Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Psychological Delaying Model of Bicycle Passing Events on Physically Separated Bicycle Roadways in China*
Abstract Bicycle facilities are quite common in China but there are not enough quantitative methods to evaluate the Level of Service (LOS) of bicycle roadways. The number of passing events, which considers the interactions between bicyclists, has...
2012 / De Zhao, Wei Wang, Zhibin Li, Xiaonian Shan, Xin Sun -
A Novel P2P traffic Prediction Algorithm Based on Hybrid Model
Abstract The increasing P2P network traffic on the Internet has leaded to the problem of network congestion. In the consequence of the diversification of the P2P traffic and protocol, research on the management of P2P traffic has had many problems...
2012 / Han Zhi-jie, Wang Ru-chuan, Duan Xiao-yang -
Temperature Prediction of RCC Based on Partial Least-Squares Regression
Abstract the mathematical modeling principle and method of partial least-squares regression is elaborated, based on the temperature monitoring data of some gravity dam, the trend of dam concrete temperature is predicted by partial least-squares...
2012 / Zhao Yu-qing, Yan-Liang -
Nonlinear analysis of green house systems
Abstract A numerical procedure based on energy minimization has been extended herein to analyze a system of two dimensional cable trusses called green houses. The joint displacements and member forces results are obtained and compared with a finite...
2012 / Ashraf Mohamed Mahmoud -
Evaluation of Control Points’ Distribution on Distortions and Geometric Transformations for Aerial Images Rectification
Abstract Geometric distortions are inevitable in aerial images. A raw uncalibrated aerial image acquired from a non-metric digital camera which carried by an aircraft normally has lens and perspective distortions and could not be used directly...
2012 / Lee Hung Liew, Yin Chai Wang, Wai Shiang Cheah -
The Comprehensive Evaluation of Rural Drinking Water Security in Yunnan Province
Abstract In view of the uncertainty and ambiguity of the rural drinking water security, the paper built the fuzzy matter-element model based on the entropy weight, combining entropy theory with fuzzy matter-element. And on that basis, in Yunnan...
2012 / OU Bin, FU Shuyan, WANG Yu, WANG Liping -
Evaluation of PET and PP Geotextile Reinforced Embankment on Soft Soil
Abstract Parametric study is carried out to investigate the applicability of limit equilibrium method for analyzing reinforced embankment on soft soil with the use of GEO5 software in this paper. The effect of vertical spacing of geotextile layers,...
2013 / Jigisha M. Vashi, Atul K. Desai, Chandresh H. Solanki -
The Effect of Flange Thickness on the Behavior of Flanged-Section Shear Walls
Abstract This paper investigates the effect of flange thickness on nonlinear behavior of flanged shear walls. Four T shape flanged shear walls are studied and analyzed using finite element method. The total volume of each model is similar, such that ...
2011 / S.M. Khatami, A. Kheyroddin -
Design and Construction of Sentosa Integrated Resort Developments in Singapore with Mega Steel Trusses using Chinese Structural Steels
Abstract This paper describes the construction of the Sentosa Integrated Resort Development in Sinngapore which is one of the major developments to attract visitors all over the world. The first phrase of the Development is completed within 3 years...
2011 / H.Y. Lee, Z.X. Hou -
Experimental Study on the Seismic Behaviour of Strengthened Concrete Column-Beam Joints by Simulated Earthquake
Abstract A total of five repaired column-beam joints (C-BJs) strengthened by basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) had been pre-damaged under cyclic loads in order to study on the seismic behavior. The experimental study including pre-damage,...
2011 / LU Zhoudao, SU Lei, YU Jiangtao -
Comparison between normal and TOR-Anonymized Web Client Traffic
Abstract TOR is known free tool for traffic anonymization on the Internet. The adverse aspect of using TOR is significant increase of overhead and decrease of the traffic speed. So far no study focusing the quantification of such decrease was...
2011 / Tomáš Liška, Tomáš Sochor, Hana Sochorová -
The Construction Project Bid Evaluation Based on Gray Relational Model
Abstract The construction project bid evaluation is a typical multi-objective decision-making problem. Considering the content of the construction project bid evaluation, an appraisal index system of the construction project bid evaluation was...
2011 / Yan Hong-yan -
Condiciones de contorno en modelos de gradiente con desplazamientos suavizados
Abstract Gradient-enhanced models based on regularised displacements are an alternative to standard models in order to simulate material failure. In this alternative formulation, mechanical displacements u ...
2012 / E. Tamayo-Mas, A. Rodríguez-Ferran -
Eutrophication Evaluation Based on Set Pair Analysis of Baiyangdian Lake, North China
Abstract Based on a Set Pair Analysis (SPA), the water eutrophication levels of Caiputai, Shaochedian, Wangjiazhai, Guangdianzhangzhuang, Zaolinzhuang, Duancun and Nanliuzhuang in Baiyangdian Lake were evaluated with five indices, including chemical ...
2012 / F.F. Wu, X. Wang -
A Mobile Application for Road Surface Quality Control: UNIquALroad
Abstract The monitoring of road surface conditions plays a key role in ensuring safety and comfort to the various road users, from pedestrians to drivers. Furthermore, having information on infrastructure quality allows road managers to guarantee an ...
2012 / Vittorio Astarita, Maria Vittoria Caruso, Guido Danieli, Demetrio Carmine Festa, Vincenzo Pasquale Giofrè, et al. -
A Study on Texture and Acoustic Properties of Cold Laid Microsurfacings
Abstract Slurry microsurfacing is an economical maintenance intervention that provides effective skid resistance and surface evenness in a thin layer, thus improving the road safety. Researchers aimed to develop an innovative application of slurry...
2012 / Cesare Sangiorgi, Gabriele Bitelli, Claudio Lantieri, Federico Irali, Fabrizio Girardi -
Calibration to Local Conditions of Geometry-Based Operating Speed Models for Urban Arterials and Collectors
Abstract The research aims to establish the correlation of roadway design features to operating speed in the Italian urban environment elaborating multiple-linear models able to predict the observed speed with these design variables as covariates....
2012 / M. Bassani, E. Sacchi -
A Modular Soft Computing based Method for Vehicles Repositioning in Bike-sharing Systems
Abstract A crucial issue in bike-sharing systems (BSS) is the unbalanced distribution in space and time of the bikes among the stations. Literature shows several methods, to solve the vehicle reallocation problem and most of them are based on rigid...
2012 / Leonardo Caggiani, Michele Ottomanelli -
A Field Trial on Smart Mobility
Abstract In view of services such as road pricing for passenger cars, we devised an innovative and versatile technological solution that can aid in solving some of the mobility problems. In it, each vehicle was equipped with an on-board unit, that...
2012 / Sven Maerivoet, Frank Daems, Friedl Maertens, Karel Renckens, Philip Van Houtte, et al. -
Comparison between normal and TOR-anonymized web client traffic
Abstract TOR is known free tool for traffic anonymization on the Internet. The adverse aspect of using TOR is significant increase of overhead and decrease of the traffic speed. So far no study focusing the quantification of such decrease was...
2011 / Tomás˘ Lis˘ka, Tomás˘ Sochor, Hana Sochorová