Sage Publications Ltd. articles

Located within the borders of a conservation development plan, a traditional street structure, a renovated street structure which holds traditionalism and modernism together and a modern street structure constructed within the present settlement have been studied comparatively to determine the degree to which the existing urban structure meets the expectations of today`s people.

This article concerns an investigation of the full scale evacuation of a building with a configuration similar to that of the World Trade Center (WTC) north tower using computer simulation. A range of evacuation scenarios is explored in order to better understand the evacuation of the WTC on 11 September 2001. The analysis makes use of response time data derived from a study of published WTC survivor accounts. Geometric details of the building are obtained from architects` plans while the total

The vortex behavior and thickness of the nozzle fluid layer of pulsating jets under a ceiling are studied using the laser-assisted visualization technique. The vortex formation characteristics of jets pulsating at different frequencies are compared with those of continuously issuing jets to investigate the effects of the pulsating frequency on the thicknesses of the nozzle fluid layers under a ceiling. To identify similarities between the features of pulsating isothermal jets and periodically pu

A multivariate analysis of 4797 cases of patients who were cured of their psychological symptoms and their notes filed by the psychiatric clinic of the Eginition Hospital in Athens, during the year 1994, has been done. The results of this analysis imply significant contribution of environmental variations, expressed by a discomfort index, in the aggravation of psychological symptoms like depression, sleep disturbances, anxiety, aggressiveness, etc. Moreover, geomagnetic field variations expresse

Standard calculation methods are used in current design practice in the United States to determine the fire resistance rating of structural steel elements protected with spray-applied fire resistive materials (SFRMs). These calculation methods are based on simplified analysis of heat transfer through the SFRM material to the steel substrate. This analysis assumes one-dimensional heat transfer in Cartesian coordinates, i.e., a flat plate. Based on this analysis, the ratio of the weight per unit l