessment: a comparison and improvement of three existing social housing projects
(2022-06-01)
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Open AccessThe energy consumption of buildings accounts for 22% of total global energy use and 13% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In this context, this study aims to evaluate the environmental performance of three social housing ... -
Transition planes for visual comfort: out view with complex fenestration system design at restaurants in Spain
(2021-04-01)
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Open AccessThis work deals with daylighting for quality indoor atmospheres, considering building skins. In recent years, almost all retrofit facades of restaurants are highly glazed façades, boosting glare, sun ray absorption and ... -
Preliminary proposal for an alternative wall lining panel based on molded recycled cellulose and designed for home wiring refurbishment of building interior partitions
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-05-01)
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Open AccessOld dwellings usually have shortfalls in insulation, acoustic and thermal, and in security of electrical services in the interior partition walls. A common building solution is to add a wall lining with a laminate base ... -
Basic digital image color analysis for nondestructive testing of setting and curing process of building products: application to thin render layers sprayed at building site
(2021-11-01)
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Open AccessMany building products are put in place in liquid or plastic state. During the first hours and days, the products set and dry, changing their mechanical properties, and their visual aspect also changes in parallel because ... -
Innovative shear transfer system for Concrete Filled Steel Tubes (CFST) in columns
(2021-09)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe common failure mode of composite steel-concrete structural elements, such as composite columns, generally occurs due to the relative slipping or separation of the steel sheet and the concrete. This leads to materials ... -
Thermal and mechanical properties laboratory evaluation of hollow brick made of Rred clay and rice husk additive
(Institute of Physics (IOP), 2020-12-12)
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Open AccessHollow bricks in Rred clay for masonry are important in design and construction of buildings. Their thermal and mechanical properties must be considered because of the impact they have on energy consumption. The objective ... -
Bond strength tests under pure shear and tension between masonry and sprayed mortar
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-05-09)
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Open AccessSprayed mortar or shotcrete is a construction technology that could enhance existing masonry buildings’ resilience by reinforcing low-safety load-bearing walls. Many factors affect the resistance of shotcrete-reinforced ... -
Thermal and mechanical properties laboratory evaluation of hollow brick made of fired clay and rice husk additive
(Institute of Physics (IOP), 2020-12)
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Open AccessHollow bricks in fired clay for masonry are important in design and construction of buildings. Their thermal and mechanical properties must be considered because of the impact they have on energy consumption. The objective ... -
A path to more versatile code provisions for slab deflection control
(2021-01-15)
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Open AccessAn assessment of the methods of codes ACI-318 and Eurocode 2 is performed to establish a minimum slenderness for reinforced concrete slabs, which is a simplified method for controlling the deflection of slabs. This assessment ... -
Analytical characterisation of axial shortening due to creep of reinforced concrete columns in tall buildings
(Elsevier, 2021-02-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper proposes a new methodology to analyse how creep affects to reinforced concrete columns of tall buildings with central core that range between 20 and 40 floors. Creep shortening is due to compression stresses and ... -
Lightweight ventilated façade : acoustic performance in laboratory conditions, analysing the impact of controlled ventilation variations on airborne sound insulation
(2020-12-01)
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Open AccessThe use of double-sheet enclosures with an intermediate non-ventilated air cavity guarantees a higher airborne sound insulation. The insulation advantages depend on air tightness and the placement of sound absorbing material ... -
Implementación del efecto de pandeo en el método simplificado del EC4-1-1 para secciones tubulares mixtas
(2019-04-29)
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Open AccessEl Eurocódigo 4 sobre estructura mixta propone un método simplificado para diseñar secciones tubulares mixtas sometidas a estados combinadosde compresión y flexión, como alternativa al método analítico general. Este método ...
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