Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsEffects of Architectural Irregularities on the Seismic Behavior of BuildingsSara Mostafa Karra, Iman Hajal, Youmn Al Rawi, Aya DiabCooperation between the architect and the civil engineer has nowadays become essential in any project for the client’s requests’ sake. This study was made to show this idea’s importance and beneficial consequences. For this purpose, a 40-story dual-system high-rise building has been designed to resist moderate seismic and high wind loads. Three main models were formed: Starting with the net … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 2 · 24 Apr 2021 · 6,779 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFractal Dimension for the Characterization of Asphalt Mixture PropertiesGiovanni LeonardiIn the design of asphalt mixtures for paved roads, the shape of solid elements has a great importance. In asphalt concrete, the shape of aggregate particles influences the resistance, durability, stiffness, fatigue response and the required binder content of the mixture. Fractal geometry is more suitable to describe the irregularity of the shape of aggregate particles. This paper describes the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 7 · 13 Jul 2016 · 7,181 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCollocation Discrete Least Squares (CDLS) Method for Elasticity Problems and Grid Irregularity Effect AssessmentM. Naisipour, M. H. Afshar, B. Hassani, A. R. FiroozjaeeA meshless approach, collocation discrete least square (CDLS) method, is extended in this paper, for solving elasticity problems and grid irregularity effect is assessed. In the present CDLS method, the problem domain is discretized by distributed field nodes. The field nodes are used to construct the trial functions. The moving least-squares interpolant is employed to construct the trial functions. Some … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2008 · 7,091 accessesView PDFCite