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
Plastic hinge length for lightly reinforced rectangular concrete walls	Biblio		earthquake, engineering
Collapse assessment of reinforced concrete building columns through multi-axis hybrid simulation	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Rainwater ingress through residential sliding doors	Biblio	save (1.93 MB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Analytical modelling of podium interference on tower walls in buildings	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Development of a full-scale structural testing program to evaluate the resistance of Australian houses to wind loads	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
A handbook of wildfire engineering: guidance for wildfire suppression and resilient urban design	Biblio	save (3.78 MB)	engineering, fire, resilience
Tropical Cyclone Debbie: damage to buildings in the Whitsunday Region	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Physics-Based Simulation of Heat Load on Structures for Improving Construction Standards for Bushfire Prone Areas	Biblio	save (1.55 MB)	engineering, fire, physics
Decision making on transport network planning and the impact on community, economy and the environment	Biblio	save (1.75 MB)	engineering, mitigation, multi-hazard
Earthquake Management Logistics for York, WA, Pre and Post Mitigation	Biblio	save (726.82 KB)	earthquake, emergency management, engineering
Investigating a wind tunnel method for determining wind-induced loads on roofing tiles	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints Using Diagonal Haunch	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, resilience
An assessment of the effectiveness of tree-based models for multi-variate flood damage assessment in Australia	Biblio	save (4.2 MB)	engineering, flood
Drift performance of lightly reinforced concrete columns	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Correlation of peak wind loads at batten-truss connections	Biblio	save (627.64 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
Wind loads on solar panels mounted parallel to pitched roofs, and acting on the underlying roof	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Design procedure for seismic retrofit of RC beam-column joint using single diagonal haunch	Biblio		engineering, risk management, vulnerability
Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (380.18 KB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Use of Macroseismic Intensity Data to Validate a Regionally Adjustable Ground Motion Prediction Model	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, modelling
The 2012 Moe Earthquake and Earthquake Attenuation in South Eastern Australia	Biblio	save (813.81 KB)	earthquake, engineering
Fault tree analysis method for deterioration of timber bridges using an Australian case study	Biblio		engineering, infrastructure, resilience
Modelling the vulnerability of a high-set house roof structure to windstorms using VAWS	Biblio	save (2.29 MB)	cyclone, engineering, modelling
Plastic hinge analysis for lightly reinforced and unconfined concrete structural walls	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Modelling non-ductile reinforced concrete columns	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Reliability of Build Back Better at enhancing resilience of communities	Biblio		communities, engineering, resilience
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for building related earthquake risk: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (1.87 MB)	earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Simulated wind load strength testing of soffits	Biblio	save (1.46 MB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Cost-effective mitigation strategy for building related earthquake risk: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.95 MB)	earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood prone buildings – final project report	Biblio	save (6.3 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
Vulnerability Functions for RC Shear Wall Buildings in Australia	Biblio	save (991.52 KB)	earthquake, engineering, infrastructure
An historical perspective on the wind resistance of clay and concrete roofing tiles	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
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
Towards effective mitigation strategies for severe wind events	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, infrastructure
Detecting structural damage to bridge girders using radar interferometry and computational modelling	Biblio		engineering, infrastructure, mitigation
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood prone buildings: Development of costing modules for flood mitigation strategies	Biblio	save (2.39 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation