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Journal articles on the topic "Office layout – Designs and plans"

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Saputra, Bayu, Zaenal ARifin, ST, MT, and Abdullah Merjani. "PERBAIKAN TATA LETAK FASILITAS DENGAN METODE SYSTEMATIC LAYOUT PLANNING (SLP) UNTUK MENGURANGI JARAK PERPINDAHAN MATERIAL (STUDI KASUS UKM KERUPUK KAROMAH)." PROFISIENSI: Jurnal Program Studi Teknik Industri 8, no. 1 (July 30, 2020): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.33373/profis.v8i1.2557.

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This study aims to improve the layout of facilities to reduce the distance of material transfer in Karomah Crackers SMEs by using the Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) method in which the procedure consists of three stages, the analysis phase covering the material flow analysis Activity Relationship Chart (ARC) analysis, Activity Analysis Relationship Diagram (ARD), analysis of the needs of the area and available area. The adjustment phase includes the planning of room relationship diagrams and alternative layout plans. The evaluation stage was carried out by selecting alternative layout designs. Based on the Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) method, 3 proposal layouts were produced, all of which had minimized the distance. Layout I can save a distance of 11%. Proposed Layout II saves a distance of 35% and the proposed layout III can save a distance of 30%. So that the layout of proposal I is recommended as a chosen proposal layout.
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Dong, Jing. "Thoughts over New Countryside Eco-Community Construction - Layout of Lianhuatang New-Countryside Eco-Community, Chimagang Office, Chibi City." Advanced Materials Research 671-674 (March 2013): 2471–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.671-674.2471.

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The paper analyzes the advantages and disadvantages about development of Lianhuatang Village, Chimagang Office, Chibi City, and proposes layout concepts, orientation of layout objectives, executive plans and strategies, so as to carry out new countryside eco-community construction and push comprehensive and harmonious urban-rural development, through which Lianhuatang Eco-Community will be developed into a provincial demonstration spot for new countryside community construction and countryside aged-care as well as an innovative target rod of scale agriculture, facility agriculture and modern agriculture.
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Yousif, Maysa Abubaker, and Aniza Abdul Aziz. "AN EVALUATION OF VISUAL PRIVACY LEVEL IN RESIDENTIAL UNIT'S LAYOUTS IN KHARTOUM, SUDAN." Journal of Islamic Architecture 6, no. 4 (December 26, 2021): 349–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v6i4.12201.

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Visual privacy is one of the vital aspects of Islamic house designs. This paper aimed to analyze the level of visual privacy in the layout of different residential apartment unit samples in Khartoum, Sudan based on Islamic values and Sudanese culture and how modern apartment unit designs respond to these needs. Models included four units from courtyard-villas and two units from apartment buildings. The architectural layout plans, spatial relation, functions, and space zoning were applied to assess the level of visual privacy of each unit. Findings showed that the courtyard-villas had a higher degree of privacy and cultural values, reflecting more of the Sudanese lifestyle than the apartment units, even though the design of the apartment units pays more attention to the nuclear family privacy. This study would assist designers in enhancing the visual privacy in apartment unit layouts by highlighting factors that diminish or enhance the visual privacy level to create appropriate designs for Sudanese Muslims and Muslims in general.
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Singleton, Rebecca. "Architecture and intellectual property." Architectural Research Quarterly 15, no. 3 (September 2011): 294–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135511000893.

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For architects, intellectual property (IP) law is vital. Without it plans, building designs and models would have no value as others could copy them without payment. But what are an architect's rights and how are those rights retained in order to avoid commercial exploitation?The legislation for this area of law comes from the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA), the Registered Designs Act 1949, the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the Patents Act 1977. IP itself is divided into those rights that are registrable at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and those that are not. Rights that must be registered before the work is protected include trademarks, patents and registered designs; IP rights that cannot be registered include copyright and unregistered design rights.
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Ray, Walt. "Mail-order Custom Landscape Plans." HortScience 31, no. 4 (August 1996): 650g—651. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.31.4.650g.

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Americans' growing appreciation for excellent landscape design is creating a great need for reputable designers in the residential landscape design industry. Technology affords landscape planners the ability to fill that need with personalized landscape designs through the mail. The use of disposable cameras, overnight mail, computer aided design, computer rendering, telephone, and fax all makes it possible for a designer to acquire a good knowledge of a particular site, quickly design an accurate, high quality landscape design, do several revisions to that design, and give the client a timely return of the design. Southern Living magazine's new department, Custom Landscape Plans, headed by Rebecca Bull, is one example of how this is done. Through a graduate assistantship with Southern Living, I can use these available technologies to design personalized landscape plans all over the south from my office at Clemson Univ. The methods of mail-order landscape design will be discussed in a verbal presentation.
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Anderson, Carl, Carlo Bailey, Andrew Heumann, and Daniel Davis. "Augmented space planning: Using procedural generation to automate desk layouts." International Journal of Architectural Computing 16, no. 2 (June 2018): 164–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1478077118778586.

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We developed a suite of procedural algorithms for space planning in commercial offices. These algorithms were benchmarked against 13,000 actual offices designed by human architects. The algorithm performed as well as an architect on 77% of offices, and achieved a higher capacity in an additional 6%, all while following a set of space standards. If the algorithm used the space standards the same way as an architect (a more relaxed interpretation), the algorithm achieved a 97% match rate, which means that the algorithm completed this design task as well as a designer and in a shorter time. The benchmarking of a layout algorithm against thousands of existing designs is a novel contribution of this article, and we argue that it might be a first step toward a more comprehensive method to automate parts of the office layout process.
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Nanayakkara, Kusal, Sara Wilkinson, and Dulani Halvitigala. "Influence of dynamic changes of workplace on organisational culture." Journal of Management & Organization 27, no. 6 (November 2021): 1003–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2021.69.

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AbstractChallenged by the effects of organisational flexibility and high corporate real estate costs, organisations are increasingly seeking flexibility and operational efficiency in their office spaces. To date, the literature relating to flexible office spaces has focused mainly on their physical characteristics. The full effects of such spaces on human reactions and the corporate culture of organisations are less understood. The objective of this paper is to examine the influence of introducing activity-based working (ABW) on existing organisational culture. It was addressed from the perspective of the management of large corporate organisations. A mixed-method research that included a qualitative approach followed by a quantitative approach was adopted. The first stage included semistructured interviews with 19 large organisations who had introduced flexible layouts. The second stage involved a questionnaire survey of 32 organisations which had experienced office layout changes. Findings identify that the nature of workplace designs has a considerable impact on the corporate culture of an organisation and can be used to leverage and change its culture. Workplace designs directly influence culture by supporting the systems, symbols, engagement/motivation and behaviours of the organisation and employees. However, some differences between the perceptions of public and private organisations were identified. In conclusion, office layouts are artefacts that can either support, or change, the existing organisational culture. Therefore, the critical achievement of workspace design is to integrate the cultures, values and behaviours of organisations to meet their ultimate goals.
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Dewi, Ni Made Emmi Nutrisia. "Identifikasi Desain Ruang dan Fasilitas Kantor Sebagai Upaya Pencegahan Penyebaran Virus Covid-19." ATRIUM: Jurnal Arsitektur 8, no. 1 (July 27, 2022): 67–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.21460/atrium.v8i1.173.

