Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Preliminary Studies on Human Approaches to Inventive Design Tasks with a TRIZ Perspective
Abstract Among the open research issues in the field of inventive design, a careful attention should be dedicated to the definition of means to measure and improve the efficiency of educational and training processes as well as to assess the...
2015 / Yuri Borgianni, Gaetano Cascini, Federico Rotini -
Proposition and Testing of a Conceptual Model Describing the Movement of Individual Pedestrians within a Crowd
Abstract Our understanding of crowd movements has rapidly improved over the course of the last decades. This study shows that the empirical research has not kept up with the pace of the simulation studies. Based on an extensive literature review,...
2015 / Dorine C. Duives, Winnie Daamen, Serge P. Hoogendoorn -
A Spectral Multidomain Penalty Method Solver for the Simulation of the Velocity Attenuation in Hyporheic Flows
Abstract A hydrodynamic model, based on a spectral multidomain penalty method (SMPM), is proposed to study the dissipation of the velocity fluctuations at the hyporheic zone. The model is based on the one dimensional Navier Stokes equations,...
2015 / J.A. Peñaloza Giraldo, J.A. Escobar-Vargas, L.D. Donado -
TOWARDS FINANCING AND PLANNING ROAD SAFETY AUDIT OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA
Private-ownership of roads in Nigeria is still at the deliberation stage. In other words roads (tarred and untarred) are owned by Federal, State and Local authorities in Nigeria. Most of these roads, however, share a common characteristic of being “unsafe at any...
2014 / Joshua Adetunji ODELEYE -
Preliminary Cost Estimate Model for Culverts
Abstract The construction of modern high-speed motorways has increased over the last decade all over the world. However, the financial crisis led many financial institutions worldwide to impose stricter credit limitations and seek to finance only...
2015 / Nikolaos Fragkakis, Marina Marinelli, Sergios Lambropoulos -
Fresh Ready-mixed Concrete Waste in Construction Projects: A Planning Approach
Abstract In the current study, how planning and truck-mixer based waste amounts per 1 m3 fresh ready-mixed concrete (RMC) can be determined was presented. Toward this aim, the formation process of the fresh RMC waste in construction projects was...
2015 / Aynur Kazaz, Serdar Ulubeyli, Bayram Er, Volkan Arslan, Ahmet Arslan, et al. -
Comparing the Use of Small Sized Electric Vehicles with Diesel Vans on City Logistics
Abstract Many actions have been recently carried out within European cities with the aim of reducing the negative impacts on traffic and environment caused by city logistics. Promising results have been reported with the increasingly popular...
2015 / Sandra Melo, Patricia Baptista, Álvaro Costa -
Development of an Appropriate Mortar for Sustainable Rain Water Cisterns
Abstract The knowledge of the rheological properties of cement based building materials is of outstanding significance for their workability and applicability. However it usually takes extensive efforts to optimize those materials as their...
2014 / Raphael Breiner, Thorsten Heid, Harald S. Müller -
ROAD ACCIDENTS IN PORTUGAL2014 / Maria MARGARIDA Vieira Pita de OLIM, ARMINDA da Conceição das Neves GOMES
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Analysis of the Driving Behaviour at Weaving Section Using Multiple Traffic Surveillance Data
Abstract Weaving sections are formed when a merge area is closely followed by a diverging area, or when an entry slip road is closely followed by an exit slip road and the two are joined by an auxiliary lane. Driving in the weaving section involves...
2014 / Andyka Kusuma, Ronghui Liu, Charisma Choudhury, Francis Montgomery -
Service Learning for Sustainability: A Tale of Two Projects
Abstract Service learning is a mechanism used in engineering and construction curricula as a means of engaging students in interesting and complex problems that benefit the community while providing an opportunity to develop competencies that will...
2016 / Annie Pearce, William Manion -
Participatory and prospective value network analysis: supporting transition towards biofuels in Finnish road transport2015 / Anu Tuominen, Nina Wessberg, Anna Leinonen
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Three-dimensional critical slip surface locating and slope stability assessment for lava lobe of Unzen volcano
Abstract Even Unzen volcano has been declared to be in a state of relative dormancy, the latest formed lava lobe No.11 now represents a potential slope failure mass based on the latest research. This paper concentrates on the stability of the lava...
2011 / Mowen Xie, Zengfu Wang, Xiangyu Liu, Bo Xu -
Evaluation of Performance of Bus Lanes on Urban Expressway Using Paramics Micro-simulation Model
Abstract Urban expressway, as the main skeleton of the road network, is the aorta between urban regions and urban external traffic communication, but also bears the commuter channel. It makes a large amount of traffic flow into the expressway,...
2016 / Yanyan Chen, Guannan Chen, Kehan Wu -
Synthesis and Design of a Trigeneration System of Large Public Buildings
Abstract Building energy systems, especially large public building energy systems (LPBES), are major energy consumers and pollutant emissions contributors. In this paper, a superstructure of LPBES incorporating the candidate equipments and their...
2015 / Xianglong Luo, Qiannan Zhu, Junjun Xu, Ying Chen, Songping Mo -
An analytic study on the deflection of subway tunnel due to adjacent excavation of foundation pit2015 / Zelin Zhou, Shougen Chen, Peng Tu, Haisheng Zhang
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Stability Analysis of Underground Mining and their Application on the Mine Chaabte El Hamra, Algeria
Abstract Method room and pillar sizes are key factors for safe mining and their recovery in open-stop mining. This method is advantageous due to its simplicity and requirement of little information to be used. It is probably the...
2015 / Nekache Radouane, M. Boukelloul, M. Fredj -
Teaching Lean Construction: Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Training Course in Lean Project & Construction Management
Abstract This paper describes the teaching strategies of the Lean Project & Construction Management Training Course, organized by the Civil Engineering Program of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, School of Science and Engineering,...
2015 / Xavier Brioso -
Effects of More Stringent Sulphur Requirements for Sea Transports
Abstract In 2008 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) decided on more stringent requirements from 2015 for airborne emissions of sulphur dioxide from sea transports in the sulphur emission control areas (SECA). The European SECA comprises...
2015 / Inge Vierth, Rune Karlsson, Anna Mellin -
Influence of Reinforcement Corrosion on Shear Resistance of RC Bridge Girder Subjected to Shear
Abstract The quality and the durability of the concrete structures are affected by lots of degradation processes. In the case of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, the most known degradation process is corrosion of reinforcement. RC members have...
2015 / Peter Koteš, Miroslav Brodňan, Martina Ivašková, Kamil Dubala