Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Transport Issues in Modelling of Subcontracting in a Production and Logistics Network
Abstract The study considered the problem of subcontracting of the last stage of the manufacturing process in a production and logistics network. The research was conducted in the sector of steel products distribution.Production and logistics...
2012 / Marzena Kramarz, Włodzimierz Kramarz -
Performance Evaluation of Eco-friendly Asphalt Concretes Using the Simple Shear and 4p Bending Tests
Abstract A Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) and a Rubberized Asphalt Concrete (RAC) have been compared with a traditional Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete through the use of a specific software called CalME, developed for Caltrans. The required performance models’...
2012 / Andrea Simone, Matteo Pettinari, Cesare Sangiorgi, Wu Rongzong -
Multicommodity Network Design Problem in Rail Freight Transportation Planning
Abstract Network Design Problem (NDP) is one of the important problems in combinatorial optimization. Among the network design problems, the Multicommodity Network Design (MCND) problem has numerous applications in transportation, logistics,...
2012 / Masoud Yaghini, Rahim Akhavan -
Transport capacity constraints on the mass transit system: a systemic analysis2011 / Fabien Leurent
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A new bipenalty formulation for ensuring time step stability in time domain computational dynamics2011 / Jack Hetherington, Antonio Rodríguez-Ferran, Harm Askes
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Decision-support tools for municipal infrastructure maintenance management
Abstract Sewers, water pipes, and streets are elements of our civil infrastructure, the supporting structure of society. Infrastructure is a complex technical system that provides us with a varied range of essential services; a storehouse of...
2011 / Di Sivo Michele, Ladiana Daniela -
Household Car's Quantitative Research of Product Form Characteristic
Abstract This paper, based on the method of Applied statistics and experimental psychology, use the principal component analysis method to Quantitative research the user's perceptual knowledge of household car shape design, and try to establish...
2013 / Yue Pang, Fang Bian -
Modeling drivers' passing duration and distance in a virtual environment
Abstract In many countries two-lane rural highways constitute a large proportion of the road network. One of the most fatal crash types is head-on collisions. Some of these head-on collisions are caused by failed passing maneuvers, when a driver...
2013 / Haneen Farah -
A Bi-level Formulation for the Combined Dynamic Equilibrium based Traffic Signal Control
Abstract This paper formulates the combined dynamic user equilibrium and signal control problem (DUESC) as a bi-level optimization problem. The signal control operator in the upper level optimizes the signal setting to minimize the system travel...
2013 / Satish Ukkusuri, Kien Doan, H.M. Abdul Aziz -
Study on High-rise Structure with Oblique Columns by ETABS, SAP2000, MIDAS/GEN and SATWE
Abstract Facing a large number of new-type complex structural system and progressively consummate earthquake-resistant theories, the conventional software can no longer meet the needs of calculation and analysis. Meanwhile, some international finite ...
2012 / Kai Hu, Yimeng Yang, Suifeng Mu, Ge Qu -
A Non-dimensional Form of Hydrodynamic Model with Variable coefficients in a Uniform Reservoir Using Lax-Wendroff Method
Abstract A mathematical model is used to simulate the water current and the elevation in a uniform reservoir. A hydrodynamic model that provides the velocity field and elevation of the water flow is considered. In the simulating process, the...
2011 / Nopparat Pochai, Chunya Sornsri -
Sustainable Non-Metallic Building Materials2010 / Paul Joseph, Svetlana Tretsiakova-McNally
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The Impact of the HMCFRP Ratio on the Strengthening of Steel Composite I-Beams2012 / E. Agcakoca, M. Aktas
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Application of integrated fuzzy VIKOR & AHP methodology to contractor ranking2012 / Mohamad Rahim Ramezaniyan, Masoud Kazemi, Hadi Jafari, Seyyed Majid Elahi
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Investigating effects of boundary conditions on the evaluation of R-factor of un-braced steel frames
Abstract Design of Structures to resist seismic load depends on the theory of dissipation in elastic of energy that already exists in response modification factor “R-factor”. The main problem in codes gives a constant value for R-factor, since...
2015 / Masood M.M. Irheem, Walid A. Attia -
Bounding Queuing System Performance with Variational Theory
Abstract Queuing models are often used for traffic analysis, but analytical results concerning a system of queues are rare, thanks to the interdependence between queues. In this paper, we present an analysis of queuing systems to obtain bounds of...
2015 / Jia Li, H. Michael Zhang -
Performance Evaluation of Oil-free Chillers for Building Energy Performance Improvement
Abstract This paper investigates how to improve the energy performance of central air-conditioning systems by using oil-free chillers. Three conventional water-cooled centrifugal chillers of equal capacity were replaced by three oil-free chillers of ...
2015 / F.W. Yu, K.T. Chan, R.K.Y. Sit, J. Yang -
Application of ultimate limit state design for axially loaded single piles in Egyptian geotechnical practice
Abstract For a long time, the framework of geotechnical design in Egypt has been based mainly on Working Stress Design (WSD) philosophy with the global safety concept as presented in the current version of the Egyptian Code of Practice for Soil...
2015 / Yasser M. El-Mossallamy, Mohamed M. Tawfik, M.A. Zayed -
Research on Rail Transit Network System and its Connection Model in the Metropolitan Area
Abstract In order to plan rail transit network in metropolitan area, this paper firstly analyzes metropolitan space structure and features of land layout. It then proposes an effective rail transit network system in Chinese metropolitan area and...
2013 / Cai Jingjing, Zheng Changjiang, Yang Ming -
Urban Traffic Analysis through an UAV
Abstract In order to realize a precise and accurate traffic study, a method to evaluate the real traffic flow conditions in urban areas based on videos acquired by an UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, is proposed. In this way it does not require...
2014 / Giuseppe Salvo, Luigi Caruso, Alessandro Scordo