Key topics

engineering

Engineering refers to the branch of science concerned with the design, building, and use of machines and structures.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Drift performance of lightly reinforced concrete columns	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
A vulnerability assessment tool for residential structures and extreme wind events	Biblio	save (567.84 KB)	cyclone, engineering, severe weather
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events - final project report	Biblio	save (1.89 MB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Load sharing between batten to rafter connections under wind loading	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
Physics-Based Simulation of Heat Load on Structures for Improving Construction Standards for Bushfire Prone Areas	Biblio	save (1.55 MB)	engineering, fire, physics
Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure	Project		engineering, mitigation, multi-hazard
Use of Macroseismic Intensity Data to Validate a Regionally Adjustable Ground Motion Prediction Model	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, modelling
Drift Performance of Point Fixed Glass Façade Systems	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Fault tree analysis method for deterioration of timber bridges using an Australian case study	Biblio		engineering, infrastructure, resilience
Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (922.78 KB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Modelling the vulnerability of a high-set house roof structure to windstorms using VAWS	Biblio	save (2.29 MB)	cyclone, engineering, modelling
Non-ductile seismic performance of reinforced concrete walls in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, engineering
Plastic hinge analysis for lightly reinforced and unconfined concrete structural walls	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Reliability of Build Back Better at enhancing resilience of communities	Biblio		communities, engineering, resilience
Simulated wind load strength testing of soffits	Biblio	save (1.46 MB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood prone buildings – final project report	Biblio	save (6.3 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
Design procedure for seismic retrofit of RC beam-column joint using single diagonal haunch	Biblio		engineering, risk management, vulnerability
An investigation into the water flow pressure distribution on the bridge pier under flood loading	Biblio		engineering, flood, infrastructure
Seismic Assessment of the RC building stock of Melbourne from rare and very rare earthquake events	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Seismic fragility assessment of nonstructural components in unreinforced clay brick masonry buildings	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, infrastructure
Simplified elastic design checks for torsionally balanced and unbalanced low-medium rise buildings in lower seismicity regions	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Simplified calculation of roof accelerations in existing low-rise symmetric unreinforced masonry buildings with flexible diaphragms	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Detecting structural damage to bridge girders using radar interferometry and computational modelling	Biblio		engineering, infrastructure, mitigation
Resilience and Mitigation through Hardening the Built Environment	Biblio	save (1011.86 KB)	earthquake, engineering, risk management
Final report: seismic retrofit tests of URM cavity walls	Biblio	save (4.81 MB)	earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Vulnerability Functions for RC Shear Wall Buildings in Australia	Biblio	save (991.52 KB)	earthquake, engineering, infrastructure
Cost-effective mitigation strategy for building related earthquake risk	Project		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (697.05 KB)	emergency management, engineering, risk analysis
Wind uplift strength capacity variation in roof-to-wall connections of timber-framed houses	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Enhancing Resilience of Critical Road Infrastructure Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (772.13 KB)	engineering, mitigation, multi-hazard
Prioritisation strategy for seismic retrofitting of reinforced concrete buildings in Australia	Biblio	save (295.51 KB)	earthquake, engineering, vulnerability
Plastic hinge length for lightly reinforced rectangular concrete walls	Biblio		earthquake, engineering
In-situ seismic verification of non-structural components of unreinforced masonry buildings	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Axial Load Variation of Columns in Symmetrical RC Buildings Subject to Bidirectional Lateral Actions in Regions of Low to Moderate Seismicity	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, physics
Final report on fragility curves for retrofitted URM buildings in Australia	Biblio	save (1.74 MB)	earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength RC columns under multidirectional earthquake actions	Biblio		emergency management, engineering, infrastructure
Development of a full-scale structural testing program to evaluate the resistance of Australian houses to wind loads	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Wind induced internal pressures in industrial buildings	Project		cyclone, engineering, resilience
Tropical Cyclone Debbie: damage to buildings in the Whitsunday Region	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Enhancing the resilience of critical road infrastructure: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.07 MB)	engineering, infrastructure, resilience