New Technique enhances Ductility of Vulnerable Buildings

New Technique enhances Ductility of Vulnerable Buildings

Brief Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have found that a semiconfined unreinforced brick masonry technique to retrofit seismically vulnerable buildings resulted in increased ductility and energy dissipation. It not compromise their strength of...
UBC Researcher Aims to Make Concrete More Resilient

UBC Researcher Aims to Make Concrete More Resilient

Brief  Dr. Lisa Tobber, a structural engineer and assistant professor at University of British Columbia’s School of Engineering, is leading research to understand how to better design and construct disaster-resilient buildings, with a special interest in...
An Overview of Structural Thermal Breaks

An Overview of Structural Thermal Breaks

Brief  Alyson Hallander, a product engineer for Schöck North America, offers an overview of structural thermal breaks, including the ways they curtail heat transmission, their challenges they present and the solutions available. Hallander also provides insight into...
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