Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Material Properties and Carbonation Depths Measured on Seven, More Than a 100-years Old, Concrete Bridges in Slovakia
Abstract The oldest Reinforced Concrete Bridge in Slovakia was built in 1892 in Krásno nad Kysucou and it was reconstructed in 2014, after being in service for more than 120 years. There are many other concrete bridges in Slovakia older than...
2016 / Peter Paulík, Michal Bačuvčík, Patrik Ševčík, Ivan Janotka -
A Numerical Study on the Stress Changes in the Ballast Due to Train Passages
Abstract The long-term settlement of railway tracks is a consequence of permanent deformations taking place in the track granular layers and subgrade. In the ballast layer, which experiences the highest stress amplitudes during train passages, these ...
2016 / José N. Varandas, André Paixão, Eduardo Fortunato, Paul Hölscher -
A Game-based Analysis of Freight Paths Allocation with a Case Study on Great Britain Brighton Main Line
Abstract In recent years the rail sector has experienced significant demand growth that leads to increased competition for the scarce resource of railway capacity. In Great Britain, the current policy tends to favour passenger trains to freight...
2016 / Konrad Bablinski -
Design Evaluation of Automated Manufacturing Processes Based on Complexity of Control Logic
Abstract Complexity continues to be a challenge in manufacturing systems, resulting in ever-inflating costs, operational issues and increased lead times to product realisation. Assessing complexity realizes the reduction and management of complexity ...
2016 / Bugra Alkan, Daniel Vera, Mussawar Ahmad, Bilal Ahmad, Robert Harrison -
Especially Targeted Traffic Survey from ADR Category of Road Tunnel Point of View
Abstract The most famous traffic survey in Slovakia is national counting of traffic which is performed since 1963 and in periodical five-year intervals since 1980. It is very extensive traffic survey focused on traffic volume on all sections of...
2016 / Peter Danišovič, Michal Hodoň, Matúš Jurečka, Martin Húdik -
Design of the New Northern Danube Railway Bridge in Budapest
Abstract The article aims to present the challenging design tasks of the reconstructed Northern Danube railway bridge in Budapest. Besides, it gives an overview of the extraordinary construction and replacement process that was carried out within 3...
2016 / Imre Solymossy, Peter Gondar -
Development of a Mobility-Based Service Measure for Freeway Facilities
Abstract The Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) currently uses a bipolar approach to defining level of service (LOS) for freeway facilities: either (1) weighted density or (2) assigning LOS F if one or more segments experience LOS F. The major...
2016 / Richard Margiotta, Douglas McLeod, Tyrone Scorsone -
Don’t Push the Red Button: A Case Against Manual Pedestrian Detection in Urban Areas
Abstract Traffic lights in urban transport systems are often designed to take into account the situation on the road, i.e. detect vehicles and optimize road traffic flow. A wide variety of methods is employed to detect vehicles - from cameras...
2016 / Maciej Sulmicki -
Strength Calculation and Analysis of Equalizer Beam Embodiments for the Operated Equalizing Beam Suspension of the Universal Rotor-screw Rescue Vehicle for the Arctic
Abstract The Arctic region certainly has an extremely heavy environment for motion of amphibious vehicles. In addition to climatic factors, there are other factors such as snow and ice cover with a difficult relief, ice obstacles of different...
2016 / A.A. Koshurina, M.S. Krasheninnikov, R.A. Dorofeev -
Improvement of the Purification Technology of Natural Waters in Waterworks in the Steppes and the Desert Zone
Abstract The most important task of housing and communal services is to provide a high-quality drinking water to the population. It is necessary to improve the existing traditional water supply system and to develop new means of water treatment. ...
2016 / E.V. Moskvicheva, V.P. Batmanov, A.A. Sakharova -
Deep Bed Filtration Asymptotics at the Filter Inlet
Abstract Problems of deep bed filtration of the suspension in a porous soil are important for the design and construction of tunnels and hydrotechnical structures. A size-exclusion model of solid particle capture in a porous media is considered. For ...
2016 / Ludmila I. Kuzmina, Yuri V. Osipov -
Servitization Methodology in ICT Service System Design
Abstract This paper proposes steps of conceptual service design by assimilation of service modeling methods into conventional design practices of ICT systems integrators. The service models are simplified into four forms: persona-scenario,...
2016 / Shigeru Hosono, Eriko Numata, Yoshiki Shimomura -
Hi-SPEQ – Developing the Technical and Quality Requirements for High-speed Condition Surveys of Road Networks
Abstract High speed surveys have become a key source of information to support condition assessment and management of pavement assets. These surveys can be applied network wide to obtain data on the surface condition and structural robustness of the ...
2016 / Alex Wright, Emma Benbow, Roland Spielhofer, Leif Sjögren, Gregers Hildebrand, et al. -
Recycling of CDW and Steel Slag in Drainage Layers of Transport Infrastructures
Abstract Using waste as a civil engineering construction material represents an important environmental and economic advantage. In this context, it was studied the durability and permeability of a crushed concrete recycled aggregate (CCCDW),...
2016 / A.J. Roque, P.F. da Silva, G. Rodrigues, R. Almeida -
Stabilization Model Building of Management-research for Requirement Definition Streamlining in ITSC Management
Abstract Requirements definition that is an important work process for a project and may determine the success or failure of system development project tends to draw an ambiguous conclusion, which will lead directly to the failure of such a system...
2016 / Keisuke Kiritani, Masakazu Ohashi, Shogo Kamei, George Itagoshi -
Simplified reliability analysis of punching in reinforced concrete flat slab buildings under accidental actions
Abstract Flat slab concrete buildings are widely found in infrastructure such as office and residential buildings or industrial facilities. The susceptibility of progressive collapse of such structures due to accidental loads is highly dependent on...
2016 / P. Olmati, J. Sagaseta, D. Cormie, A.E.K. Jones -
Modular Buildings in Modern Construction
Abstract The article considers temporary methods of using modular units in construction. The advanced world experience in the construction of modular buildings is analyzed. It is emphasized that modular construction has the potential to shorten...
2016 / Elena M. Generalova, Viktor P. Generalov, Anna A. Kuznetsova -
Way of Optimization of Stress State of Elements of Concrete Structures
Abstract Inverse problems of the theory of elasticity for inhomogeneous bodies, as a rule, are used to identify the dependence of the mechanical properties of the material from the coordinates. It is known that in a thick-walled cylindrical or...
2016 / Vladimir I. Andreev, Elena V. Barmenkova, Ivan A. Potekhin -
Interlayer Bond Evaluation in the Flexible Pavement Structures Using a Nondestructive Testing Method
Abstract The paper proposes a new approach to the bond condition evaluation of flexible pavement structural courses using a nondestructive testing method. It provides numerical modeling results of the effect of the bond loss between flexible...
2016 / E.V. Uglova, A.N. Tiraturyan -
The Characteristics of Vibration Isolation System with Damping and Stiffness Geometrically Nonlinear2016 / Ze-Qi Lu, Li-Qun Chen, Michael J. Brennan, Jue-Ming Li, Hu Ding