Structural health monitoring systems play a significant role in the early detection of nonlinear damage mechanisms caused by seismic activity and structural fatigue. Damage occurring in modern ...

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Airy steel trusses and a new mid-height structural mezzanine add state-of-the-art seismic resistance to an unreinforced brick factory from 1906--preparing it for another century of service.

Exciting and unique buildings increasingly dot the landscape of our urban environments and beautifully fill the pages of our design magazines. Conversely, over the past half century the construction ...

As children, many of us played with LEGOs, and some of us may still play with the famous colorful bricks from time to time. Now, there is a real-world LEGO-like building block that can be used in ...