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Ta Quy Hung, Mitsuo Mizoguchi and Yuya Takase
Every year, Vietnam faces typhoons accompanied by strong winds. Semi-permanent houses are severely damaged by these winds. We researched a strengthening method using a Polypropylen (PP) band to prevent housing damage caused by strong winds. In this study...
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Naida Ademovic, Mirko Toholj, Dalibor Radonic, Filippo Casarin, Sanda Komesar and Karlo Ugarkovic
After a long period of no excessive ground shaking in Croatia and the region of ex-Yugoslavia, an earthquake that woke up the entire region was the one that shook Croatia on 22 March 2020. More than 25,000 buildings were severely damaged. A process of re...
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Elizabeth Vintzileou, Charalambos Mouzakis, Lucia Karapitta and Androniki Miltiadou-Fezans
Domes, vaults and arches are structural components of high vulnerability, due to the horizontal component of the thrust they impose to the supporting vertical elements (piers or walls), accentuated by the asymmetry of loading due to seismic actions. In o...
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Ariunaa Ganbaatar, Takuro Mori, Ryo Inoue and Sunjidmaa Danzandorj
There are many ways to strengthen an unreinforced brick masonry wall. One of the strengthening methods applies timber, which is a lightweight and easy installation. The connection between the timber and the brick masonry wall plays an important role. In ...
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Zabih Mehdipour, Elisa Poletti, Jorge M. Branco and Paulo B. Lourenço
CLT panels have been investigated for reinforcement of existing masonry-infilled RC framed buildings through the increase of the overall lateral stiffness of the structure, thus reducing the story drift demand. The contribution of CLT panels depends on t...
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