scholarly journals Seismic resistance and endurance of the typical residential buildings in Sochi

2018 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 03014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Yurchenko ◽  
Alexander Volkov ◽  
Asthik Kakosyan
Keyword(s):  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Seismic Intensity ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Seismic Retrofitting ◽  
Subtropical Climate ◽  
State University ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Housing Density ◽  
Design Life

The typical residential buildings of the 1960-90s are a significant part of Sochi’s housing stock, similar to other cities in Russia. Nowadays they are in the half of their design life. The purpose of the study is to determine the reliability and endurance of operation under conditions of seismic intensity degree VIII by the MSK-64 scale (Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik scale), the humid subtropical climate, Sochi’s housing density, and the rugged terrain. Studies of the technical condition of buildings and facilities have been conducted in Sochi State University for 20 years. According to the building codes, the categories of the technical state of both structural elements and building construction were defined, reliability values were calculated, and types of defects were identified. Methods of conducting current repairs and local seismic retrofitting to achieve the characteristic value of buildings’ endurance were proposed.

scholarly journals Analysis of repair works to remove the effects of structural failure after a gas explosion

2019 ◽  
Vol 284 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Bąk ◽  
Ryszard Chmielewski
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Structural Failure ◽  
Gas Explosion ◽  
Gas Explosions ◽  
Construction Supervision ◽  
Bearing Structure ◽  
Construction Works

The article presents the issues of repair works in a multi-family residential building, whose structural and non – structural elements have been damaged and destroyed by a gas explosion and the fire. Gas explosions in residential buildings constitute a small percentage of the total number of building disasters, however, due to the relatively large number of injured people, these incidents are very dangerous [1]. Moreover, the gas explosion often leads to significant material losses and fatalities. Proper assessment of the load-bearing structure after such incident requires an extensive knowledge of the behaviour of structures. The first authority, that issues a decision regarding further use is Construction Supervision Inspector. Until the demolition of the object is ordered, the next step is to provide expert report made by an authorized construction expert, whose aim is to assess the technical condition of the elements of the structure and to determine the scope of necessary repair works. Construction expert, who give such opinion during the assessment of objects immediately after such incident, often has limited access to structural elements, moreover these elements often are covered. Hence, the recommendations contained in these reports often do not include all of required construction works.

scholarly journals The effect of current thermomodernization projects on energy performance of multi-family residential buildings and perspectives for new regeneration projects: the case of a housing estate in Lublin

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 089-103
Author(s):  
Anna Ostańska
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Precast Concrete ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Housing Estate ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Concrete Plate

Managers of large housing estates whose stocks consist mainly of precast concrete plate buildings of 1970ies, due to their sheer size and technical condition far from being perfect, are especially concerned with searching for solutions that would reduce energy consumption. Thermal modernization projects provide an opportunity to adopt a holistic approach to the problem of obsolescence of this relatively new housing stock and to consider it in terms of urban regeneration. The paper describes the energy saving policies in Poland and results of pilot studies of Building Research Institute (ITB) aimed at defining optimal scope of thermomodernization of precast concrete plate housing. The paper investigates into the effects of thermomodernization of a particular, though typical, housing estate in Lublin in order to give grounds for future actions in the field of energy saving measures.

Organizational And Technological Preparation Of Measures To Ensure The Reliability Of Buildings

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-46
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Current State ◽  
Technological Preparation ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Technical Operation ◽  
Design And Construction

The reasons for the negative dynamics of the current state of the country's housing stock and, in particular, the growth of hazardous and dilapidated housing are analyzed. The analysis established that the main cause of the unsatisfactory technical condition of housing stock are huge difference in strength of structures, components and systems of residential buildings, along with the extremely low level of maintainability, poor maintenance, not compliant to regulatory requirements, insufficient volumes of capital repairs of residential buildings, both in the past and currently. The problems of ensuring the reliability and operational and technical suitability of residential buildings at all stages of the life cycle are considered. Conceptual approaches to creating a system of organizational and technological preparation of measures to ensure the reliability of residential buildings throughout the life cycle- from design and construction to disposal (demolition). Methods of economically justified reservation of reliability of structures, elements and systems of residential buildings at the design and construction stages are presented. The methodological principles of development in the design and estimate documentation of instructions for the organization of technical operation, as well as forms and methods of organizational and technological preparation of operation and capital repairs are described. The necessity to create a unified system of organizational and technological preparation of complexes of measures covering all stages of the life cycle of residential buildings, which will improve the state of the housing stock of our country, is shown.

scholarly journals Correlation between Defects and Technical Wear of Materials Used in Traditional Construction

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2482
Author(s):  
Jarosław Konior ◽  
Mariusz Rejment
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Water Penetration ◽  
Major Drawback ◽  
Wear Process ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Traditional Construction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Measurable Property

