(ABT 2002) To order this title, and for more information, click here Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Building Technology, 4-6 December 2002, Hong Kong, China
By M. Anson J.M. Ko E.S.S. Lam, Civil and Structural Engineering Dept., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Description This set of proceedings is based on the International Conference on Advances in Building Technology in Hong Kong on 4-6 December 2002.
The two volumes of proceedings contain 9 invited keynote papers, 72 papers delivered by 11 teams , and 133 contributed papers from over
20 countries around the world. The papers cover a wide spectrum of topics across the three technology sub-themes of structures and construction,
environment, and information technology. The variety within these categories spans a width of topics, and these proceedings provide
readers with a good general overview of recent advances in building research.
Audience
For building science researchers and practitioners, architects, civil engineers, and construction managers.
Contents
Selected Papers.
Volume 1.
Keynote Papers. Advances in materials and mechanics (K.P. Chong et al.). Human
requirements in future air-conditioned environments (P.O. Fanger). Advances in IT for building design (J.S. Gero). Thermal radiation
effects and their determination in room fires (K.T. Yang).
Advances in Panel Systems.
Wood frame shear walls with metal plate
connected framework (R.N. Emerson). Toward engineering design of gypsum board fire barriers (O.M. Friday, S.M. Cramer). Novel microcellular
plastics for lightweight and energy efficient building applications (K. Nadella et al.). Mechanical, physical, and biological
properties of borate-modified oriented strandboard (Q. Wu et al.).
Commissioning and Energy Management. Re-commissioning
of an air handling unit (C. Cuevas et al.).
Automated commissioning of air-handling units using fuzzy air temperature sensors (P.S. Lee,
A.L. Dexter). Modeling of package air-conditioning equipment (M. Reichler et al.). Automatic diagnosis and commissioning of
central chilling systems (S.W. Wang).
Composite Construction. Design of simply-supported and continuous beams in steel-concrete
composite construction (P.A. Berry, M. Patrick). Innovations in composite slabs incorporating profiled steel sheeting (R.Q. Bridge, M.
Patrick). Web-side-plate framing connections in both steel and composite construction (M. Patrick et al.). The influence of
material properties on the local buckling of concrete filled steel tubes (A. Wheeler, M. Pircher).
Composites for Housing.
Low-cost, bio-based composite materials for housing applications (L.T. Drzal et al.). Extruded fiber-reinforced composite (B.
Mu et al.). Reversed in-plane cyclic behavior of post-tensioned clay brick masonry walls for high performance modular housing
(O.A. Rosenboom, M.J. Kowalsky). Comparison of optimal designs for stick-frame wall assemblies of different bay sizes (S. Van Desse et
al.).
Earthquake Resistant Theory and Applications. A macro-model of RC shear wall for push-over analysis (Q. Chen, J.R.
Qian). Experimental investigation on axial compressive behavior of FRP confined concrete
columns (J. Li et al.). Rules of drift
decomposition and drift-based design of RC frames (W.B. Luo, J.R. Qian). A preliminary study of structural semiactive control using variable
dampers (R.L. Yang et al.).
Flexible Manufacturing System in Construction. Dynamic monitoring of the boring trajectory
in underground channel for driving
communications (A. Bulgakow et al.). Embedded system and augmented reality in facility management
(T. Bock et al.). Assembly and disassembly of interior wall (A. Hanser).
MUNITEC-fast-connectors - key technology for prefab
houses (F. Prochiner).
Industrialized Housing. Initial Thoughts on industrialised solution for low-cost housing in China's
rural area (K. Guan, S.R. Li). Industrialized housing construction - The UK experience (R. Howes). A perspective of industrialised housing
in Chongqing (S.R. Li). Impact on structure of labour market resulting from large-scale implementation of prefabrication (C.M. Tam).
Research at the ATLSS Center on New Materials and Systems to Resist Earthquakes and Wind. Steel moment frame connections
that achieve ductile performance (J.W. Fisher et al.). Lateral load behavior of unbonded post-tensioned precast concrete walls
(F.J. Perez et al.). Design of high strength spiral reinforcement in concrete compression members (S. Pessiki et al.).
