Some non-ductile reinforced concrete walls in buildings were observed to perform poorly in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, with most of the lives lost from the event caused by the collapse of buildings that relied on ...

When used as columns, Concrete-Filled Circular Hollow Sections (CFCHS) offer excellent strength, stiffness, and ductility in addition to an attractive appearance. There is also a construction advantage achieved by the ...

Traffic congestion has become a serious concern and hindrance to the prosperity of many societies. Among a variety of solutions two approaches are of significant importance: constructing new roads and bridges to ease traffic ...

Ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems utilise ground thermal energy stored at shallow, up to 500 m, depths for heating and cooling applications. The underground elements of these systems, ground heat exchangers (GHEs), ...

Distributed Energy Systems (DESs) can provide less carbon-intensive, more resilient and highly efficient alternatives to centralised electricity generation for growing urban populations. Their successful planning depends ...

Textile-reinforced structures have been increasingly applied in personal protective armours due to their blast and impact resisting capabilities. Their enhancement in energy absorption, lightweight, flexibility, and fragments ...

Rail transport is the safest and one of the most efficient transportation modes to move both passengers and goods. It has a range of advantages such as low travel time, high capacity, energy efficiency and low impact on ...

Design and construction of super-tall buildings is becoming more popular around the globe due to land scarcity in metropolitan areas as a result of rapid urbanisation, as well as competition to build taller buildings. Very ...

The use of a solar cooling system has the potential to reduce the amount of energy required for cooling buildings. One of the most important methods of improving energy efficiency in buildings is by carefully designing ...

Mixing between water from free surface flow and subsurface pore-water in the sediment bed is known as hyporheic exchange. At local scales, flushing through porous sediments purifies streamborne water and biogeochemical ...