Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Game Scene with Chu (Ancient Place Name) Art Characteristics Produced by 3D Technology
Abstract The game designer shall integrate the game scene design with national culture characteristics to produce games with more national connotations. By means of reading Hubei and Hunan building culture characteristics as well applying them for...
2012 / Deng Shiyuan, Bai Junwei -
Performance Evaluation of Airport Construction Energy-saving based on DEA Network Design and Performance Analysis
Abstract Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) evaluation model in Airport Construction Energy-saving have improved incomplete weight deficiency of information processing. Firstly, indices values were converted to trapezoid fuzzy numbers, then with...
2012 / Guo Xiao-yan -
Tension and Compression Behaviour of Fly Ash-Lime-Gypsum Composite Mixed with Treated Tyre Chips2011 / S. P. Guleria, R. K. Dutta
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Research on Application of Removable Non-Rescue Submerged Groins in Lower Yellow River Training Works
Abstract To control river regime change, systematic river training works have been built on the Lower Yellow River. However, with the operation of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir, great changes have taken place in the incoming water and sediment in the...
2012 / Liu Yun, Wang Baomin, Li Yongqiang -
Derivation and Verification of New Common Formulas for the Calculation of Instantaneous Dam-break Maximum Discharge
Abstract In order to calculate the instantaneous dam-break maximum discharge Qm, the relationship of Qm with Qweir was built by the equality theory of the weir flow to wave flow. Theory deduction obtained the same new common formula that may compute ...
2012 / Fang Chonghui, Fang Kun -
IFC Extension for Road Structures and Digital Modeling
Abstract This paper introduces an information modeling technique for road structures which include roads, bridges and tunnels. The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) of BuildingSMART, which has become a de-jure standard for exchange of the Building...
2011 / S.-H. Lee, B.-G. Kim -
CREAM “Customer-driven Rail-freight Services on a European Mega-corridor based on Advanced business and Operating Models”
Abstract CREAM was an EU research project which aimed at improving rail freight between West and South East Europe. The project was set up first of all to shorten rail transport times on this axis and to cause a substantial modal shift towards rail. ...
2012 / Lars Deiterding, Niklas Galonske, Svenja Karcher -
Identification of design requirements for rugby wheelchairs using the QFD method
Abstract Rugby wheelchairs are typically customized and designed based primarily on the athlete’s ‘body measurements’. To date, relationships between anthropometric data and performance characteristics for individual athletes have not been addressed ...
2010 / Clara Cristina Usma-Alvarez, Aleksandar Subic, Michael Burton, Franz Konstantin Fuss -
Stability tests of urban physical form indicators: The case of European cities
Abstract Due to the lack of specific tools designed for the purpose of measuring urban physical form, adopting a variety of indicators from different disciplines is necessary. In this paper, for one of these possible dimensions of form, several...
2011 / Amon Boontore -
Classification of Natural Ventilation Strategies in Optimizing Energy Consumption in Malaysian Office Buildings
Abstract Buildings have been defined as one of the major contributors to environmental problems in construction and operation stages. Intensive researches have been conducted to intensify green building designs by using alternative sustainable...
2011 / C.C. Siew, A.I. Che-Ani, N.M. Tawil, N.A.G. Abdullah, M. Mohd-Tahir -
A method for predicting the alkali concentrations in pore solution of hydrated slag cement paste2011 / W. Chen, H. J. H. Brouwers
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The Impact of School Safety Zone and Roadside Activities on Speed Behaviour: the Indonesian Case
Abstract This paper is focused on heterogeneous traffic flows and roadside activity levels in urban streets as they relate to the safety management scheme's School Safety Zone (ZoSS). ZoSS is a time-dependent speed control zone consisting of road...
2012 / Nurul Hidayati, Ronghui Liu, Frank Montgomery -
Definition of Homogenous Sections in Road Pavement Measurements
Abstract Road measured data become useful information only if treated in order to match each section with statistically meaningful values. The problem can be led back to the detection of those change-points that divide measures in homogenous...
2012 / Salvatore Cafiso, Alessandro Di Graziano -
Impacts of a Cooperative Variable Speed Limit System
Abstract Variable Speed Limit Systems (VSLS) where variable message signs show speed limits based on, for example,traffic volume or road conditions exists on motorwaysin many countries. The purpose of the VSLS is to decrease the number of accidents...
2012 / Ellen Grumert, Andreas Tapani -
Ranking of delay factors in construction projects after Egyptian revolution
Abstract Time is one of the major considerations throughout project management life cycle and can be regarded as one of the most important parameters of a project and the driving force of project success. Time delay is a very frequent phenomenon and ...
2013 / Remon Fayek Aziz -
Surface Scaling Resistance of Concrete with Fly Ash From Co-Combustion of Coal and Biomass
Abstract The co-combustion of coal and biomass is connected with enforcing EU regulations concerning the application of renewable sources of energy. The more widely and efficiently that fuel is utilized the better this fact affects the ecology as...
2013 / Marta Kosior-Kazberuk -
Hybrid Precast Concrete Column and Sandwich Concrete Beam under Static Loading
Abstract This paper discusses structural behaviour of hybrid precast concrete column under static loading. Comparison between the hybrids precast concrete and ordinary cast in-situ concrete columns are also discussed. The column and sandwich...
2013 / Akmaluddin, S. Murtiadi -
Analysis of the Time-Dependent Reliability Index for Deteriorating Load-Carrying Members
Abstract The probability-based prediction and analysis of time-dependent survival probabilities and reliability indexes of non-deteriorating and deteriorating structural members exposed to extreme gravity and climate action effects are presented. A...
2013 / Ona Lukoševičienė, Antanas Kudzys -
Assessment of Concrete Bridge Performance under Moderate Seismic Shock Using Concrete Damage Plasticity Model
Abstract In the paper the assessment of seismic performance of the reinforced concrete bridge to the moderate earthquake is presented. To represent the inelastic behaviour of the concrete material under dynamic loading the concrete damage plasticity ...
2013 / Joanna M. Dulinska, Radoslaw Szczerba -
The environmental influence of asphalt pavement and countermeasures
Abstract To asphalt pavement, because asphalt is polymer materials, the aging of asphalt cannot be ignored; bituminous mixture is made up of asphalt and aggregate, meanwhile it contains interior pore space. Because of the rheology behaviour of...
2011 / Qingguo Yang, Jincheng Ning