THE EFFECT OF WALL OPENING SIZES ON UNREINFORCED MASONRY SUBJECTED TO DYNAMIC LOADING
Published In: 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Author(s): RALMAR MARSH , TREVOR NEVILLE HAAS
Abstract: Low income unreinforced masonry structures in the southwestern region of the Western Cape Province of S outh Africa present a safety and economic threat if subjected to moderate intensity seismic activity. Previous experience and investigations conducted have shown the vulnerability to damage and/or collapse when these structures are subjected to moderate se ismicity. Most unreinforced masonry buildings in South Africa were constructed prior to the first codified provision for seismicity contained in SABS 0160 of 1989. Numerous other residential unreinforced buildings were constructed since then. To date these types of structures have not been evaluated for South African conditions, and concerns have been expressed whether these structures conform to the new codified guidelines contained in SANS 10160 - 4 of 2011, which is almost a verbatim repetition of the Euro pean code for seismic design. Before an analysis of unreinforced masonry buildings can be conducted, it is imperative to det
- Publication Date: 03-Sep-2017
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-132-0-43
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TREND ANALYSES OF PARAMETERS OF EQUATIONS FOR MINIMUM CBR DISTANCE ACHIEVABLE IN UBICOMP MANETS USING LOCATION-AWARE TRANSMISSION.
Published In: 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN COMPUTING, ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY
Author(s): M. KALEEM GALAMALI , NAWAZ MOHAMUDALLY
Abstract: Use of MANET transmission approaches symbolise a key towards solving the problem of sparsely available network and routing equipment in ubicomp environments, which is expected to be the case for many future environments specially outdoor ones. Good performance of MANET directly depends on correctly designed protocols and research is well on the way in this direction [79]. The adaptation of location-aware transmission strategies is prone to augment energy management standards and justifies all the effort put in by researchers. Among the technological enrichments looked forward in the future, the application of land-based GPS systems, improved location refresh rates and accuracy, development of fine-tuned transmission protocols and cheaper sophisticated hardware, are most awaited. Available scientific knowledge of trends of distance coverages by transmitted packets in a ubicomp over varying node densities, is undeniably favourable for refining transmission protocols in MANETs. Correspond
- Publication Date: 02-Jul-2017
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-126-9-17
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