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
Development and evaluation of FLFAcs - A new Flood Loss Function for Australian commercial structures	Biblio	save (1.45 MB)	engineering, flood
Physics-Based Simulation of Heat Load on Structures for Improving Construction Standards for Bushfire Prone Areas	Biblio	save (1.55 MB)	engineering, fire, physics
Prioritisation strategy for seismic retrofitting of reinforced concrete buildings in Australia	Project		emergency management, engineering
Earthquake Management Logistics for York, WA, Pre and Post Mitigation	Biblio	save (726.82 KB)	earthquake, emergency management, engineering
Ground Motion Modelling and Response Spectra for Australian Earthquakes	Biblio	save (431.51 KB)	earthquake, 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
A vulnerability assessment tool for residential structures and extreme wind events	Biblio	save (567.84 KB)	cyclone, engineering, severe weather
Drift performance of lightly reinforced concrete columns	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Load sharing between batten to rafter connections under wind loading	Biblio		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
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
Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure	Project		engineering, mitigation, multi-hazard
Drift Performance of Point Fixed Glass Façade Systems	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Use of Macroseismic Intensity Data to Validate a Regionally Adjustable Ground Motion Prediction Model	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, modelling
Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (922.78 KB)	cyclone, engineering, mitigation
Fault tree analysis method for deterioration of timber bridges using an Australian case study	Biblio		engineering, infrastructure, resilience
Non-ductile seismic performance of reinforced concrete walls in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, engineering
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
Reliability of Build Back Better at enhancing resilience of communities	Biblio		communities, engineering, resilience
Vulnerability Functions for RC Shear Wall Buildings in Australia	Biblio	save (991.52 KB)	earthquake, engineering, infrastructure
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
Resilience and Mitigation through Hardening the Built Environment	Biblio	save (1011.86 KB)	earthquake, engineering, risk management
Detecting structural damage to bridge girders using radar interferometry and computational modelling	Biblio		engineering, infrastructure, mitigation
Final report: seismic retrofit tests of URM cavity walls	Biblio	save (4.81 MB)	earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength RC columns under multidirectional earthquake actions	Biblio		emergency management, engineering, infrastructure
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
Cost-effective mitigation strategy for building related earthquake risk	Project		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
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 2018-2019	Biblio	save (697.05 KB)	emergency management, engineering, risk analysis
Enhancing Resilience of Critical Road Infrastructure Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (772.13 KB)	engineering, mitigation, multi-hazard
Plastic hinge length for lightly reinforced rectangular concrete walls	Biblio		earthquake, engineering