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Title: Identification of Office Room and Facility Designs as an Effort to Prevent the Spread of the Covid-19 Virus; Case Study of an Architectural and Interior Consulting Office in Bali During the post-pandemic period, many companies have been re-implemented work from the office. Due to this reason, it is necessary to identify whether the design of office space and facilities has implemented standards for preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This study aims to determine the condition of the office space design and facilities in Bali to generate a design according to the standards for preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method and takes a case study of Bali's architectural and interior consultant building. The analysis is carried out by determining several variables and research indicators referring to the Decree of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number HK.01.07/MENKES/328/2020 and supported by some research results. The results show most of these offices being designed according to the standards for preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus, such as the layout of the tables/chairs is at a distance of at least 1 meter, the signage designs and accessories guide for workers to adopt a healthy and clean lifestyle, providing dominant natural lighting and provision of the sink, hand sanitizer, and disinfectant. In general, this study shows that the office manager has tried to follow the government's recommendations to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, despite requiring further adaptation to this new habit pattern.
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Ying, Xiaoyu, and Wenzhe Li. "Effect of Floor Shape Optimization on Energy Consumption for U-Shaped Office Buildings in the Hot-Summer and Cold-Winter Area of China." Sustainability 12, no. 5 (March 8, 2020): 2079. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12052079.

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This paper explored the effects of the side proportion of building floor shape on building energy consumption. It is based on the analysis of regression models that were developed in the present study. The simplified building models can be used to conduct a parametric study to investigate the effect of building plane shape parameters on total heating and cooling load. DesignBuilder was used to build and simulate individual building configuration. Energy consumption simulations for forty-eight U-shaped buildings with different plane layouts were performed to create a comprehensive dataset covering general ranges of side proportions of U-shaped buildings and building orientations. Statistical analysis was performed using MATLAB to develop a set of regression equations predicting energy consumption and optimizing floor shapes. Furthermore, perimeter-area ratio (PAR), width ratio, and depth ratio were considered as three factors to characterize the quantitative relationship between floor shape and energy consumption. It is envisioned that the binary quadratic polynomial regression models, visualized as a smooth surface in space and mapped to a vortex image on the plane, can be used to estimate the energy consumption in the early stages of the design when different building schemes and design concepts are being considered.
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Chang, Yuh-Shihng, Kuo-Jui Hu, Cheng-Wei Chiang, and Artur Lugmayr. "Applying Mobile Augmented Reality (AR) to Teach Interior Design Students in Layout Plans: Evaluation of Learning Effectiveness Based on the ARCS Model of Learning Motivation Theory." Sensors 20, no. 1 (December 23, 2019): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20010105.

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In this paper we present a mobile augmented reality (MAR) application supporting teaching activities in interior design. The application supports students in learning interior layout design, interior design symbols, and the effects of different design layout decisions. Utilizing the latest AR technology, users can place 3D models of virtual objects as e.g., chairs or tables on top of a design layout plan and interact with these on their mobile devices. Students can experience alternative design decision in real-time and increases the special perception of interior designs. Our system fully supports the import of interior deployment layouts and the generation of 3D models based on design artefacts based on typical design layout plan design symbols and allows the user to investigate different design alternatives. We applied John Keller’s Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction (ARCS) learning motivation model to validate our solution to examine the students’ willingness and verify the ability of students to improve learning through MAR technology. We compared a sample experimental group of N = 52 test-subjects with a sample of N = 48 candidates in a control group. Learning indicators as learning interest, confidence, satisfaction and effective have been utilized to assess the students’ learning motivation through the use of MAR technology. The learning results have been determined by the independent sample t testing. The significance of the post-test had a p-value < 0.05 difference. The result of the study clearly shows that the reference group utilizing MAR technology as a learning aid show a higher learning effectiveness as the control group. Thus, we conclude that MAR technology does enhance students’ learning ability for interior design and making appropriate design decisions.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Office layout – Designs and plans"

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Kwong, Kwok-tung Vincent, and 鄺國棟. "A new general Post Office." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31983406.

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Ng, Yuk-sang Daniel, and 吳毓生. "Condominium with home office in Tai Kok Tsui." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985993.

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Moreno, Carlos Nestor. "The home/office : a design exploration of a communal settlement for corporate and/or private use." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1191713.

