Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Generation and Calibration of Transit Hyperpaths
Abstract This paper introduces a new discrete choice model aimed at describing behaviour of public transport passengers at stops. We assume that passengers choose a set of buses from which they take the first arriving. This leads to a nested model...
2013 / Jan-Dirk Schmöcker, Hiroshi Shimamoto, Fumitaka Kurauchi -
Analytical Study on Protective Price of Water Trading For Valley City
Abstract At present, the problem of basin water environment is pretty austere and the disorderly construction of urban sprawl along basin brings more and more serious harm to the basin water environment, which has already became the important...
2011 / Zhang Guozhen, Xie Xiaoting, Yang Gongbo, Li Shun -
Study on development of low-carbon building based on LCA
Abstract This text did a research about the status of low-carbon technologies in building area, and discussed the necessity and importance of reducing carbon emissions in the full life cycle of building; constructed low-carbon assessment model of...
2011 / Jianrong Tang, Xiaoshuang Cai, Huanan Li -
Reliability analysis of slope Stability using stochastic finite element method
Abstract This paper deals with the reliability analysis of slope stability with spatial variability of soil properties. Supposing an elastic soil behavior until yield criteria, a stresses mobilized along slip surface are evaluated to formulate the...
2011 / Khaled Farah, Mounir Ltifi, Hedi Hassis -
Locating Sensors for Detecting Source-to-Target Patterns of Special Nuclear Material Smuggling: A Spatial Information Theoretic Approach2010 / Jay Przybyla, Jeffrey Taylor, Xuesong Zhou
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Study on the Road Network Connectivity Reliability of Valley City Based on Complex Network2012 / Yong-Sheng Qian, Min Wang, Hong-Xia Kang, Jun-Wei Zeng, Yu-Fei Liu
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The continuous strength method for steel and composite design2013 / Leroy Gardner, Merih Kucukler, Lorenzo Macorini
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A Procedure to Identify the Modal and Physical Parameters of a Classically Damped System under Seismic Motions2012 / M. De Angelis, M. Imbimbo
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Elastomeric Polymers for Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Structures against the Explosive Effects of Blast2012 / S. N. Raman, T. Ngo, P. Mendis, T. Pham
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Evaluation of Time Loading Influence on Asphalt Pavement Rutting
Abstract The rutting of asphalt pavement structures during their exploitation is considered to be one of the main problems in Lithuania, as well as in the entire world. This kind of pavement distress makes a negative impact to the exploitation...
2013 / Audrius Vaitkus, Miglė Paliukaitė -
Owners’ Perspective of Factors Contributing to Project Delay: Case Studies of Road and Bridge Projects in Saudi Arabia
Abstract Delays are a major cause for concern in the construction industry in Saudi Arabia. This paper identifies the main causes of delay in infrastructure projects in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and compares these with projects around the country and...
2016 / Ghazi Saad A. Elawi, Mohammed Algahtany, Dean Kashiwagi -
Architecture and Application Research of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems
Abstract This paper describes the System Architecture of the Cooperative Intelligent transportation system. It identifies the stakeholders and their concerns that were considered when developing the system architecture. And then introduces the...
2016 / Ling Sun, Yameng Li, Jian Gao -
A GERMAN EXAMPLE FOR A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN TRANSPORT RESEARCH
In 1998, a new partnership for transport research was founded in Germany's central region Frankfurt RheinMain by major transport authorities and operators, involving partners from industry and consultancy, and supported by the Hessen State Government. This ZIV is...
2014 / Manfred BOLTZE -
Freeway Lab: Testing Dynamic Speed Limits
Abstract This paper presents the Dynamic Speed Limit (DSL) experiment that took place in June 2013 on the last 13 km stretch of the B-23 freeway accessing the city of Barcelona (Spain). The DSL system installed on that freeway in addition to the...
2014 / Francesc Soriguera, Marcel Sala -
Pooling of low flow regimes using cluster and principal component analysis2012 / Andrea Števková, Miroslav Sabo, Silvia Kohnová
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Sustainability for Blast Furnace Slag: Use of Some Construction Wastes
Abstract Blast furnace slag is a by-product from blast furnaces which is used to produce iron. Blast furnace slag has been used extensively as a successful replacement material for Portland cement in concrete materials to improve durability, produce ...
2015 / Gulden Cagin Ulubeyli, Recep Artir -
Calculation of Carbon Footprints for Water Diversion and Desalination Projects
Abstract As greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming increase, it is becoming more important to consider the “carbon footprints” of engineering projects; however, the carbon footprints of water resource projects are often...
2015 / Jiahong Liu, Silan Chen, Hao Wang, Xiangdong Chen -
How should the sustainability of the location of dry ports be measured? A proposed methodology using Bayesian networks and multi-criteria decision analysis2015 / Samir Awad-Núñez, Nicoletta González-Cancelas, Francisco Soler-Flores, Alberto Camarero-Orive
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Development of New Prefabricated Wall Constructed Using Wood-wool Cement Composite Panel
Abstract Sustainability in construction industry has brought new materials to be used as a wall element in building construction in Malaysia. Wood-wool cement composite panel (WWCP) is the wood based product which manufactured from renewable...
2016 / M.S. Md Noh, Z. Ahmad, A. Ibrahim, P. Walker -
Optimization of Hybrid Hub-and-Spoke Network Operation for Less-Than-Truckload Freight Transportation considering Incremental Quantity Discount2014 / Weiya Chen, Kaixian He, Xiaoping Fang