The degree of technical wear of old buildings, which are made of basic materials (cement, concrete, steel, timber, plaster, brick) using traditional technology, is expressed by the size and intensity of damage to their elements. The topic of the research concerns old residential buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, which are located in the downtown district of Wroclaw, Poland. The descriptive analysis and the analysis of the definitions of defects that occur in the elements of residential buildings, which were performed as random analyzes, do not allow defects to be considered as measurable variables at a level of visual investigation. The major drawback of the method that is used by experts when assessing the technical condition of civil engineering buildings is that it does not numerically express the magnitude (strength) of the defects. Therefore, an attempt was made to numerically express the relationship (if such a relationship exists) between the occurred defects of buildings and the extent of their technical wear process. When calculating the strength of this relationship, the method of determining the point biserial correlation coefficient for the measurable property and the dichotomous property was used. It was found that the direction of the relation is right-hand for all the tested building elements, but the strength of the correlation between the detected defects and technical wear shows a considerable span and depends on the conditions of the apartment house’s maintenance. As a rule, damage caused by water penetration and moisture penetration always shows correlations of at least moderate strength.

scholarly journals Influence of Age on the Technical Wear of Tenement Houses

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
Jarosław Konior ◽  
Marek Sawicki ◽  
Mariusz Szóstak
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
Secondary Importance ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Technical Maintenance ◽  
Traditional Construction ◽  
The Impact

The research presented in the article, which includes methods, models, and conclusions, contains synthetic and analytical model solutions concerning the problems of the technical maintenance and wear of residential buildings with a traditional construction. The cause and effect relationships between the occurrence of damage in the elements of tenement houses (treated as proof of their maintenance conditions), and the size of the technical wear of these elements were determined using a representative and purposefully selected sample of 102 residential buildings erected during the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Wroclaw’s “Downtown” district. Quantitative damage analysis, which was carried out using empirical (visual) methods of assessing the technical condition of a building, indicates the type and size of damage to the building’s elements that are characteristic for the relevant maintenance conditions. Research concerning the cause–effect relationships (“damage–technical wear”) in observed states allows for a numerical approach to the impact of building maintenance conditions on the degree of the technical wear of its components. The maintenance and exploitation conditions determine the degree of the technical wear of the elements of an old residential building. The exploitation condition of these buildings is manifested by damage to elements caused by water and moisture penetration, which is especially important for poorly maintained buildings. The article shows that the age of the elements of an old residential building with a traditional construction is of secondary importance in the process of the intensity of losing its serviceability value. It was calculated that no more than 30% of the damage of building components is explained by the passage of time, and it is therefore not age that determines the course of the technical wear of the elements of the analyzed tenement houses.

scholarly journals Seismic Strengthening Effects of Full-Size Reinforced Concrete Frame Retrofitted with Novel Concrete-Filled Tube Modular Frame by Pseudo-Dynamic Testing

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 4898
Author(s):  
Jin-Seon Kim ◽  
Ju-Seong Jung ◽  
Dong-Keun Jung ◽  
Eui-Yong Kim ◽  
Kang-Seok Lee
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Analysis ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Dynamic Testing ◽  
Seismic Intensity ◽  
Seismic Retrofitting ◽  
Restoring Force ◽  
Rc Structures ◽  
Linear Dynamic ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Force Characteristics

The present study proposes a new seismic retrofitting method using a concrete-filled tube modular frame (CFT-MF) system, a novel technique to overcome and improve the limitations of existing seismic strengthening methods. This CFT-MF seismic retrofitting method makes the most of the advantages of both concrete and steel pipes, thereby significantly improving constructability and increasing integration between the existing structure and the reinforcement joints. This method falls into the category of typical seismic retrofitting methods that focus on increasing strength, in which the required amount of seismic reinforcement can be easily estimated. Therefore, the method provides an easy solution to improving the strength of existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures with non-seismic details that are prone to shear failure. In the present study, a full-size two-story test frame modeled from existing domestic RC structures with non-seismic details was subjected to pseudo-dynamic testing. As a result, the effect of the CFT-MF system, when applied to existing RC structures, was examined and verified, especially as to its seismic retrofitting performance, i.e., restoring force characteristics, stiffness reinforcement, and seismic response control. In addition, based on the pseudo-dynamic testing results, a restoring force characteristics model was proposed to implement non-linear dynamic analysis of a structure retrofitted with the CFT-MF system (i.e., the test frame). Finally, based on the proposed restoring force characteristics, non-linear dynamic analysis was conducted, and the results were compared with those obtained by the pseudo-dynamic tests. The results showed that the RC frame (building) with no retrofitting measures applied underwent shear failure at a seismic intensity of 200 cm/s2, the threshold applied in seismic design in Korea. In contrast, in the frame (building) retrofitted with the CFT-MF system, only minor earthquake damage was observed, and even when the maximum seismic intensity (300 cm/s2) that may occur in Korean was applied, small-scale damage was observed. These results confirmed the validity of the seismic retrofitting method based on the CFT-MF system developed in the present study. The non-linear dynamic analysis and the pseudo-dynamic test showed similar results, with an average deviation of 10% or less in seismic response load and displacement.

