Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Comprehensive framework for speed-zone guidelines
Abstract Speeding is often considered as one of the major reasons of traffic crashes. As a result, State Departments of Transportations (DOTs) receive requests from communities to decrease speed limits in towns along rural highways. Such requests,...
2016 / K. Joseph Shrestha, Pramen P. Shrestha -
Traffic Parameter Sensitivity in the Development of Site-specific Load Models
Abstract In the context of an aging infrastructure in a highly developed country like Germany and the resulting increased importance of reassessment of existing bridge structures, a need for more realistic and precise descriptions of traffic load...
2016 / Marcel Nowak, Oliver Fischer -
Understanding the Problem of Bridge and Tunnel Strikes Caused by Over-height Vehicles
Abstract A bridge or tunnel strike is an incident in which a vehicle that is taller than the clearance underneath the structure (over-height), typically a lorry or double-decker bus, collides with the structure causing damage. This can lead to...
2016 / Bella Nguyen, Ioannis Brilakis -
Critical Velocity of High-speed Train Running on Soft Soil and Induced Dynamic Soil Response
Abstract The determining of the critical speed under train operation remains difficult due to the complex properties of the track, embankment and ground. In this paper, a dynamic analysis model comprising track, embankment and layered ground was...
2016 / Jing Hu, Xuecheng Bian, Jianqun Jiang -
Rapid and Non-intrusive Measurements of Moisture in Road Constructions Using Passive Microwave Radiometry and GPR – Full Scale Test
Abstract High groundwater tables and moisture in road materials strongly reduce the service life of pavements. Two types of non-intrusive instruments have been tested for their potential to detect moisture in road constructions: a passive microwave...
2016 / Arjan A.M. Venmans, Robbert van de Ven, Jan Kollen -
The Forecasting of the Single-row Reciprocating Expander Temperature Fields
Abstract The single-row reciprocating expander units and elements heat flows and temperature state forecasting results obtained on the basis of the programme KOMDET-M and calculation complex ANSYS are represented in the paper. The single-row...
2016 / I.K. Prilutskiy, A.I. Prilutskiy, A.A. Snazin, M.A. Molodov -
A New Road Safety Indicator Based on Vehicle Trajectory Analysis
Abstract In 2014, in France, accidents on rural roads accounted for roughly 63% of road mortality (ONISR, 2014). Yet, the locations of accidents are increasingly spread, and it is becoming difficult for road managers to set priorities for...
2016 / Peggy Subirats, Yann Goyat, Bernard Jacob, Eric Violette -
Quantification of Influencing Factors for Planning Performances in Pre-design and Design Stage
Abstract The processes for planning and construction of buildings, with whose control and optimization the project management deals primarily, are characterized by high complexity. This complexity is based on the uniqueness of every single...
2016 / Lisa Seiler, Christian Stoy -
Comparative evaluation of different offshore wind turbine installation vessels for Korean west–south wind farm2016 / Dang Ahn, Sung-chul Shin, Soo-young Kim, Hicham Kharoufi, Hyun-cheol Kim
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Harmonization with Variable Speed Limits on Motorways
Abstract This paper presents an investigation and a state-of-the-art description of traffic effects of harmonization with variable speed limits. Expansion of the E4 south of Stockholm has been carried out during the years 2009-2013. The expansion...
2016 / Per Strömgren, Gunnar Lind -
Capacity Issues in Sweden - Applications and Research
Abstract The Swedish Transport Administration (STA) is responsible for rural roads and major urban through roads, all together some 100 000 km. In 2013 30% of the yearly mileage is produced on some 2 000 km motorways, normally with posted speed...
2016 / Torsten Bergh, Karin Nordqvist, Per Strömgren, Fredrik Davidsson, Karl Lennart Bång, et al. -
Recognition of the Mechanical Properties for Soils in Complex Conditions: A Case Study
Abstract The aim of this paper is to discuss the shear resistance angle φ’ of structurally complex formations in San Giuliano del Sannio (CB) for the construction of a strategic building. Large lithoid stones in a clayey-like matrix constitute the...
2016 / Massimina Castiglia, Filippo Santucci de Magistris -
Influence Analysis of Flow Entry Conditions on the Centrifugal Compressor Impeller Blades to Integral Gasodynamic Characteristics in a Combine Regulation Method
Abstract Experimental data analysis for testing centrifugal compressor stage on control modes by the rotor speed and the turning angle of the inlet guide vane blades changing was completed. The attack angles distribution in inlet section of the...
2016 / A.D. Vanyashov, V.V. Karabanova, E.M. Vasenko -
A New Training for Factory Planning Engineers to Create Awareness of Climate Change
Abstract Climate change and global warming are having negative consequences for humans and nature. Manufacturing companies are particularly affected by the consequences of climate change. For example, extreme weather events can cause to production...
2016 / U. Dombrowski, S. Ernst, A. Reimer -
Construction Waste – Potentials and Constraints
Abstract The construction industry is a major generator of wastes and other seemingly unusable materials that can easily be discarded as solid waste. Basically, contractors are responsible for maintaining a sanitary work environment and to dispose...
2016 / S.E. Sapuay -
Forecasting Passenger Loads in Transportation Networks
Abstract This work is part of an ongoing effort to understand the dynamics of passenger loads in modern, multimodal transportation networks (TNs) and to mitigate the impact of perturbations. The challenge is that the percentage of passengers at any...
2016 / Stefan Haar, Simon Theissing -
Optimal Connection of Heat Pump and Solar Buffer Storage under Different Boundary Conditions
Abstract The paper presents the results of a simulation study, in which the connection of heat pumps and buffer storage tanks has been investigated. The simulations are carried out for a new type of a solar thermal combi system with a 32 m2...
2016 / Jens Glembin, Christoph Büttner, Jan Steinweg, Gunter Rockendorf -
On the Efficiency of the Finite Element Method in the Form of the Classical Mixed Method
Abstract This paper presents the arguments for the efficiency of the Finite Element Method in the form of the classical mixed method being developed by the authors. The example of a bended plate shows that the system of governing equations of the...
2016 / A.V. Ignatyev, V.A. Ignatyev -
Feasibility of Using 4th Power Law in Design of Plastic Deformation Resistant Low Volume Roads
Abstract A low volume road (LVR) structural design has two phases: first one is selection of appropriate construction materials and second is the determination of layer thicknesses under the certain traffic and environmental conditions with...
2016 / Volkan Emre Uz, Mehmet Saltan, İslam Gökalp -
Impact of Degree Heterogeneity on Attack Vulnerability of Interdependent Networks2016 / Shiwen Sun, Yafang Wu, Yilin Ma, Li Wang, Zhongke Gao, et al.