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Experimental and numerical studies on thermal performance of an office cubicle having gypsum boards coated with PCM-enhanced spackling
(SINTEF Academic Press, 2020)PCM enhanced wallboards on internal surfaces of building spaces is an attractive solution for improvement of thermal performance in buildings. This work deals with using a novel spackling compound as a primer coating ... -
POD-interpolation based prediction of indoor airflows
(SINTEF akademisk forlag, 2020)This work reports a proper orthogonal decomposition (POD)-interpolation based prediction of indoor airows related to displacement ventilation. Steadystate computational uid dynamics (CFD) solution snapshots with varying ... -
Impact of Typical Faults Occurring in Demand-controlled Ventilation on Energy and Indoor Environment in a Nordic Climate
(EDP Open, 2020-06-30)This study evaluates typical faults occurring in demand-controlled ventilation (DCV) system and the impact on three output results: energy use, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality. The methodologies used in this study ... -
Seismic Performance Evaluation of Special RC Frames with Gravity Steel Columns under the Base Level
(Hindawi, 2020-06-30)In many multistory buildings, basement levels are used as parking spaces. However, dimensions of reinforced concrete columns at these levels cause them to be unideal parking spaces. An alternative is to replace the RC ... -
Prediction of the Load-Bearing Behavior of SPSW with Rectangular Opening by RBF Network
(MDPI, 2020-02-10)As a lateral load-bearing system, the steel plate shear wall (SPSW) is utilized in different structural systems that are susceptible to seismic risk and because of functional reasons SPSWs may need openings. In this ... -
Cooling Performance of a New Designed Trombe Wall Integrated with Solar Chimney, Water Spraying System, and Rectangular Thermal Fin Arrays: An Experimental Approach
(International Information and Engineering Technology Association, 2020-06-30)With the shortage of the energy and the improvement of people's environmental requirements, it has received more and more attention to realize building energy efficiency through new energy sources. Trombe wall is a technology ... -
A study into prevention of antibiotics resistance through enhanced building infrastructure design and management strategies
(IOP Publishing, 2020)This study is part of a larger research project, which looks at how modern hospitals are built in Norway, and what can be done to make hospitals more user friendly and purpose built. It looks at how medical facilities can ... -
A Method to Calibrate Building Simulation Model Through Visual Inspection and Smart Meter
(IOP Publishing, 2020)Several energy programs worldwide have used building inspection to overcome the lack of knowledge on technical parameter that are needed to upgrade existing buildings to make them more efficient. Due to the large amount ... -
Analysis of shock-wave diffraction over double cylindrical wedges. Part II: Vorticity generation
(Elsevier, 2020-02-18)The unsteady aspect of turbulent flow structures generated by a shock-wave diffraction over double cylindrical wedges, with initial diffracting angle of 75∘, are numerically investigated by means of two-dimensional ... -
Analysis of shock-wave diffraction over double concave cylindrical wedges. Part I: Shock dynamics
(Elsevier, 2020-01-31)Shock-wave diffraction over double concave cylindrical surfaces has been numerically investigated at different flow regimes by varying the incident-shock-wave Mach number from Ms=1.6 (transonic) to Ms=4.5 (supersonic ... -
Minimizing delivered energy and life cycle cost using Graphical script: An office building retrofitting case
(Elsevier, 2020-04-21)Selecting the most cost-effective retrofit interventions to achieve a significant reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions in the building sectors is challenging, because a large number of possible retrofitting options ... -
Implementation of Building Information modeling in Vietnamese infrastructure construction: A case study of institutional influences on a bridge project
(Wiley Online Library, 2019-11-18)Many of today's building designs are created based on three‐dimensional modeling technology. Architects and engineers use so‐called building information modeling (BIM) systems to create digital representations of buildings. ... -
Fully integrated numerical design tool to assess thethermal performance of phase change materials (PCM) inthe built environment
(IOP Publishing, 2020)Thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCM) is a promising candidate to promote resource sustainability in buildings. The intelligent selection and usage of a PCM within the structure of a building poses a ... -
Use of cross laminated timber (CLT) in industrial buildings in Nordic climate – A case study
(IOP Publishing, 2020)In recent years there has been a greater interest in developing new more sustainable solutions in the construction of buildings and in particular of large commercial and industrial buildings. Thisstudy analyses the ... -
Numerical Analysis of Shock Wave Diffraction
(Springer Publishing Company, 2019-03-22)This work reports analysis of complex shock wave diffraction and longtime behavior of shock-vortex dynamics over splitter geometry encountered in both external and internal compressible flows. The simulation resolved the ... -
Turbulent structures of shock-wave diffraction over 90° convex corner
(AIP Publishing, 2019-08-12)The turbulent structures and long-time flow dynamics of shock diffraction over 90° convex corner associated with an incident shock Mach number Ms = 1.5 are investigated by large eddy simulation (LES). The average evolution ... -
Seismic behavior of irregular RC-Frames damaged by corrosion
(CRC Press, 2019-08-21)Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures frequently are deteriorated by corrosion attack where pitting morphology is the worst form of degradation. Appropriate vulnerability analyses, accounting for the variation of mechanical ... -
Numerical Investigation on Effects of Steel Fibers Content on Flexural Behavior of UHPCC
(Taylor & FrancisCRC Press, 2019-08-22)Ultra-High Performance Cementitious Composites (UHPCC) is a kind of concrete with specific characteristics that has lesser drawbacks in term of tensile strength and breakage. One of the methods for improving the mechanical ... -
Applying BIM and 3D laser scanning technology on virtual pre-assembly for complex steel structure in construction
(IOP Publishing, 2019)Steel structure needs to be assembled before the components are transported to the site to ensure the installation of the steel structure successfully. The traditional assembly is a physical assembly method, which needs ... -
Ultimate Flexural Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Elements Damaged by Corrosion
(MDPI, 2019-06-29)Worldwide, steel corrosion is one of the greatest deterioration problems for reinforced concrete structures. Comparing some experimental results from literature with a complex FEM model, the present paper points out the ...