Probabilistic Analysis of Intermediate Floor Steel and Wooden Structures in the Old Urban Development Building

2014 ◽  
Vol 633-634 ◽  
pp. 1140-1147
Author(s):  
Vladimir Alekseevich Sokolov
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Probabilistic Analysis ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Probabilistic Methods ◽  
Technical Diagnostics ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Complex Technical Systems ◽  
Technical Systems ◽  
Wooden Structures

The article suggests an approach to determine structural elements technical condition, based on the mathematical probabilistic apparatus of technical diagnostics. Diagnostics are performed using probabilistic methods of complex technical systems conditions recognition. Probabilistic parameters are calculated according to Bayes’s rule. The paper shows a diagnostics example of intermediate floor elements and systems in the old urban development building. Both the suggested method and information theory methods are used during diagnostics.

Conception and Practical Application of a Measuring Device for Energetic Parameters Measurement of a Mechatronic Object

2011 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 185-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksy Cwalina ◽  
Marcin Zacharewicz
Keyword(s):  
Synchronous Generator ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Measured Quantity ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Measuring Device ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Invasive Method ◽  
Method Of Evaluation ◽  
Parameters Measurement ◽  
Gas Pressures

In the article assumptions of the developed non-invasive method of evaluation technical condition of selected structural elements of the ship's diesel-electric set at limited monitoring susceptibility, when the engine is not equipped with indicator valves, are discussed. The method is based on simultaneous measurements of phase-to-phase voltage of the synchronous generator, exhaust gas pressures in the exhaust manifold, and vibration accelerations of some parts of the set. To the purpose of the accomplishment all measurements of energetic parameters at the same time, it turned out to be necessary to design and construct the measured quantity converter. In the paper requirements in relation to such a converter, technical project, and representative results of measurements conducted on a real object – diesel-electric set type ZE400/52 – are presented.

scholarly journals ABOUT THE NECESSITY TO DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL CONDITION OF BUILDINGS OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE IN UNGHENI DISTRICT FROM REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

2021 ◽  
Vol XXVIII (2) ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
Ion Rusu ◽  
◽  
Ion Cretu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
The Real ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages

This paper deals with the need to determine the technical condition of strategic buildings, blocks of flats, which are in a precarious condition as well as engineering networks located within the Ungheni district. The article refers to the real present situation of buildings and housing stock from Ungheni municipality, including their periods of commissioning. Current research methods of buildings are exposed, being listed their advantages and disadvantages.

scholarly journals Time-Dependent Damage Estimation of a High-Rise Steel Building Equipped with Buckling-Restrained Brace under a Series of Earthquakes and Winds

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 9253
Author(s):  
Ahmad Naqi ◽  
Tathagata Roy ◽  
Taiki Saito
Keyword(s):  
Damage Index ◽  
Cumulative Damage ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Design Life ◽  
Steel Building ◽  
Element Approach ◽  
Wind Events ◽  
Plastic Strain Energy

This study investigates the cumulative damage of a 20-story high-rise steel building equipped with buckling-restrained braces (BRB) under the likely occurrence of earthquake and wind events in the design life of the building. The objective of this research is to introduce a method for evaluating the cumulative damage of BRBs under multi-hazard events that are expected to occur during the service life of a high-rise building in order to achieve a safer building. A methodology is proposed using a Poisson point process to estimate the timeline of earthquake and wind events, wherein the events are assumed to be independent in nature. The 20-story high-rise steel building with BRBs is designed according to the Japanese standard and analyzed using the finite element approach, considering nonlinearities in the structural elements and BRBs. The building is analyzed consecutively using the timeline of earthquakes and winds, and the results are compared with those under individual earthquakes and winds. In addition to the responses of the frame such as the floor displacement and acceleration, the damage of BRBs in terms of the damage index, the energy absorption, the plastic strain energy, and the maximum and cumulative ductility factor are evaluated. It is observed that the BRB’s fatigue life under multi-hazard scenarios is a multi-criteria issue that requires more precise investigation. Moreover, the overall building’s performance and BRB’s cumulative damage induced by the sequence of events in the design life of the building is significantly larger than that under an individual event.

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