Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Improved concrete properties to resist the saline water using environmental by-product
Abstract This paper investigates the influence of using environmental by-product materials (silica fume and fly ash) in concrete on the chloride ion permeability of concrete. Nine concrete mixtures were designed to have the same degree of...
2014 / Mohamed Anwar, Mahmoud Roushdi -
Laboratory Investigation on Use of Fly Ash Plastic Waste Composite in Bituminous Concrete Mixtures
Abstract This paper reports the benefits of composite of fly ash and plastic waste in Bituminous Concrete (BC) mixture for construction of flexible pavement. Fly Ash (FA) and Plastic Waste (PW) are two abundantly available waste materials, with...
2013 / Umadevi Rongali, Gagandeep Singh, Anita Chourasiya, P.K. Jain -
Simulating Friction Power Losses in Automotive Journal Bearings
Abstract Journal bearings are used in a large number of critical positions in automotive internal combustion engines (ICE) and contribute a major contribution to the total friction power losses in these engines. Due to the worldwide effort to reduce ...
2014 / H. Allmaier, D.E. Sander, F.M. Reich -
Potential of the Power-to-Heat Technology in District Heating Grids in Germany
Abstract The increasing amount of power generation from weather-dependent renewable sources in Germany is projected to lead to a considerable number of hours in which power generation exceeds power demand. One possibility to take advantage of this...
2014 / Diana Böttger, Mario Götz, Nelly Lehr, Hendrik Kondziella, Thomas Bruckner -
A Performance-based Evaluation of Superpave Design Gyrations for High Traffic Surface Mixes
Abstract The number of design gyrations (Ndes) is an extremely important parameter in the asphalt concrete mix design procedure using the Superpave method. The choice of Ndes is a function of total traffic during the pavement service life, expressed ...
2013 / N. Paul Khosla, Dinesh Ayyala -
Behavior of I-beam bolted extended end-plate moment connections
Abstract Pretensioned extended, bolted end-plate moment connections are very popular due to ease of fabrication and erection. In order to identify the effect of different parameters on the behavior of the connection, a three-dimensional finite...
2013 / Abdelrahim Khalil Dessouki, Ahmed Hassan Youssef, Mohamed Mostafa Ibrahim -
Enhancing microstructure and durability of concrete from ground granulated blast furnace slag and metakaolin as cement replacement materials
Abstract Recycling of industrial wastes and by-products can help reduce the cost of waste treatment prior to disposal and eventually preserve natural resources and energy. In this work, the pore structure and interfacial transition zone (ITZ) of...
2013 / Ping Duan, Zhonghe Shui, Wei Chen, Chunhua Shen -
From Solar Building Design to Net Zero Energy Buildings: Performance Insights of an Office Building
Abstract Net Zero-Energy Buildings Performance has gained more attention since the publication in 2010 of the EPBD recast [1]. Successful implementation of such an ambitious target depends on a great variety of factors. With a literature full of...
2014 / Laura Aelenei, Helder Gonçalves -
Location Of Objects with a High Degree of Inner Precision2014 / Lubomír Kubáček
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Research on Modes of Cargo Ro-Ro, Drop and Pull Transport in Land-Sea Transportation Channel between Shandong and Liaoning2015 / Yongsheng Liu, Yu Li, Juan Chen
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Reliability Calculation of Mine Ventilation Network
Abstract A good ventilation system should reflect both safety reliable and economical reasonable. Safe and reliable mine ventilation system have high reliability and resilience during normal operation or in the disaster period. There is a close...
2014 / Luo Wengui, Xie Xianping, Xiao Houzao, Cui Chao, Yin Xiaoyu, et al. -
Reliability Analysis in Performance-based Earthquake Engineering
Abstract The performance-based engineering approach, as opposed to prescriptive rules of code-based design, is based on simulation of real structural behavior. Reliability of the expected performance state is assessed by using various methodologies...
2015 / El Ghoulbzouri Abdelouafi, Kissi Benaissa, Khamlichi Abdellatif -
A Real-Time Recording Model of Key Indicators for Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions of Sustainable Buildings2014 / Weiwei Wu, Huanjia Yang, David Chew, Yanhong Hou, Qiming Li
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Urban Residential Land Suitability Index System and Its Comprehensive Evaluation—A Case Study of Wenzhou
Abstract Urban residential land suitability evaluation is an important part in the general land use planning. Its result guides us to the optimum living environment. Grounded on evaluation features, the paper established an evaluation index system...
2011 / Dongdong Qiu, Jielin Zhang -
Tracings
Abstract The roads often cross territories dividing them according to logical entirely extraneous to their nature, because belonging to other places to be connected, but they can become also new axes of attraction on the trace of which the...
2011 / Claudio Zanirato -
Research on the key technologies of web parts library in product configuration system
Abstract In order to build a web-based parts library for the product configuration system, the data description norm, web browsing and application methods are researched. An ontology based data description norm is used to build the web parts...
2011 / Liu Qiong, Xu Yang, Peng Rushu, Xie Jing, Wang Yulin -
Sensitivity analysis as a sustainable building design help
Abstract In the design of sustainable Buildings it is beneficial to identify the most important design parameters in order to develop more efficiently alternative design solutions or reach optimized design solutions. A sensitivity analysis makes it...
2010 / Matthias Haase, Inger Andresen, Berit Time, Anne Grete Hestnes -
Greenhouse gas emissions from concrete can be reduced by using mix proportions, geometric aspects, and age as design factors2015 / Sabbie A Miller, Arpad Horvath, Paulo J M Monteiro, Claudia P Ostertag
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Examining MWEP and its validity in an Islamic society: A national study in Iran
Abstract This study investigates the validity of Persian version of Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile (MWEP), and compares its outcome with the MWEP versions in other cultures. In 2007, this scale has been used as an international scale for...
2011 / Hamid Ebadollahi Chanzanagh, Mahdi Akbarnejad -
Predicition Of Compressive Strength In Light-Weight Self-Compacting Concrete By ANFIS Analytical Model2015 / B. Vakhshouri, S. Nejadi