Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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The effective length of columns in multi-storey frames
Abstract Codes of practice rely on the effective length method to assess the stability of multi-storey frames. The effective length method involves isolating a critical column within a frame and evaluating the rotational and translational stiffness...
2015 / A. Webber, J.J. Orr, P. Shepherd, K. Crothers -
Interaction between surface structures and tunnelling in sand: Centrifuge and computational modelling
Abstract Tunnelling in urban areas requires a careful estimation of the consequence of soil settlements on existing buildings. In this paper the interaction between the excavation of a tunnel in sand and surface structures is investigated. A two...
2015 / Giorgia Giardina, Matthew J. DeJong, Robert J. Mair -
Prediction of Self-Compacting Concrete homogeneity by ultrasonic velocity
Abstract To evaluate the filling capacity of self-compacting concrete SCC without segregation, a technique based on the ultrasonic velocity has been adapted in order to estimate homogeneity and quality of concrete at very young age. ...
2015 / M. Benaicha, O. Jalbaud, X. Roguiez, A. Hafidi Alaoui, Y. Burtschell -
Handbike Aerodynamics: Wind Tunnel Versus Track Tests
Abstract It is well established that wind resistance is responsible for most of the metabolic cost of cycling in level ground. Aerodynamic drag is about 80% of the total resistive force in road racing at 30km/h and up 94% in time trial competitions...
2014 / Marco Belloli, Federico Cheli, Ilmas Bayati, Stefano Giappino, Fabio Robustelli -
Combining energy efficiency measure approaches and occupancy patterns in building modelling in the UK residential context
Abstract The UK faces a significant retrofit challenge, especially with its housing stock of old, hard-to-treat solid walled dwellings. In this work, we investigate the delivery of heated thermal comfort with a lower energy demand through four types ...
2015 / Erica Marshall, Julia K. Steinberger, Valerie Dupont, Timothy J. Foxon -
A Two Seismic Sensor Based Approach for Moving Vehicle Detection
Abstract A novel method for using roadside seismic (accelerometer) sensors to detect moving vehicles driven in traffic lanes is investigated in this paper. The method uses two seismic sensors installed on a road shoulder, with the recorded seismic...
2013 / Hua Wang, Wei Quan, Xin Liu, Shen Zhang -
A Study on Entrance Design of Speed Limit Zone based on Users’ Consciousness in Japan
Abstract Zone 30 system is being promoted into the community roads in Japan now. In order to get an effective design alternative for the entrance of the zones, a study is conducted by taking the Motoshiro region in Toyota City as the objective area...
2014 / Ryosuke Ando, Yasuhiro Mimura -
Dynamic Transportation Planning and Operations: Concept, Framework and Applications in China
Abstract Transportation systems are large, complex and dynamic. Traditional transportation planning methods are based on 4-step travel demand forecast models, which are not good at describing the dynamic characteristics of transportation systems. On ...
2013 / Mingqiao Zou, Xiqun (Michael) Chen, Haixiao Yu, Yinan Tong, Ziwei Huang, et al. -
Railway noise annoyance and the importance of number of trains, ground vibration, and building situational factors2014 / Anita Gidlöf-Gunnarsson, Tomas Jerson, Mikael Ögren, Evy Öhrström
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Uncertainties Concerning the Free Vibration of Inhomogeneous Orthotropic Reinforced Concrete Plates2014 / Vahid Lal Shahsavar, Samira Tofighi
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Force limited random vibration testing: the computation of the semi-empirical constant $$C^2$$ C 2 for a real test article and unknown supporting structure2015 / J. J. Wijker, M. H. M. Ellenbroek, A. de Boer
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Finite Element Analysis of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete (SFRC): Validation of Experimental Shear Capacities of Beams
Abstract Finite element models are analyzed and validated with the experimental shear capacities of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) as well as plain concretes. In this work, steel fibers with low aspect ratio which are commonly available in...
2014 / Md. Mashfiqul Islam, Mst. Sumaiya Khatun, Md. Rashed Ul Islam, Jannatul Ferdous Dola, Mosaruf Hussan, et al. -
Travel Time of Public Transport Vehicles Estimation
Abstract Effective prediction of speed is central to advanced traveler information and transportation management systems. The speed of public transport vehicles is affected by many external factors including traffic volume, organization and...
2014 / Krystian Birr, Kazimierz Jamroz, Wojciech Kustra -
Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe): Psychometric Properties and Sociodemographic Findings in a Large Brazilian Sample
Abstract This study presents the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe-BR). Participants were 3.034 subjects (63.9% women), ranging in age from 18 to 91 years. Reliability...
2015 / Bruno Figueiredo Damásio, Sílvia Helena Koller, Tatjana Schnell -
Enhancement of elementary beam theories in order to obtain exact solutions for elastic rectangular beams
Abstract Boley's method is utilized in order to show that the elementary Bernoulli–Euler beam theory can be enhanced such that exact solutions of the plane-stress theory of linear elasticity are obtained for force loaded rectangular beams. An...
2014 / Hans Irschik -
Identification of Measurement Points for Calibration of Water Distribution Network Models
Abstract Much importance is given to determining the input data for water distribution system networks, particularly with regard to urban networks, because the design and the management of WDS are based on a verification model. Good calibration of...
2014 / A. Fiorini Morosini, F. Costanzo, P. Veltri, D. Savić -
A Collaborative Service Decision-making Method for the Delivery Management of PSS
Abstract Maintainability and serviceability are the most important factors which influence the delivery of Product Service Systems (PSS). To enhance the maintainability and serviceability for collaborative service in the context of PSS, a...
2015 / Rui Zhou, Jingqian Wen, Xin Li, Yaoguang Hu -
Effects of Shell-stiffening on the Stability of Circular Plates
Abstract The present paper deals with the stability problem of a thin circular thin plate which is stiffened by a thin cylindrical shell on the external boundary or inside the plate. Assuming axisymmetric deformations and an axisymmetric in-plane...
2012 / Dániel Burmeister -
Wireless Sensors Network Based Safe Home to Care Elderly People: Behaviour Detection
Abstract The age span of elder people is increasing and this trend may continue in near future. Elder people wish to stay as independently as possible and are keen on fulfilling lives, but self-regulating ways of life involve with risks, such as...
2012 / N.K. Suryadevara, A. Gaddam, R.K. Rayudu, S.C. Mukhopadhyay -
The Idea to Promote the Development of E-Government in the Civil Aviation System
Abstract E-government has a significant impact on the organizational structure, working mechanism, operating methods and behavior patterns of the civil aviation administration department.The purpose of this research is to find some countermeasures...
2012 / Jiang Renliang