Topic
Parapet
About: Parapet is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 996 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4231 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of parapets on the wind-induced loads on low buildings were investigated using wind tunnel data collected from about 700 pressure taps in the area of a corner panel of 3.7m×7.6m.
105 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of building facade and balcony design on the reduction of exterior noise were investigated by measuring the noise from traffic at an apartment complex located by a road side as well as the sound field characteristics of an area surrounded by four apartment buildings.
97 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe 2D numerical simulations of velocity and pressure fields generated by non-breaking waves on a vertical breakwater with a recurved parapet wall.
76 citations
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29 Nov 1991TL;DR: In this paper, a hard roof for vehicles with roof pillars extending to the side of a rear window of the roof is described, with the roof pillars in the lead during retraction, after which they rest steeply erect in the receiving space.
Abstract: A retractable roof for vehicles, in particular a hard roof for cabriolets, has roof pillars extending to the side of a rear window of the roof. The roof pillars, as seen from the vehicle side, enclose an obtuse angle with that longitudinal region of the roof which is situated in front of them. The pillars have a stowing position, when the roof is retracted, in a receiving space which is situated below the roof pillars when the roof is closed and into which the roof can be moved along its length, with the roof pillars in the lead, during retraction, after which they rest steeply erect in the receiving space. To ensure that the receiving space in the vehicle can be usefully reduced in size, the rear window forms the lower boundary of the roof over its width lying between the roof pillars when the roof is closed and can be moved out of its operating position into a stowing position which, with the roof retracted, is at a vertical distance from the lower ends of the roof pillars.
64 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a large-scale experimental study to investigate the wind loading on concrete roof pavers on the flat roof of a low-rise building was presented, and the results showed that increasing the edge-gap to spacer height ratio parameter decreases the net pressures by enhancing pressure equalization between top and bottom surfaces.
63 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2021 | 15 |
| 2020 | 41 |
| 2019 | 58 |
| 2018 | 63 |
| 2017 | 49 |
| 2016 | 56 |