Key topics

engineering

Engineering refers to the branch of science concerned with the design, building, and use of machines and structures.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
31 May 2017	Windy in the US	Blog		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Wind uplift strength capacity variation in roof-to-wall connections of timber-framed houses	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
	Wind loads on solar panels mounted parallel to pitched roofs, and acting on the underlying roof	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
	Wind loads on contemporary Australian housing	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
	Wind load fluctuations on roof batten to rafter/truss connections	Biblio		emergency management, engineering, multi-hazard
29 Jun 2017	Wind induces internal pressures in industrial buildings	Resource	save (1.51 MB)	cyclone, engineering, resilience
	Wind induced internal pressures in industrial buildings	Project		cyclone, engineering, resilience
07 Oct 2020	Wildfire engineering – a new perspective for fire service operations and rural urban interface design	Blog		engineering, fire, resilience
27 Sep 2021	What Victoria's earthquake tells us about the safety of our structures	Blog		earthquake, engineering, infrastructure
30 Jun 2017	Water flow pressure changes on circular and square bridge piers under increasing velocity floods	Resource	save (1.62 MB)	engineering, flood, infrastructure
	Vulnerability Functions for RC Shear Wall Buildings in Australia	Biblio	save (991.52 KB)	earthquake, engineering, infrastructure
	Vulnerability assessment of bridges subjected to extreme cyclonic events	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, risk analysis
27 Aug 2019	VAWS – Vulnerability and Adaptation to Wind Simulation	Resource	save (871.92 KB)	cyclone, engineering
	Use of Macroseismic Intensity Data to Validate a Regionally Adjustable Ground Motion Prediction Model	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, modelling
	Unified models for post-peak failure drifts of normal- and high-strength RC columns	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
18 Aug 2015	Understanding Progressive Failures to Wind Loads	Resource	save (193.39 KB)	engineering, severe weather
19 Jun 2015	Tropical Cyclone Olwyn Rapid Damage Assessment	Resource	save (790.15 KB)	cyclone, engineering
	Tropical Cyclone Debbie: damage to buildings in the Whitsunday Region	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
	Towards effective mitigation strategies for severe wind events	Biblio		cyclone, engineering, infrastructure
07 Jul 2017	Towards a safer built environment	Resource	save (8.24 MB)	engineering, infrastructure, multi-hazard
07 Jul 2017	Three Minute Thesis: progressive failures under wind loading	Resource	save (704.13 KB)	engineering, severe weather
02 Aug 2017	Three Minute Thesis: Korah Parackal - Showcase 2017	Resource		cyclone, engineering, severe weather
31 Oct 2017	Three Minute Thesis: bridge failure under flood loading	Resource	save (325.2 KB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
	The structural response and progressive failure of batten to rafter connections under wind loads	Biblio	save (7.24 MB)	engineering, severe weather
	The structural response and progressive failure of batten to rafter connections under wind loads	Project		engineering, severe weather
	The Selection and Scaling of Ground Motion Accelerograms for Use in Stable Continental Regions	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, modelling
11 Sep 2015	The Role of Extreme Value Analysis to Enhance Defendable Space for Construction Practice and Planning	Resource	save (1.27 MB)	engineering
	The effect of modelling inelastic beam-column joint on the displacement capacity of reinforced concrete gravity moment resisting frames	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, mitigation
	The 2012 Moe Earthquake and Earthquake Attenuation in South Eastern Australia	Biblio	save (813.81 KB)	earthquake, engineering
	Testing of simulated flood effect on the strength of selected building components	Biblio	save (6.35 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
19 Jun 2015	TC Nathan Rapid Assessment Report	Resource	save (2.42 MB)	cyclone, engineering
19 Jun 2015	TC Marcia Rapid Assessment Report	Resource	save (1.07 MB)	cyclone, engineering
17 Aug 2015	Symposium talks road infrastructure	News		engineering, exposure, infrastructure
29 May 2015	Supplementary table - Building walls around flood problems: the place of levees in Australian flood management	Resource	save (249.82 KB)	engineering, flood, governance
29 May 2015	Supplementary information - documents checked for relevance to levees as background research for Building walls around flood problems: the place of levees in Australian flood management	Resource	save (1.46 MB)	engineering, flood, governance
	Suitability of Height Amplification Factors for Seismic Assessment of Existing Unreinforced Masonry Components	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, modelling
30 Jan 2017	Strengthening infrastructure for natural hazard impacts	Resource	save (358.94 KB)	earthquake, engineering, mitigation
	Strengthening and repair of reinforced concrete columns by jacketing: state-of-the-art review	Biblio	save (3.92 MB)	engineering, infrastructure, multi-hazard
18 Dec 2017	Strength in the face of high winds	News		cyclone, engineering, mitigation
12 Dec 2018	Strength in the face of high winds	News		cyclone, engineering, mitigation