Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Energy and Environmental Impacts of Potential Application of Fully or Partially Electric Propulsion Vehicles: Application to Lisbon and São Miguel, Portugal
Abstract The transportation sector has been one of the fastest growing sectors resulting in a high final energy consumption in Portugal (40% in 2011), with road transportation sector being responsible for 82% of that energy consumption. As a result, ...
2014 / Patrícia Baptista, José Tavares, Gonçalo Gonçalves -
Deformation Properties and Fatigue of Bituminous Mixtures2013 / Frantisek Schlosser, Jan Mikolaj, Viera Zatkalikova, Juraj Sramek, Dominika Durekova, et al.
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Waste Tire Particles and Gamma Radiation as Modifiers of the Mechanical Properties of Concrete2014 / Eduardo Sadot Herrera-Sosa, Gonzalo Martínez-Barrera, Carlos Barrera-Díaz, Epifanio Cruz-Zaragoza
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Water Demand Forecast in the Baiyangdian Basin with the Extensive and Low-Carbon Economic Modes2014 / T. L. Qin, D. H. Yan, G. Wang, J. Yin
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Monitoring Study of Shaft Lining Concrete Strain in Freezing Water-Bearing Soft Rock During Mine Shaft Construction Period in West China
Abstract In the water-bearing soft rock strata of West China, a field measurement is carried out on the shaft lining in bedrock section. The shaft lining is built with freezing method. From the measurement, some changes of regularity in...
2011 / Han Tao, Yang Weihao, Yang Zhijiang, Zhang Chi, Bo Dongliang -
The positioning and thickness effect for soft clay layer on 3D-building resting on piled raft
Abstract The effect of both of the positioning and the thickness of soft clay layer on 3D-building resting on piled raft has not received much attention. Herein, a computer program ASTNII is developed by the author in order to examine the behavior...
2012 / W. El Kamash -
Simulation of Turbulent Wind Velocity for Transmission Tower Based on Auto-Regressive Model Method
Abstract The wind load plays an important role in structure dynamic analysis. Transmission towers collapse a lot because of the effect wind load, so the design of transmission towers must consider precisely the influence of actual wind load. On the...
2012 / Jingpeng Hou, Zitang Sun, Yanxia Li -
On some recent achievements of earthquake simulation
Abstract This paper presents some recent achievements of earthquake simulation, which is divided into the seismic wave propagation simulation and the seismic structure response simulation. These achievements are based on rigorous mathematical...
2011 / Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Lalith Wijerathne -
Estimation of origin–destination matrices for mass event: A case of Macau Grand Prix
Abstract Mass-event activities attracting a large number of people become important in promoting the culture of a city. The organization of a mass event requires a detailed plan of traffic control and evaluation of transport accessibility, but the...
2010 / K.I. Wong, Siou-An Yu -
Static Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with CFRP Composites2010 / W. Głodkowska, M. Ruchwa
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A non-linear interface element for 3D mesoscale analysis of brick-masonry structures2010 / L. Macorini, B. A. Izzuddin
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Optimisation of Transversal Disposition of Steel and Concrete Composite Road Bridges
Abstract The paper deals with optimisation of transversal disposition of steel and concrete composite road bridges in terms of the number of steel beams. For this purpose, a parametric study was performed, in which a total of 32 superstructures of...
2012 / J. Gocál, A. Ďuršová -
An Extension Evaluation Model for Building Safety under the Influence of Blasting Seismic
Abstract A multi-index evaluation system of buildings which are under the influence of blasting seismic is established .The assessment safety level of the building is put forward. The value scope correspond to the assessment safety level is...
2012 / Ren Song, Bai Yue-ming, Jiang De-yi, Li An Yu -
Effect of Kinesiology Taping method on pain reduction after rib broken – initial report2013 / Piotr Czyżewski, Ireneusz Hałas, Renata Kopytiuk, Janusz Domaniecki, Marek Szczepkowski
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Design and Construction of the Bridges on Guangzhou Metro Line 4
Abstract Elevated rail transit has been developed in some big cities in China in recent years. However, specialized codes for design of the bridges in the elevated rail transit system have not yet been established. Based on the prestressed concrete...
2011 / X.H. He, X.L. Meng, L.J. Li -
Design and Analysis of a Reinforced Concrete Beam Retrofitted by Externally Bonded H-Type Steel Member
Abstract Externally bonded steel plate is widely used to strengthen the deficient flexural strength of reinforced concrete beams. The flexural strength retrofitted by this method is limited to a certain value as the balanced compression region of...
2011 / X.S. Ren, B. Zhou -
Substructure Analysis Method for Dynamic Response of Large-Scale Soil Site
Abstract The computational efficiency is usually very low by common methods in large-scale engineering problem-solving. To improve the solving efficiency, in this paper a substructure method is used to the dynamic response analysis of a project soil ...
2011 / Zhang Rulin, Lou Menglin -
Reducing Freight Transport CO2 Emissions by Increasing the Load Factor
Abstract For a given transport demand, increasing the load is a good way to decrease CO2 emissions without reducing freight mobility. The paper analyses the links between vehicle load, energy efficiency and CO2 emissions and discusses where and how...
2012 / Christophe Rizet, Cecilia Cruz, Mariame Mbacké -
Measurements of aerodynamic properties of badminton shuttlecocks
Abstract Badminton is a high drag game. The aerodynamic properties of badminton shuttlecocks significantly differ from other ball, racket or projectile sports. Being a bluff body, the shuttlecock generates high aerodynamic drag and steep flight...
2010 / Firoz Alam, Harun Chowdhury, Chavaporn Theppadungporn, Aleksandar Subic -
Capacity of Unsignalized Intersections under Mixed Traffic Conditions
Abstract A new method of capacity analysis at unsignalized intersections has been developed in this study for Indonesia where the drivers’ behavior, traffic composition, level of roadside activities are different from those in developed countries....
2011 / Joewono Prasetijo, Mehdi Hossein Pour, Seyed Mohammad Reza Ghadiri