Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Product-Service Business Concept Design: Real-world Case of a Small Furniture Manufacturing Firm
Abstract Service elements are added and enhanced to make manufacturing companies more innovativeand grow revenue. The servitization process could take many different routes reflecting variousproperties of the manufacturing firm and its business...
2015 / Yong Se Kim, Juhye Lee, Heeju Lee, Yoo Suk Hong -
Improvement of railway performance: a study of Swedish railway infrastructure2016 / Yamur K. Al-Douri, Phillip Tretten, Ramin Karim
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Initial Investigation for Potential Motivators to Achieve Sustainable Construction Safety and Health
Abstract The sustainable construction safety and health is an integral aspect of sustainable and green building efforts. Sustainable construction is defined as the creation and responsible management of a healthy built environment based on resource...
2015 / Herry Pintardi Chandra -
Design Support for Maintenance Tasks using TRIZ
Abstract Design for Maintenance is a method to optimize maintenance activities during the design process. To help maintenance engineers, the chair Maintenance Engineering at the University of Twente has set up a list of 37 guidelines. However, these ...
2016 / Tom Vaneker, Tijmen van Diepen -
Synchronized Multi-trip Multi-traffic Pickup & Delivery in City Logistics
Abstract The paper introduces the first methodology addressing with a single fleet of vehicles the routing of the three different types of transportation demands encountered in City Logistics, inbound, outbound and intra-city traffic. We propose a...
2016 / Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Phuong Khanh Nguyen, Michel Toulouse -
Improving Safety of Transportation by Using Intelligent Transport Systems
Abstract As the intelligent railway is the trend of current development, the paper aims to show an overview of some examples of intelligent systems and their functions that could help to protect transportation infrastructure. The paper deals with...
2016 / Lucia Janušová, Silvia Čičmancová -
Influence of Natural Ventilation on the Thermal Behavior of a Massive Building
Abstract The aim of this paper is to evaluate the thermal behaviour of a massive building during summer period. Experimental investigations were carried out on “Caserma Gaetano Abela”, an historical building located in Siracusa (Italy). The...
2015 / Antonio Gagliano, Umberto Berardi, Francesco Nocera, Noemi Salerno -
Consideration of transport logistics hubs in freight transport demand models2015 / Stefan Huber, Jens Klauenberg, Carina Thaller
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Study on the Thixotropy of the Fresh Concrete Using DEM
Abstract Fresh concrete is a typical thixotropy material with a time-dependent rheological characteristic. In this study, a general Discrete Element Method (DEM) model for the fresh concrete was firstly established and calibrated by the rheological...
2015 / Yuanqiang Tan, Guodong Cao, Hao Zhang, Jiaqian Wang, Rong Deng, et al. -
Research on the Design of Ecological Energy-saving Building Based on the Climate Condition of Hangzhou
Abstract In this paper, for the purpose of energy conversation and carbon emission reduction, a small energy-saving experimental building was designed based on the climate condition of Hangzhou with hot summer and cold winter. With the idea of...
2016 / Qian Wu, Weijun Gao -
Optimization of Signal Timing at Critical Intersections for Evacuation
Abstract Aimed to make the evacuated vehicles leave the evacuation zone as quickly as possible, a bi-level programming model is proposed to determine the signal timing at critical intersections (CI) by means of dynamic traffic simulation. The...
2016 / Xing Zhao, Ming-jie Feng, Hui-ying Li, Teng Zhang -
Product Architecture Definition: Evaluating the Potentiality of TRIZ Tools
Abstract Product Architecture definition plays more and more a crucial role for enhancing product customizability, easing after-sale management and reducing manufacturing costs. Despite major efforts have been dedicated to the development of methods ...
2015 / Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Francesco Saverio Frillici, Paolo Rissone, Gaetano Cascini -
Assessment of Soil-Structure Interaction in Seismic Bridge Pier Analysis Using Force and Displacement Based Approaches2015 / R N P Singh, Hemant Kumar Vinayak
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A BIM-integrated Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision Making Model for Selecting Low-Carbon Building Measures
Abstract Low-carbon building (LCB) has been regarded as an innovative and practical approach to reducing building carbon emissions. The design decision-making for LCBs should consider various criteria which however are often associated with...
2015 / L. Chen, W. Pan -
The Need for Ecologization of Design-Education
Abstract In order to solve environmental problems, it is necessary to form ecological culture in society. A great opportunity in addressing this problem is design. Design as a global phenomenon, an element of industrial production and socio-cultural ...
2015 / Marina Pankina, Svetlana Zakharova -
Vibration Perception in Buildings: A Survey. From the Historical Origins to the Present Day
Abstract The paper provides a literature overview regarding the perception of vibrations, with a particular attention to the issues of comfort in buildings. Nowadays, an increasing number of mechanical sources generate vibrations in building...
2015 / Alessandro Schiavi, Laura Rossi -
Development of High Performance Aerogel Concrete
Abstract Current massive wall-building materials can be characterized by having either low thermal conductivities and thus low bulk densities and low compression strength or high compressions strength, high bulk densities and high thermal...
2015 / S. Fickler, B. Milow, L. Ratke, M. Schnellenbach-Held, T. Welsch -
Lower Structure Research of Hall Buildings
Abstract The solution to problems of building thermal technology in the substructure of industrial buildings and ground connections is based on knowledge of the thermal regime of soil - sub base, one of the important components of soil climate. It...
2016 / Anna Sedlakova -
Comparative Study for Buckling Resistance of Steel Sheets Provided with Stiffeners Used in Bridge Structures2015 / Marian Daraban
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Development of Advanced Technologies (AT) in Green Transport Corridors
Abstract The paper presents tendency analysis for advanced technologies. Advanced technologies – is an area having different acceptability and local adaptation levels in different countries, thus it is particularly important to be acquainted with...
2016 / Nijolė Batarlienė, Aldona Jarašūnienė