Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Durability Assessment Of Monolithic Rammed Earth Walls2015 / P. L. Narloch, P. Woyciechowski, E. Dmowska, K. Halemba
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Identification of Factors that May Affect the Discharge Flow at a Bottleneck
Abstract This study investigates various factors that cause the reduction of discharge flow at a bottleneck on an urban expressway. The current worst bottleneck on Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway Network seems to be combined complicate factors that...
2016 / Daisuke Yamaguchi, Takashi Okano, Hajime Sudo, Masahiko Kobayashi, Takayuki Ogihara, et al. -
Data Integration and its Application in the Sponge City Construction of CHINA
Abstract Under the climate change and the unfettered expansion of urbanization, problems associated with urban waterlogging, water resources, and the aquatic environment are becoming serious. In 2014, the Chinese government began to implement a plan ...
2016 / Weiwei Shao, Haixing Zhang, Jiahong Liu, Guiyu Yang, Xiangdong Chen, et al. -
Simulation of labor evacuation: The case of housing construction projects
Abstract Construction sites occupy of the labors who are engaged in many different activities that can expose them to dangerous conditions. During emergencies and extreme events of natural or manmade origin in construction sites, saving labors lives ...
2016 / Mohamed Marzouk, Ismail Al Daoor -
Performance Checks for Unbound Aggregate Base Permanent Deformation Prediction Models under Dynamic Stress States Induced by Moving Wheel Loading
Abstract Permanent deformation (rutting) is the most critical load-associated distress that develops in unbound aggregate layers significantly affecting their performance. Despite past research work has focused on estimating rutting of unbound...
2016 / Yuanjie Xiao, Erol Tutumluer -
Weigh-in-motion for Direct Enforcement of Overloaded Commercial Vehicles
Abstract Heavy commercial vehicle overloads contribute to premature deterioration of infrastructure and increase road unsafety and unfair competition between transport modes and operators. Public authorities and road operators must therefore...
2016 / Bernard Jacob, Louis-Marie Cottineau -
Impact of Potential and Dedicated Tyres of Electric Vehicles on the Tyre-road Noise and Connection to the EU Noise Label
Abstract With the advent of electric vehicles and their significant lower propulsion noise emission it is possible to assess the tyre-road noise trough cruise-by measurements with an increased accuracy, even at speeds where a combustion engine...
2016 / Martin Czuka, Marie Agnès Pallas, Phil Morgan, Marco Conter -
Jointless Bridge Design at the Virginia Department of Transportation
Abstract In an effort to reduce bridge lifecycle costs, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has developed new design method aimed at the elimination of expansion joints. Various structural details have been experimented with, including...
2016 / Edward Hoppe, Keith Weakley, Park Thompson -
Effects of Building Form on Energy Use for Buildings in Cold Climate Regions
Abstract Building form has significant effects on energy use in buildings, especially in cold climate regions. This research is focused on exploring the influences of parameters relevant to building forms on energy use for office buildings in...
2016 / Lai Wei, Wei Tian, Jian Zuo, Zhi-Yong Yang, YunLiang Liu, et al. -
A Stationary Formulation of the Space-time Finite Element Method
Abstract In this work, an unconditionally stable space-time finite element method is derived in its stationary form (the discretization is time invariant),[1–6]. The method formulation is solely displacement-based. An explicit or implicit...
2016 / Zbigniew Kacprzyk -
A-bridge Crossover Story: Opportunities from Cooperative Multi-cultural Exchange
Abstract In parallel to the Panama Canal Expansion, the Third Bridge over the Panama Canal is currently under construction 3.5 kilometers north of the Third Set of Locks on the Atlantic side. Designed by a Chinese-US consortium and contracted as a...
2016 / Oscar I. Soto Reyes -
Sensitivity of traffic input parameters on rutting performance of a flexible pavement using Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide
Abstract The traffic input parameters in the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) are: (a) general traffic inputs, (b) traffic volume adjustment factors, and (c) axle load spectra (ALS). Of these three traffic inputs, the traffic...
2016 / Nur Hossain, Dharamveer Singh, Musharraf Zaman -
The Decision of Tasks of Estimation of the State Automotive-road Service System
Abstract The system of roadside service drivers and passengers is a set of enterprises for the production of services. Therefore, the basis for its rational development should be the method of the multi-variant architectural planning, design,...
2016 / E. Serova, K. Somova -
Bus Operations on Hard Shoulders During Congested Morning Hours – A Pilot Evaluation in Israel
Abstract Promoting the use of public transport was stated by the Ministry of Transport in Israel as one of its main policy priorities. Amongst others, a solution allowing bus operations on hard shoulders of existing road sections during congested...
2016 / Victoria Gitelman, Shalom Hakkert, Ran Zilberstein, Tamir Grof -
Seismic Performance of the San Pietro Dam
Abstract The paper focuses on the seismic performance of the San Pietro dam (located in Southern Italy) evaluated, with different levels of accuracy, through pseudo-static, simplified-displacement and dynamic 2D finite difference analyses. For...
2016 / Domenico Aliberti, Ernesto Cascone, Giovanni Biondi -
Utilizing BIM and Carbon Estimating Methods for Meaningful Data Representation
Abstract The building sector releases 36% of global CO2 emissions, with 66% of emissions occurring during the operation stage of the life cycle of a building. While current research focuses on using Building Information Modelling (BIM) for energy...
2016 / Michael Mousa, Xiaowei Luo, Brenda McCabe -
Multi-face Metal Columns for Urban Structures
Abstract The article considers national and foreign experience of the use of multi-face bent metal columns (tubes) for the erection of tower structures for the needs of modern cities. The authors present a review of the literature concerned and try...
2016 / A. Pustovgar, I. Garanzha, L. Shilova, A. Tanasoglo, A. Adamtsevich, et al. -
A Philosophical Approach to Project Management: Project as a Phenomenon and the Case of Incheon Bridge
Abstract Project as an object of project management inevitably conceives a certain end goal to attain, which represents human dreams, hopes, and visions for the future. This paper attempts to offer a philosophical interpretation of project as a...
2016 / Soohong Kim -
Measurement and Analysis of a GSHP System Operation in Winter
Abstract In winter, the air conditioning system of cold climate zones requires more heat. For ground source heat pump system, however, heating capacity is lower than the summer cooling capacity. This paper shows a design of a complex building's...
2016 / Guangming Chu, Yuan Wang, Mengyuan Chu -
European Pathways to Introduce EGNOS and Galileo for Dangerous Goods Transport
Abstract Every year the transport of dangerous goods amounts to more than 154 billion tonne-km on European roads, railways and inland waterways (source: Eurostat http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu, year 2013). When speaking about dangerous goods...
2016 / A. Di Fazio, D. Bettinelli, E. Louette, J.P. Mechin, M. Zazza, et al.