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Are stronger, stiffer buildings indeed costlier?: Case study of RC frame buildings
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2021-04-14)
Seismic codes/standards allow buildings to be designed for different lateral strength as long as the associated ductility and drift demands are catered for. The design seismic force is primarily controlled by a force ...
Shake table testing of fire sprinkler piping systems typical of New Zealand practices
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2021-04-14)
An automatic fire sprinkler piping system requires an intricate piping network to feed individual sprinklers spread across the plenum space. In practice, this elaborate piping network is braced against seismic demands ...