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View article: The Climate Change-Road Safety-Economy Nexus: A System Dynamics Approach to Understanding Complex Interdependencies
The Climate Change-Road Safety-Economy Nexus: A System Dynamics Approach to Understanding Complex Interdependencies Open
Road accidents have the highest externality costs to society and to the economy, even when compared to the externality damages associated with air emissions and oil dependency. Road safety is one of the most complicated topics, which invol…
View article: BIM-based Damage Estimation of Buildings under Earthquake Loading Condition
BIM-based Damage Estimation of Buildings under Earthquake Loading Condition Open
In this study, it is tried to provide an estimation of damages imposed to a prototype office building as a result of earthquake occurrence. For this purpose, first a model is developed in BIM and then its properties are exported to a struc…
View article: Getting to Net Zero Energy Buildings: A Holistic Techno-ecological Modeling Approach
Getting to Net Zero Energy Buildings: A Holistic Techno-ecological Modeling Approach Open
Buildings in the United States are responsible for more than 40% of the primary energy and 70% of electricity usage and greatly in CO2 emission by about 39%, more than any other sector including transportation and industry sectors. This en…
View article: Investigation on the seismic behavior of single story concrete frames equipped with metallic yielding dampers
Investigation on the seismic behavior of single story concrete frames equipped with metallic yielding dampers Open
Two one-story, single-span concrete frames with different bay to height ratios (B/H1) are considered in order to evaluate the vulnerability of concrete structures equipped with metallic yielding elements (YE) against earthquakes. The natur…