Although there has been significant rise in the use of seismic isolation in reinforced concrete and steel structures built to withstand major earthquakes with little or no damage, the use of seismic isolation in wood ...
The development of sustainable and practical technologies is essential for the continuation of civilization. Two problems that are particularly imperative for society to resolve are 1) water insecurity and 2) antimicrobial ...
According to the 2019 Canadian infrastructure report card, a concerning amount of municipal infrastructure is in poor or very poor condition. The infrastructure in this condition requires immediate action for rehabilitation ...
This thesis presents three emerging computational methods: machine learning,
gradient-free optimization, and Bayesian modelling. Each method is showcased in
its ability to enable energy savings in new and existing buildings ...
Biodeterioration is the leading cause of failure in buildings. Organic materials, key components of our built infrastructure, are particularly vulnerable to biotic attack (i.e. fungal growth) and can suffer from pre-mature ...
The use of machine learning techniques in tackling hydrological problems has significantly
increased over the last decade. Machine learning tools can provide alternatives or surrogates to complex and comprehensive ...
Since many buildings in Canada were built prior to the advent of national and provincial energy codes and standards, quantifying building envelope thermal performance in existing buildings is an important step in identifying ...
To help solve the climate crisis, municipalities are increasingly modifying their
building codes and offering incentives to create greener buildings in their cities. But,
city planners find it difficult to set and assess ...
Uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) is accelerating as governments around the world aim to decarbonize transportation. While EV adoption is widely promoted in Canada, swift and widespread EV adoption will require some degree ...
Bridge failures in the past decade due to structural deficiencies demonstrated the clear need for a review of the current bridge analysis approaches. This study focuses on pile-supported bridges under predominantly static ...
Decentralized sanitation technologies are considered simple and low-cost solutions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2: access to sanitation for all. This research specifically focuses on conventional ...
In recent times data-driven approaches to parametrically optimize and explore
building geometry has been proven to be a powerful tool that can replace computationally expensive and time-consuming simulations for energy ...
Scour is a process of removing soils around foundations by currents and waves. For the pile-supported marine structures such as the monopile-supported offshore wind turbines (OWTs) and the pile-supported bridges, scour ...
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks are often supported by very large pile groups (≥ 100 piles). As these superstructures tend to be located along coastal areas, there is often a high risk of extreme lateral loading ...
The invention of mass timber products, including cross laminated timber (CLT), over the past two decades has made tall wood building possible. In CLT structures, angle brackets are commonly used in wall-to-floor connections ...
In North America, cold-formed square and rectangular hollow sections (collectively referred to as RHS hereinafter) of commonly specified cross-sectional dimensions are produced using either the indirect-forming approach ...
In this study, incremental dynamic analyses were carried out to investigate the damage risk of a typical pile-supported wharf under three types of ground motions that may happen in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, i.e., the ...
Heavy-metal contamination in soils has become a serious environmental problem. Among all metals, excessive amount of zinc was released to soils over the years. Zinc is not only toxic to human being, but also to plants. ...
For fatigue design of welded hollow structural sections connections, the “hot spot stress method” in CIDECT Design Guide 8 is widely used. This method forms the basis of various national and international design standards. ...
Enterprising technologies and policies that focus on energy reduction in buildings are paramount to achieving global carbon emissions targets. Energy retrofits, building stock modelling, heating, ventilation, and air ...