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Today, with the availability of new technologies and the advancements in the science of communication, business organizations and entrepreneurs possess the ability to break down the walls of the conventional workplace and bring about a resurgence of the "union" between the place of work and the place of home. In spite of the efforts made in combining these two seemingly opposing environments, the architecture and planning of this union still deserve further exploration. This exploration requires an understanding of how these environments came to be and how they can be manipulated, treated and combined in an effort to create more conducive and all inclusive "home/work" environments. Further, while the requisites of domestic comfort, commodity and delight can be coupled with the functional attributes of the workplace, it is by the expansion of this idea that their combination can potentially be implemented into home/work community developments. Here, while still remaining home-based, the exchange of ideas and information can be maintained in the spirit of corporate unity.
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Cohen, Valerie. "An exploration of a hyperbolic paraboloid as an office building." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53345.

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The purpose of this thesis was to create a structure that is a result of a hyperbolic paraboloid shell (hypar). As a result of this, a certain order evolved which dictated the form, the structure, and the environmental aspects of the two buildings designed. Through the design of the hypar walls, came the opportunity and/or need for daylighting. This is the conscious design of a building form to use direct sunlight for illumination and thermal benefit. Buildings so designed respond both to direct sunlight and to sunlight modified through diffusion or reflection by the sky vault, clouds, natural or man—made elements of the landscape, and the buildings, themselves. The workers occupying these buildings spend a major portion of their day in a place that could have psychological and physiological effects. Sunlight gives reassuring orientation to time, a place, and weather, as well as producing interior environments that are comfortable, delightful, and productive.
Master of Architecture
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McJannet, Lawrence George 1952. "REALIZATION OF A REGULAR FACILITY BLOCK PLAN FROM AN ADJACENCY GRAPH USING GRAPH THEORETIC BASED HEURISTICS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275537.

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Chau, Yuet-chu, and 周月珠. "A future newspaper office building." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31982748.

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Lai, Kwok-leung Horace, and 勵國樑. "Union office in West Kowloon reclamation area." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985774.

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Reader, James Weatherston. "Hydrographic office & chart Information centre." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25946432.

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陳健輝 and Kin-fai Chan. "Office development for the future C.B.D." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31981926.

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Ma, Chi-fai Jeff, and 馬志輝. "Hong Kong Mail Centre." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985956.

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Books on the topic "Office layout – Designs and plans"

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Best of office. Boca Raton, FL: Sandow Media, 2012.

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Casper, Dale E. Office design: Periodical articles, 1983-1988. Monticello, Ill: Vance Bibliographies, 1988.

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The designer's workspace: Ultimate office design. Amsterdam: Architectural Press, 2004.

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New working spaces. [Barcelona, Spain]: LINKS, 2000.

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(Firm), Crane-Dixon, ed. Office spaces. London: Architecture Design and Technology Press, 1991.

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The designer's workspace: Ultimate office design. Oxford: Architectural, 2003.

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Aurora, Cuito, ed. Working and living spaces: W@H. New York: LOFT and HBI, 2000.

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Gili, Eugenio. Spazio, risorsa d'azienda: Le dimensioni organizzative e simboliche dello spazio nella nuova cultura d'azienda. Milano: Alberto Greco, 1994.

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1965-, Ross Philip, ed. Space to work: New office design. London: Laurence King, 2006.

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Lee, Quarterman. Facilities and workplace design: An illustrated guide. Norcross, Ga., USA: Engineering & Management Press, 1997.

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Book chapters on the topic "Office layout – Designs and plans"

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Yarrow, Thomas. "Between One and One Another." In Architects, 135–40. Cornell University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501738494.003.0028.

