Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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Shear-strengthening of reinforced & prestressed concrete beams using FRP: Part II — Experimental investigation2012 / Thomas H. -K. Kang, Moustapha Ibrahim Ary
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An Analysis on the Railway-Based Intermodal Freight Transport in Japan Regarding The Effect of Disasters
Abstract This paper first summarizes the damages and recoveries of transport caused by the devastating earthquake occurred in Japan in March 2011. Responses of freight railway, such as transporting immediately-needed supplies and fuel, are reviewed. ...
2012 / Takamasa Suzuki, Guoquan Li -
Properties of Self Compacting Concrete Using Recycled Coarse Aggregate
Abstract This paper presents the influence of different amounts of recycled coarse aggregate (RCA) obtained from a demolished Town Club building of Banki, N.A.C of Cuttack region, about 25 years old on the properties of self compacting concrete...
2013 / K.C. Panda, P.K. Bal -
Do Tradeoff Models have what it Takes to Make a Real Tradeoff?
Abstract There is a growing body of knowledge on project tradeoff models; meanwhile, there are concerns about the models’ applicability. The contemporary research on tradeoffs is mainly based on the time-cost models in planning, which do not provide ...
2013 / Ramesh Vahidi -
Rationing and Pricing Strategies for Congestion Mitigation: Behavioral Theory, Econometric Model, and Application in Beijing
Abstract Some travel demand management policies such as road pricing have been widely studied in literature. Rationing poli- cies, including vehicle ownership quota and vehicle usage restrictions, have been implemented in several megaregions to...
2013 / Shanjiang Zhu, Longyuan Du, Lei Zhang -
Hybrid-parallel Algorithms for 2D Green's Functions
Abstract Green's functions are used to solve non homogeneous integral equations with boundary conditions. In electromagnetism they are used for a large class of problems, including the analysis of microwave circuits, antennas, and the investigation...
2013 / Alejandro Álvarez-Melcón, Domingo Giménez, Fernando D. Quesada, Tomás Ramírez -
Utilization of Bagasse Ash as a Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate in Concrete
Abstract Today researches all over the world are focusing on ways of utilizing either industrial or agricultural wastes as a source of raw materials for the construction industry. These wastes utilization would not only be economical, but may also...
2013 / Prashant O. Modani, M.R. Vyawahare -
A “Non-Invasive” Technique for Qualifying the Reinforced Concrete Structure2012 / Antonella Guida, Antonello Pagliuca, Alessandro Tranquillino Minerva
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Optimum Design of TMD System for Tall Buildings2012 / Ahmed Abdelraheem Farghaly, Mahmoud Salem Ahmed
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Effects of Fiber Orientation and Material Isotropy on the Analytical Elastic Solution of a Stiffened Orthotropic Panel Subjected to a Combined Loading2013 / S. K. Deb Nath
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Assessing the Open Trenches in Screening Railway Ground-Borne Vibrations by Means of Artificial Neural Network2010 / Gaetano Di Mino, Marinella Giunta, Ciro Maurizio Di Liberto
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A Strain-Based Load Identification Model for Beams in Building Structures2013 / Kappyo Hong, Jihoon Lee, Se Choi, Yousok Kim, Hyo Park
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Two-field-variable meshless method based on moving kriging interpolation for solving simply supported thin plates under various loads
Abstract Meshless method choosing Heaviside step function as a test function for solving simply supported thin plates under various loads is presented in this paper. The shape functions using regular and irregular nodal distribution as well as order ...
2014 / S. Kaewumpai, A. Luadsong -
Multi-criteria Assessment of Facades’ Alternatives: Peculiarities of Ranking Methodology
Abstract Alternative design solutions of buildings can be successfully evaluated applying Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods. There are a lot of methods available for supporting complex decisions in construction. However, previous...
2013 / Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Jurgita Antucheviciene, Jonas Šaparauskas, Zenonas Turskis -
Effects of Water Seepage on the Stability of Soil-slopes
Abstract Landslide is a kind of severe natural disaster and societal hazard throughout the world.Among various effecting factors, water is commonly known as one of the major triggers for landslide failures. In this paper, a coupling model of...
2015 / Q.Q. Liu, J.C. Li -
Identification of Multi-inclusion Statistically Similar Representative Volume Element for Advanced High Strength Steels by Using Data Farming Approach
Abstract Statistically Similar Representative Volume Element (SSRVE) is used to simplify computational domain for microstructure representation of material in multiscale modelling. The procedure of SSRVE creation is based on optimization loop which...
2015 / Lukasz Rauch, Danuta Szeliga, Daniel Bachniak, Krzysztof Bzowski, Renata Sl-ota, et al. -
Infrared Imaging as a Means of Analyzing and Improving Energy Efficiency of Building Envelopes: The case of a LEED Gold Building
Abstract Today many designers claim that they are engineering green or LEED certified buildings. LEED is an evaluation system that rates how sensitive buildings are to the environment and the objective of LEED is to reduce emissions through...
2015 / Ali Taileb, Hamoud Dekkiche -
Study on Natural Ventilation Design Optimization Based on CFD Simulation for Green Buildings
Abstract Natural ventilation is crucial for conserving the energy, reducing carbon emission, and improving the comfort level of the built environment and the indoor air quality. The Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD for short) represents the...
2015 / Weihong Guo, Xiao Liu, Xu Yuan -
Hot Mix Asphalt with High RAP Content
Abstract Due to increasing cost of asphalt binder, significant economic savings can be realized using high content of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in the production of new hot mix asphalt (HMA). Moreover, this is an environmentally friendly...
2015 / R. Izaks, V. Haritonovs, I. Klasa, M. Zaumanis -
A Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Project Management Improvement Model
Abstract Current economic crisis raises the constant demand for profitable solutions that allow organizations to gain competitive advantage. For this reason, more and more companies search for management methodologies that allow them to improve...
2014 / Alexandra Tenera, Luis Carneiro Pinto