The FID Directory 1991-1992 contains details of Council, Regional Commissions, Committees, Special Interest Groups, National and Intemational Members and Affiliates current up to July 1991. It also contains relevant ...

The importance of a careful selection of rocks used in building facade cladding is highlighted. A simple and viable methodology for the structural detailing of dimension stones and the verification of the global performance ...

With the evolution of information technology in recent decades, several areas of civil engineering have benefited, including structural calculation. The advancement of simplified structural models to more complex models, ...

This paper aims to analyze the Light Steel Frame constructive technology, the approach begins with the history, definition and structural characteristics of the Light Steel Frame. It also addresses the theoretical analysis ...

Observations following recent earthquakes, and from structural testing, indicate numerous brittle compression failures in rein-forced concrete seismic-resisting walls. This is unexpected, as most seismic-resisting walls ...

The work performed is based on the preparation of the structural design of a residential building with 7 floors composed of massive slabs and located in the city of Campo Mourão, Pr. The majority of the calculations were ...

This paper addresses the constructive details of a construction located in the city of Corbélia Paraná, in the constructive system named Light Steel Framing, system littleknown in Brazil, that is characterised by the ...