Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Gauging the Reliability of Structural Design for Buildings and Infrastructures from Malaysian Engineers’ Viewpoint
Abstract From a structural design engineer's viewpoint, the focus of design is to ensure that the finished product, i.e. building or infrastructure can perform to the satisfaction of the client, in terms of strength, robustness and rigidity to...
2011 / J.C.L. Chiang, Y.E. Tu, C.S. Tan -
Numerical Simulation of Fracture Pattern and Bond Performance of Anchorage in Reinforced Concrete
Abstract This study investigates a mechanical behavior of T-headed bar for anchorage when it is applied to thin cover depth place. Firstly, an experimental program has been carried out. Five cylinderical specimens were subjected to uniaxial tensile...
2011 / Yu Inoue, Kohei Nagai -
Vibration Analysis of Mindlin Plates with Cracks by MLSElement Method
Abstract This paper presents an investigation on the vibration behaviour of rectangular Mindlin plates with one or more preexisting through cracks. The moving least square element (MLS-element) method recently developed by the authors is further...
2011 / L. Zhou, Y. Xiang -
Seismic Analysis on Soil-Structure Interaction of Buildings over Sandy Soil
Abstract During earthquakes seismic waves propagate from the bedrock through the soil layers and damage structures on the surface. The understanding of local site effects on strong ground motion is of particular importance for the mitigation of...
2011 / H. Matinmanesh, M. Saleh Asheghabadi -
An Analysis of the Turkish Flute Works Most Frequently Performed by Flute Teachers
Abstract The present study aims to determine the state of the Turkish flute works played by flute teachers working at Fine Arts and Sports High Schools and Music Education Departments of universities in Turkey and to perform an analysis of the most...
2012 / Hazan Kurtaslan -
A Utility-Based Evaluation Method on the Perceived Quality of Traffic Service
Abstract This study aims to develop a model to estimate a microscopic driving environment from macroscopic traffic condition data, and to show a series of methodologies for estimating the quality of traffic service based on a driver's perception....
2011 / Hideyuki Kita, Akira Kouchi -
Approximated headway distributions for non-signalized and signalized freeway entrance ramps
Abstract Cumulative interarrival time (IAT) distributions for four different non-signalized entrance ramps (three ramps with a single lane, one ramp with two lanes) and two different signalized entrance ramps (both with a single lane) were...
2011 / Erdinc Oner -
Analysis of the Weaknesses in the Present Freeway Capacity Models for Sweden
Abstract The aim of the work is to scrutinize the present Swedish capacity manual and new models from a project in the early 2000's. It only covers freeway facilities. By using new and extended empirical data the models that have to be improved can...
2011 / Per Strömgren -
How does driving behavior change when following an eco-driving car?
Abstract To realize the sustainable transportation system in Japan, the issue to reduce CO2 emission made by the automobiles has become very serious. Among the countermeasures discussed and proposed, the eco-driving has been treated as very...
2011 / Ryosuke Ando, Yasuhide Nishihori -
Cost-benefit Analysis for Traffic Network Reliability Improvement
Abstract A highly reliable traffic network is very important for both abnormal and normal periods. Network reliability can be improved effectively by improving the most important key link in the network. When such an important link has been...
2012 / Shuming Fang, Hiroshi Wakabayashi -
Empirical Analysis on Relationship between Traffic Conditions and Crash Occurrences
Abstract This paper investigates relationship between traffic conditions and the crash occurrence likelihood (COL) using the I-880 data. To remedy the data limitations and the methodological shortcomings suffered by previous studies, a...
2012 / Zuduo Zheng -
An activity-based system of models for student mobility simulation2009 / Gabriella Mazzulla
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The Support of Building Management in the Aspect of Technical Maintenance
Abstract Building management is performed during the phase which follows the building phase of a building's life cycle – the operational phase. This phase involves several management activities among which the most important consist in technical...
2013 / Marcin Gajzler -
A proposed methodology for seismic risk evaluation of existing reinforced school buildings
Abstract In the last few decades, there was a noticeable increase in earthquakes activities that cause great losses related with human and structures. The losses have a negative effect on the economy especially in developing countries that should...
2012 / Mohamed E. Sobaih, Maha A. Nazif -
Simulating USBR4908 by ANN modeling to analyse the effect of mineral admixture with ordinary and pozzolanic cements on the sulfate resistance of concrete
Abstract One of the available tests that can be used to evaluate the sulfate resistance of concrete is a procedure for length change of hardened concrete exposed to alkali sulfates (USBR4908). However, there are deficiencies in this test method...
2013 / O.A. Hodhod, G. Salama -
Rational Design of Piled Raft
Abstract Piles have been traditionally designed to ensure the transfer of the whole structural load to the soil in which they are embedded. It is now largely accepted that this way of doing is unduly conservative, especially in those cases in which...
2013 / Alessandro Mandolini, Raffaele Di Laora, Ylenia Mascarucci -
Effect of Incorporating Nanoporous Metal Phosphate Materials on the Compressive Strength of Portland Cement2008 / Dawn M. Wellman, Kent E. Parker, Shas V. Mattigod, Glen E. Fryxell
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The Real Economics of Climate Engineering2012 / Gernot Klepper, Wilfried Rickels
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Analytical solutions for elastic fields caused by eigenstrains in two joined and perfectly bonded half-spaces and related problems
Abstract This paper reports the derivation of the explicit integral kernels for the elastic fields due to eigenstrains in two joined and perfectly bonded half-space solids or bimaterials. The domain integrations of these kernels result in the...
2015 / Zhanjiang Wang, Hao Yu, Qian Wang -
Behaviour of single pile in consolidating soil
Abstract Piles located in consolidating soil are subjected to indirect loading resulted from the settlement of adjacent soil. Both pile and soil undergo downward movements caused by the axial pile load and surcharge loading on surrounding area. Both ...
2015 / Fathi M. Abdrabbo, Naema A. Ali