Abstract: Workers' compensation insurance (WCI) premiums for construction companies are higher than those for most other industries. WCI is increasingly affecting contractors' ability to conduct business and has already made the ...

Abstract: A new performance model of the externally fired combined cycle (EFCC) is implemented in ASPEN (Advanced System for Process ENgineering), a chemical process simulator. The model accounts for interactions within and between ...

Abstract: Seasonal variation of ambient temperature is rarely a cause of concern in structural design of normal buildings, but it has been found to cause recurring distress in a pyramid-shaped reinforced concrete (RC) building located ...

Abstract: A simple low-cost friction base-isolation system is examined for its applicability in reducing seismic vulnerability of rural buildings. Four friction isolation interfaces, namely, marble–marble, marble–high-density ...

Abstract: The present study is focused on the retrofitting solution and its verification through experimental investigation for the two most common catastrophic modes of failure in reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings, namely, ...