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Design emerges through interactions with clients. It is also centrally shaped through interactions with others in the office. The “Friday review” is the weekly slot where designs are discussed by the whole practice. During one of these sessions, Ronan is presenting ideas he has been working on. He starts by explaining the brief, which is simple: there is a house at the head of a wooded valley; the house doesn’t make the most of its site and isn’t well adapted to the needs of the clients who live in it, a middle-aged couple with older children. He notes, in passing, that they own the local builders merchants, a detail that is not elaborated but, in the absence of a fixed budget, seems intended to convey the likelihood the budget will be generous. He illustrates the site with plans and maps, gesturing and pointing as he talks. As he describes what he shows, he shuffles and rearranges papers, moving between a map of the site, plans of the building, and images of the site. What Ronan shows through this description is a building on a steep slope, “marooned” at the edge of a large plot. The views are “fantastic,” but windows and rooms are configured so that the views are rarely seen. The existing building is “uninspiring.” Ronan shows us some of his ideas. My untrained eyes focus on the elegant tidiness of his pencil sketches, but Ronan doesn’t see this: looking at his plans and sketches, he is looking at an idea that doesn’t quite work, a solution he can’t yet see....
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Conference papers on the topic "Office layout – Designs and plans"

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Urschitz, Georg, Jens Brier, Heimo Walter, Roland Mertz, Friedrich Bleicher, and Markus Haider. "New Design of a Bimetallic Finned Tube for the Use in Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Units." In ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2015-49143.

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The use of finned tubes as enhancement method to increase the heat flow rate into a phase change material, which has in many cases a low thermal conductivity, is a common method. A highly efficient and easy-to-assemble solution for finned heat exchanger tubes is a key component for innovative thermal energy storage systems which play a key-role in electricity production and industrial heat management. In the present article the results of the investigation for different designs of bimetallic heat exchanger tubes is presented. These tube designs are developed for the use in latent heat thermal energy storage systems (LHTES) at a medium temperature range. For the use in latent heat thermal energy storage systems, the probably high pressure of the heat transfer medium and the high temperature differences between the operating temperature and the ambient temperature are challenging. Therefore, the bimetallic finned heat exchanger tube consists of a steel tube, where the heat transfer fluid flows, and an aluminum tube with longitudinal fins, which should improve the heat transfer to the phase change material. Due to different thermal expansion coefficients, displacements of the tubes are given. To guarantee a high heat transfer rate between the two connected tubes the contact between aluminum and steel plays an important role. In the present study 4 prototypes (including the new design) were designed, analyzed and compared on the connection strength. Long-term tests for simulating the application in a LHTES were done to determine the creep rupture properties of the compositions. All prototypes were tested successfully; the new design is convinced in many aspects of that challenge and is submitted to the Austrian patent office. Main advantages of the new design are the simple production and assembling compared to other analyzed prototypes. Furthermore, the new design shows the best results under the analyzed operation conditions and the layout of the geometry has a high optimization potential in terms of stresses.
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Tachikawa, R., and Y. Osana. "Office layout support system using genetic algorithm - generation of layout plans for polygonal space -." In 2010 Second World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2010). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/nabic.2010.5716279.

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Araki, Yusuke, and Yuko Osana. "Office layout support system for polygonal space using interactive genetic algorithm — Generation of Layout Plans for Workspace —." In 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - SMC. IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icsmc.2012.6377866.

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Araki, Yusuke, and Yuko Osana. "Office layout support system for polygonal space using interactive genetic algorithm — Generation of room arrangement plans —." In 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - SMC. IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icsmc.2012.6378035.

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Llana, Patricia. "Locomotive Crash Energy Management Test Plans." In 2015 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2015-5667.