Modelling and behavior of composite MRFs with concrete filled steel tubular columns subject to earthquake loading (J.M. Ricles et
al.).
Smart Structures for Dynamic Hazard Mitigation. Stochastic approach to control and identification of smart structures
(J.L. Beck,K.-V. Yuen). Structural health monitoring system using support vector machine (H. Hagiwara, A. Mita). Hybrid response control
of closely spaced buildings (G.C. Lee et al.). Phenomenological model of large-scale MR damper systems (G. Yang et al.).
Structural Analysis Research at the Beijing Polytechnic University. The practical anti-earthquake optimum design of civil
infrastructure network system (Y.Y. Chen, G.Y. Wang). Earthquake analysis of arch dam including dam-foundation rock nonlinear dynamic
interaction (X.L. Du et al.). Evaluation of ground vibration induced by subway (L.J. Tao et al.). The method of calculating
the interior force of soil nails and case analysis (Q.X. Zhang et al.).
Structural Bamboo and Bamboo Scaffolding in Building
Construction. Stability of modular steel scaffolding systems - theory and verification (A.Y.T. Chu et al.). Reliability
analysis for mechanical properties of structural bamboo (M. Lu et al.).
Erection of bamboo scaffolds and their recent developments
(F. So). Full scale tests of bamboo scaffolds for design development against instability (W.K. Yu et al.).
Construction
Technologies/Plants. Causes of lumps and balls in high slump truck-mixed concrete: an experimental
investigation (I. Ahmad et
al.). Review of design and construction innovations in Hong Kong public housing (D.W.M. Chan, A.P.C. Chan). Static loading test
of a self-balanced approach to a pile in the Yangtze river ( G.L. Dai et al.). Novel three-step consolidation method to eliminate
foundation soil liquefying (M. Xie, Z.X. Xie).
Earthquake Engineering. Testing of a transfer plate by pseudo-dynamic test
method with substructure technique (A. Chen et al.). Seismic assessment of low-rise building with transfer structure (J.H. Li et al.). Ultimate drift ratio of non-ductile coupling beams (Z.Q. Liu et al.). Simplified method and parametric sensitivity
analysis for soil-pile dynamic interaction under lateral seismic loading ( X.C. Xiao et al.).
FRP Composite, Retrofit
and Repair Technologies Engineering. FRP reinforced ECC structural members under reversed cyclic loading conditions (G. Fischer,
V.C. Li). Effect of size on the failure of FRP strengthened reinforced concrete beams (C.K.Y. Leung et al.). Application of
GFRP rebar in civil structures (Z.J. Li, Z.J. Zhang). Rehabilitation of reinforced concrete columns be external plate bonding (B. Uy).
High Performance Concrete/Composites. Numerical simulation of thermal cracking of cement-based multi-inclusion composite
(Y.F. Fu et al.). High performance fibre reinforced concrete (S. Mindess, A.J. Boyd). Performance test of a model for predicting
strength development of fly ash-concrete (M.A. Tahir, P. Nimityongskul). Study on phosphogypsum fly ash lime solidified material (M.K.
Zhou et al.).
Volume 2.
Monitoring Technologies, Damage Detection and Vibration Control. On the
local optimal control counterforces in active controlled structures (N.D. Anh, L.D. Viet). Hybrid platform for high tech equipment against
traffic-induced vibration (H.J. Liu et al.). Seismic design method of structures with active variable stiffness systems (B.
Wu et al.). Parameter optimization of multi-TMDS for wind-excited vibration suppression of tall buildings (G. Zheng et al.).
Structural Systems and Design. Steel Joists for Cost effective flooring system (M. Aladesaye et al.). Post-tensioned
concrete floor systems in Australia (A. Charalambous et al.). The development of factory produced housing (J. Miles et al.).
Effect of the shear wall cutoff on storey drifts of frame-shear wall structures (Q.F. Wang et al.).
