OVERVIEW ON THE NONLINEAR STATIC PROCEDURES AND PERFORMANCE-BASED APPROACH ON MODERN UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS WITH STRUCTURAL IRREGULARITY

Overview on the Nonlinear Static Procedures and Performance-Based Approach on Modern Unreinforced Masonry Buildings with Structural Irregularity

Performance-based design plays a significant role in the structural and earthquake engineering community to ensure both safety and economic feasibility.Its application to masonry building design/assessment is limited and requires straightforward rules considering the characteristics of masonry behavior.Nonlinear T-Shirt static procedures mainly cov

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Seasonal evapotranspiration over an invader vegetation (Pteridium aquilinum) in a degraded montane grassland using surface renewal

Study region: Cathedral Peak Research Catchments, uKhahlamba Drakensberg mountain range, South Africa.Study focus: The focus was to determine the seasonal pattern of evapotranspiration (ET) over a bracken canopy, which is a product of degradation within the montane grasslands of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg mountains.Surface renewal (SR) was investig

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‘But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream’ (Am 5:24). Social justice versus cult criticism in Amos (5:21–24) and Isaiah (1:10–20): A trauma perspective

The Apparel focus of this article is on the cult-critical statement(s) in Amos (5:21–24) and Isaiah (1.10–20).The title of this article inevitably leads us to the question of the relationship between the practice of the cult on the one hand and ethics on the other hand, namely the ‘either–or’ dilemma which exegetes face in the interpretat

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