Structural safety

Any physical construction to reduce or avoid possible impacts of hazards, or the application of engineering techniques or technology to achieve hazard resistance and resilience in structures or systems.

Latest Structural safety additions in the Knowledge Base

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Việt Nam's local hazard maps have been fully integrated into the BRI app, with 68,000sq.m of gross floor area and 300,000sq.m of seaports under verification.
Viet Nam News, Vietnam News Agency
Cover and source: Journal of Flood Risk Management
Documents and publications
This paper addresses gaps in understanding generalised relationships between flood events and damage to residential structures in Philippines provinces. In particular, it looks into structures made of light material, elevated light material and masonry.
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Documents and publications
This article investigates embankments that may exacerbate floods and proposes solutions to reduce or even eliminate the flood impact on the community living in the Vărbilău Catchment in Romania.
Research briefs
Despite high flood risk and development pressure, 85% of New Jersey towns avoided floodplain development by consistently applying zoning and building regulations. Tailored use of standard tools effectively limited construction in flood-prone areas.
Earth Observatory of Singapore - Nanyang Technological University
Builder working on a brick wall
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A Global Partnership for Education (GPE)-supported program is helping the Ministry of education of South Sudan to build flood-resilient classrooms and strengthen resilience among communities to ensure learning continuity during the flood season.
Global Partnership for Education, the
Cover and source: UBMS Research Group
Documents and publications
This paper discusses how mono-criterion approaches in bridge resilience focused on distress symptoms will need to evolve into a multi-criteria decision-making process.
Cover and source: UBMS Research Group
Documents and publications
This research explores bridge resilience and the significance of resilience within bridge management and emphasizes the significance in mitigating risks associated with aging structures from occurrence of natural hazards.
Research briefs
The total cost to repair hurricane-damaged civilian infrastructure is estimated to be in the billions of dollars. A study now tries to quantify the impact of such destruction on companies and government agencies with multiple buildings and infrastructure.
Iowa State University
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