Wind Engineering.
Hilbert-Huang transform for damping ratio identification of structures with closely spaced
modes of vibration (J. Chen, Y.L. Xu). Discussion
on dynamic coefficients for wind-resistant design in single-layer reticulated shells (Y.Q. Li). Wind modeling in BLWT and discussion
on several problems (Y.Q. Li et al.). The effects of wind-induced dynamic response by added air mass for membrane structures
(B.N. Sun et al.).
Advanced Performance Modelling. Parametrization study on the operating efficiency of air-cooled
chillers (K.T. Chan, F.W. Yu). The design of highly glazed facades and their environmental impact (P. Jones). Local study of the influence
of a numerical thermal manikin of the air flow pattern and temperature field of a space (K. Kippenberg-Kretzer, P. Jones). Analysis of
natural ventilation effect for an office building considering moisture
absorption by materials (H. Yoshida, T. Kono).
Energy/Water
Conservation in Buildings. Friendly interface and data transfer for engineering assessment of building design
options at sketch design
stage "EnergySave" (A. Bennadji et al.). Mechanically ventilated double skin facades (M. Kragh). Low energy building
materials: an overview (A.M. Omer). The applications of solar heat transfer and solar electricity transfer in building (W. Zhang, H.Z.
Yuan).
Fire Safety Engineering. Intumescent fire protection coating thickness for shallow floor beams (W. Sha, T.M. Chan).
Indoor Environmental Control. The airflow around and inside high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong (M. Bojic et
al.). Application of titanium dioxide in refuse collection point (K.F. Lau et al.). Maximizing the ventilation rate for
cooling energy reduction (M. Udagawa, H. Roh). Improvements of indoor humidity performance by a novel air-conditioning scheme:
chilled-ceiling
combined with desiccant cooling (L.Z. Zhang, J.L. Niu).
Recycling Technologies. The eco-costs/value-ratio (Ch.F. Hendriks et al.). Strength of concretes prepared with natural and recycled aggregates at different
moisture conditions (C.S. Poon et
al.). Balance theory for recycling of construction and demolition wastes (E.O.W. Wong, R.C.P. Yip). Improve the quality of construction
and demolition waste by separation techniques (W. Xing et al.).
Sustainable Building. Sustainable bearing structures
(M.J.P. Arets, A.A.J.F. van den Dobbelsteen). Innovations in the design of housing developments in Hong Kong (J.N. Horsfield et al.).
Life-cycle analysis and environmental impact assessment of heating and air-conditioning systems (M. Prek). Defining the reference for
environmental performance (A.A.J.F. van den Dobbelsteen et al.).
Building Process Integration/Coordination. Constructing
the future (T.W. Broyd). Mobile communications - the next great modifier of our homes, workplaces and cities (B. Southwood).
Online
remote construction management (ORCM)(A. Weippert et al.).
Raised floor system: a paradigm of future office building fitout?
(G. Zhang et al.).
Graphics and Virtual Reality Applications. A new 3D reconstruction technique and its application
in measuring building quantities (Y. Cao, H. Li).
Virtual planning environment based on internet (N.C. Chen et al.).
Modeling
of complicated structures in a virtual reality environment (A.Z. Ren et al.).
GIS/GPS Applications. A new generation
of multi-antenna GPS system for landslide and structural deformation monitoring (X.L. Ding et al.).
Data model and 3D visualization
of underground pipeline (Q.Q. Li et al.). GPS navigation and guidance systems for construction industry (G. Retscher, E. Mok).
An integrated system for slope monitoring and warning in Hong Kong (J.H. Yin et al.).
Project Management Support Systems.
Decision model for the selection of demolition techniques (A. Abdullah, C.J. Anumba). A survey management system for advanced building
construction (S.Y.W. Lam, C.H.W. Tang). Agent-based specification and procurements of construction products (E.A. Obonyo et al.).
A prototype of knowledge-based decision support system for construction cost management (P.X.W. Zou, C.C.X. Wang).
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