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The Office of Research, Development, and Technology of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Volpe Center are continuing to evaluate new technologies for increasing the safety of passengers and operators in rail equipment. The results of vehicle-to-vehicle override, where the strong underframe of one vehicle, typically a locomotive, impacts the weaker superstructure of the other vehicle, can be devastating. Crashworthy components which can be integrated into the end structure of a locomotive have been developed to inhibit override in the event of collision. Recent research has resulted in the development of a design concept, including evaluation with finite-element analysis (FEA), fabrication, and component tests. The design concept developed incorporates two key components: a push-back coupler and a deformable anti-climber. Detailed designs for these components were developed and the performance of the designs was evaluated through large deformation dynamic FEA. Test articles were fabricated and dynamically tested to verify their individual performance characteristics. The tests were successful in demonstrating the required performance of the components. Test results were consistent with finite element model predictions of energy absorption capability, force-displacement behavior, and modes of deformation. Work is ongoing to retrofit these crashworthy components onto conventional locomotives and conduct full-scale dynamic impact tests of colliding cars, as well as colliding trains. Service tests will be performed to measure the impact speed at which push-back coupler triggering occurs. Vehicle-to-vehicle tests will be conducted to demonstrate the performance of the crashworthy components working together as an integrated system. The vehicle-to-vehicle tests will also allow an evaluation of the crashworthiness compatibility of a modified locomotive with a range of equipment, including conventional locomotives, cab cars, and freight cars. Train-to-train tests are planned to demonstrate incremental improvement, increased crashworthiness, compatibility, and serviceability. This paper describes the tests that are planned to demonstrate the behavior of these components when they are integrated into the end structure of a locomotive. The tests will demonstrate the in-service and crashworthiness performance of the modified locomotives. This research program endeavors to advance locomotive crashworthiness technology and develop the technical basis for generating specifications for push-back couplers and deformable anti-climbers.
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Cavaluzzi, Jack, Chase Gilmore, Bilal Khan, and Minh Hong Tran. "Probability of the Loss of Offsite Power and Damage to Road Network due to a Rare Event." In 2012 20th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering and the ASME 2012 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone20-power2012-54582.

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The main goal of the project was to better understand the impact to a nuclear power plant due to the unavailability of critical infrastructure. We evaluated the use of rare event analysis to establish rare event occurrences in the vicinity of the plant. For the purpose of this report, rare events were considered extreme scenarios of natural disasters. The initial data was acquired by viewing STP FSARs and topographical maps of the region. The two specific factors that were extracted by analyzing the initial data of the plant design and location were the road networks and the electrical grid system. These two variables were then analyzed in light of the rare event analysis model that was used as a building block for this project. The rare event analysis also provided information regarding the types of data and distributions that were likely to be seen as a result. For the road networks, the road layout around the plant was mapped and the relevant data was used to consider the possible routes to the plants in case of a rare event. Data regarding LOOP Events were gathered mainly from NRC Documents and Institutional Sources. These data were used to analyze how many events occurred per year and the downtime associated with the rare event.
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Muhammad, Zandy O., and Paul Reynolds. "Monitoring of pedestrian patterns of an office floor under normal walking activity." In IABSE Symposium, Guimarães 2019: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/guimaraes.2019.1079.

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<p>Innovative designs and development of advanced construction techniques enabling efficient use of materials have resulted in modern building floors that are characterised by longer spans, lighter weight and lower inherent damping. In the particular case of office floors, current design trends are for fewer internal partition walls and more open plan layouts. Therefore, such floors are more susceptible to excessive vibrations originating mainly from pedestrians traversing the floors with random patterns of walking.</p><p>Technological advances in tracking human locations, well-known in computer sciences, by means of in-built video cameras integrated with vision tracking software are rapidly increasing. Yet their potential implementations have not been extended significantly to monitor and track patterns of pedestrians in civil engineering structures, in particular floors. Research of the use of these techniques and pertinent experimental exercises is lagging. This paper provides the results of video monitoring of the occupant activities of a typical office floor under normal use. It is obvious that floors accommodate multi-pedestrians with walking patterns that are somewhat random. Hence, tracking and monitoring of operational floors accompanied by the vibration response measurements give an insight to the actual patterns of walking and thus corresponding in-service vibration responses. It is recognized that distribution of walking patterns with measured vibration responses help capture realistic vibration levels, particularly when combined with statistical methods of vibration serviceability assessment.</p>
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Xie, Feng, Jiaji Kong, Hongqi Liu, and Jianzhu Cao. "Design of the Area Radiation Monitoring System in Nuclear Island of HTR-PM." In 2017 25th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone25-66415.

