Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Evaluation of Low Temperature Properties of Rubberized Asphalt Mixtures
Abstract The paper presents low-temperature test results of asphalt mixtures designed with use of bitumen modified by crumb rubber and also SBS polymer. Laboratory tests were conducted on two types of asphalt mixtures for wearing course – stone...
2017 / Marek Pszczoła, Mariusz Jaczewski, Cezary Szydłowski, Józef Judycki, Bohdan Dołżycki -
Analytical Hierarchy Process for Developing a Building Performance-Risk Rating Tool2016 / Natasha Khalil, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Mohamad Rizal Baharum
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The Multicriteria Assessment of Multi-storey Office Building Energy Performance
Abstract Global trends indicate that the industrial development of countries requires increasingly larger energy resources. Energy resources that are most wildly used in industry are non-renewable natural resources. Therefore, the energy savings and ...
2017 / Evaldas Balionis, Darius Migilinskas, Rasa Džiugaitė-Tumėnienė -
The Use of BIM Technology in the Process of Analyzing the Increased Effort of Structural Elements
Abstract The use of BIM technology in the implementation of new buildings has been successful, in recent years becoming an essential tool for facilitating the process of design, implementation and use. Improving solutions and developing new models...
2017 / Romuald Szeląg -
Feasibility of perpetual pavement stage construction in China: A life cycle cost analysis
Abstract The main objective of pavement design and management is to build sustainable pavement structure with minimum costs during its whole life. There are many uncertainties in the process of pavement design pertaining many of its variables, such...
2017 / Zhongyin Guo, Saud A. Sultan -
Combined Wind Engineering, Smoke Flow and Evacuation Analysis for a Design of a Natural Smoke and Heat Ventilation System
Abstract This paper presents the basic methodologies used for Natural Smoke and Heat Ventilation Systems design under wind conditions, along with chosen numerical tools such as Computational Fluid Dynamics method and evacuation modelling as their...
2017 / Węgrzyński Wojciech, Krajewski Grzegorz -
Estimation of Safety Performance Measures from Smartphone Sensors
Abstract Safety performance measures represent an useful tool for evaluating road safety conditions on the basis of objective parameters deducible from the vehicle kinematics. In this context, safety performances are expressed in terms of indicators ...
2012 / Giuseppe Guido, Alessandro Vitale, Vittorio Astarita, Frank Saccomanno, Vincenzo Pasquale Giofré, et al. -
Derivation of ATS and PTSF Functions for Two-lane, Rural Highways in Brazil
Abstract The HCM2000 uses average travel speed (ATS) and percent time spent following (PTSF) as measures of effectiveness to assess the level of service on two-lane highways. While ATS is difficult to observe directly, it is virtually impossible to...
2011 / José Elievam Bessa, José Reynaldo Setti -
Design and Implementation of Efficient Transit Networks: Procedure, Case Study and Validity Test
Abstract This paper presents and tests a method to design high-performance transit networks. The method produces conceptual plans for geometric idealizations of a particular city that are later adapted to the real conditions. These conceptual plans...
2011 / M. Estrada, M. Roca-Riu, H. Badia, F. Robusté, C.F. Daganzo -
The Effect on Lane Utilization and Traffic Capacity of Adding an Auxiliary Lane
Abstract Chuo Expressway is one of the main arterial expressways connecting between Tokyo and Nagoya through some resort areas and mountainous areas, so the traffic volume on the expressway reaches to 100,000 per day on holiday and weekends. The...
2011 / Yoichi Moriyama, Masahiko Mitsuhashi, Shoichi Hirai, Takashi Oguchi -
Research on Modeling Precision and Standard of 3D Digital City
Abstract Researches and practices on 3D digital city have been widely performed in many cities, since most of them were used in specialized fields, and cannot share resources and inter-operator with other systems completely, it is urgent to develop...
2012 / Zhao Zhongyuan -
Testing and analysis of composite floor systems under peripheral column removal scenarios
Abstract This paper presents an experimental study on the behaviour of a composite floor system with end-plate connections under a peripheral column removal scenario. The floor system comprised bridging beams, peripheral supporting columns and...
2017 / Hui-Yuan Liu, Bo Yang, Shao-Bo Kang -
Investigation of the different weight models in Kalman filter: A case study of GNSS monitoring results
Abstract During geodetic monitoring with GNSS technology one of important steps is the correct processing and analysis of the measured displacements. We used the processing method of Kalman filter smoothing algorithm, which allows to evaluate not...
2017 / Roman Shults, Andriy Annenkov -
Methods of calculation of soil stress-strain distribution in sheet pile corset
Abstract Methodology of calculation of soil stress-strain distribution in sheet pile corset has been developed. Issues regarding calculation of closed pile sheeting which is used for stabilization of soil behavior in building structure footing have...
2017 / L.N. Kondratieva, V.M. Popov, P.Ye. Medvedsky -
Application Of Guided Wave Propagation In Diagnostics Of Steel Bridge Components2015 / M. Rucka, B. Zima, R. Kędra
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Influence of Engine Load on Concrete Pump Operating Parameters
Abstract The article deals with the energy balance of a stationary two-piston concrete pump equipped with a hydraulic actuator and S-shaped bypass valve, analyzes the power balance and determines power consumption rates to ensure operation of a pump ...
2017 / Ye. Koshkarev -
Multifactor Influence Analysis of Seismic Performance of RC Frame Structure with Cast-in-site Slabs
Abstract Pushover and nonlinear dynamic analysis method are applied to analyze the seismic performance of RC frame structure with or without slabs under the action of multiple factors in this thesis. Meanwhile, the structural response exerted by...
2017 / Wang-Xi Zhang, Bao Chen, Long-Jie Xiao, Jia-Jia Shi, Yong-Tao Wei -
Designing for energy transition through Value Sensitive Design
Designers can do much for a more sustainable future. Sustainability transitions research and empirical assessment of its course in a specific context can be used to identify a relevant space-time for different design initiatives. We explore this reasoning in...
2017 / Luisa Mok, Sampsa Hyysalo -
Building information modelling to cut disruption in housing retrofit2016 / Fernanda Justin Chaves, Patricia Tzortzopoulos, Carlos Torres Formoso, Clarissa Notariano Biotto
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Methodology of Practical Determination of Electric Drive for Force Compensating Manipulator
Abstract We review the peculiarities of application of a methodology for the multifactorial choice of the electric motor for force compensating manipulator taking into account the fulfillment of the following conditions: coordination of freight and...
2017 / A.A. Danshina