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The area radiation monitoring system can supply information of the abnormal radiation levels in a nuclear power plant quickly, give an alarm on site explicitly, and display the dose rate value and alarm information remotely. Thus, it can help the radiation protection officer to take proper actions timely to protect personnel from excess irradiation. According to the experience and technology from the pressurized water reactors (PWRs), the area radiation monitoring system in nuclear island of high temperature gas-cooled reactor pebbled-bed module (HTR-PM) which is a modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor demonstration power plant in China has been designed. It is used to monitor the external radiation exposure dose rate at the passageway in the control areas, operational areas, equipment rooms, etc. The design scheme of the area radiation monitoring system in nuclear island of HTR-PM is presented, which can be divided into two parts, the stationary area γ radiation monitoring subsystem and portable radiation dose rate monitoring subsystem. The operational principle of the system, the layout of the area radiation monitors, the main characteristics of the instruments, and the communication logical framework of the system are introduced in this paper.
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Yellowhair, Julius, Charles E. Andraka, Kenneth M. Armijo, Jesus D. Ortega, and Jim Clair. "Optical Performance Modeling and Analysis of a Tensile Ganged Heliostat Concept." In ASME 2019 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2019 Heat Transfer Summer Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2019-3933.

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Abstract Designs of conventional heliostats have been varied to reduce cost, improve optical performance or both. In one case, reflective mirror area on heliostats has been increased with the goal of reducing the number of pedestals and drives and consequently reducing the cost on those components. The larger reflective areas, however, increase torques due to larger mirror weights and wind loads. Higher cost heavy-duty motors and drives must be used, which negatively impact any economic gains. To improve on optical performance, the opposite may be true where the mirror reflective areas are reduced for better control of the heliostat pointing and tracking. For smaller heliostats, gravity and wind loads are reduced, but many more heliostats must be added to provide sufficient solar flux to the receiver. For conventional heliostats, there seems to be no clear cost advantage of one heliostat design over other designs. The advantage of ganged heliostats is the pedestal and tracking motors are shared between multiple heliostats, thus can significantly reduce the cost on those components. In this paper, a new concept of cable-suspended tensile ganged heliostats is introduced, preliminary analysis is performed for optical performance and incorporated into a 10 MW conceptual power tower plant where it was compared to the performance of a baseline plant with a conventional radially staggered heliostat field. The baseline plant uses conventional heliostats and the layout optimized in System Advisor Model (SAM) tool. The ganged heliostats are suspended on two guide cables. The cables are attached to rotations arms which are anchored to end posts. The layout was optimized offline and then transferred to SAM for performance evaluation. In the initial modeling of the tensile ganged heliostats for a 10 MW power tower plant, equal heliostat spacing along the guide cables was assumed, which as suspected leads to high shading and blocking losses. The goal was then to optimize the heliostat spacing such that annual shading and blocking losses are minimized. After adjusting the spacing on tensile ganged heliostats for minimal blocking losses, the annual block/shading efficiency was greater than 90% and annual optical efficiency of the field became comparable to the conventional field at slightly above 60%.
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Reynolds, Thomas. "The Krause Gateway Center." In IABSE Congress, New York, New York 2019: The Evolving Metropolis. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/newyork.2019.2559.

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<p>The selection of a building superstructure framing is the result of many different factors. There are cost, constructability and physical constraints that govern a designer’s ability to utilize a particular material when laying out the framing for a new structure. The ability to achieve an architect’s and owners vision has to be woven into this decision-making process as well. The Krause Gateway Center in Des Moines Iowa</p><p>represented challenges that were not easily solved with one material or something previously seen in an office building. The plan layout, the extreme cantilevers and other geometric constraints demanded materials and options that are flexible and provide the opportunity to be built and modified in ways not</p><p>typically seen. Structural steel framing (after many rounds of test fits and studies of post tensioned concrete and other precast ides) was chosen for its ability to be built and designed to meet the needs of the building in ways other materials could not.</p>
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