Civil engineering topic list of research papers
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“Train Monitor”-A New IT System for Monitoring Freight Trains on National and International Routes
Abstract A long-standing deficit in rail transport is the availability of status information to smoothly integrate rail transport into today's logistics processes. Developments in recent years have improved the situation e.g. on transalpine...
2012 / Niklas Galonske, Christoph Büchner, Uwe Sondermann -
Study of soil interaction in a model building frame with plinth beam supported by pile group2012 / Ravikumar C Reddy, Gunneswara T D Rao
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Traffic equilibrium network design problem under uncertain constraints
Abstract Network design models allow to define an optimal network configuration by means of objective functions subject to a series of constraints. The starting data and/or the constraints of the problem can be affected by uncertainty. These...
2011 / Leonardo Caggiani, Michele Ottomanelli -
The Coordinate Transformation Method and Accuracy Analysis in GPS Measurement
Abstract This paper introduced WGS-84 and BJ-54 coordinate transformation model and the influence comparison from geodetic elevation between seven-parameter model and three-parameter model, and finished transformation parameters calculation and...
2012 / Debao Yuan, Xi-min Cui, Sheng-yao Wang, Ya-hui Qiu, Guo Wang, et al. -
Stresses and Displacements in Functionally Graded Materials of Semi-Infinite Extent Induced by Rectangular Loadings2012 / Hong-Tian Xiao, Zhong-Qi Yue
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Strict and Approximate Dynamic Analysis of Rod Structures Taking into Account the Impact of Axial Forces
Abstract In this paper the dynamic analysis of rod structures was considered. The influence of axial force on vibration was taken into account. The analysis was carried out in strict and approximate manner. The new qualitative matrix, in which...
2015 / Marek Iwański, Paulina Obara -
Factors Influencing the Construction Cost of Industrialised Building System (IBS) Projects
Abstract This paper presents the results of a survey of factors influencing the construction costs of Industrialised Building System (IBS) projects in Malaysia. The aim of the study was to evaluate and rank a range of factors that Malaysian IBS...
2012 / Nor Azmi Ahmad Bari, Rosnah Yusuff, Napsiah Ismail, Aini Jaapar, Rizan Ahmad -
The Shaft Capacity of Displacement Piles in Clay: A State of the Art Review2011 / P. Doherty, K. Gavin
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Evaluation of fitness of design in urban historical context: From the perspectives of residents
Abstract Historic city cores in many countries either fell into neglect or suffered from harmful developments. Due to a variety of reasons, conservation projects failed to preserve socio–cultural assets of historic environments. One of these reasons ...
2013 / Hesamaddin Sotoudeh, Wan Mohd Zakri Wan Abdullah -
Electrochromic dynamic windows for office buildings
Abstract The next generation of advanced fenestration products includes dynamic electrochromic (EC) windows which can modulate the solar energy entering a building by application of an applied voltage. The windows can be switched from 62% visible...
2012 / Neil L. Sbar, Lou Podbelski, Hong Mo Yang, Brad Pease -
Influence of the feed rate and the lateral beam displacement on the joining quality of laser-welded copper-stainless steel connections
Abstract The present article deals with the laser-welding of copper and stainless steel connections for applications in power electronics. Here, the particular demand for such dissimilar connections is caused by the increasing implementation of...
2010 / M. Weigl, M. Schmidt -
Extreme value statistical analysis to determine the endurance limit of a 1045 induction hardened steel alloy
Abstract Surface hardened components are used in fatigue critical applications such as axles and gears. Inclusions are critical microstructural features where fatigue cracks have been observed to nucleate in these parts. In this investigation, the...
2011 / A.B. Nissan, K.O. Findley, A.S. Hering -
Risk analysis and assessment of public safety of Submerged Floating Tunnel
Abstract Based on the structural characteristics and preliminary design of submerged floating tunnel (SFT) prototype in Qiandao Lake, this paper gives the risk index system of public safety of SFT and risk assessment methods by analyzing different...
2010 / Yiqiang Xiang, Chengxi Liu, Chunfeng Chao, Huishi Liu -
Experimental Study on the Effect of Steel Plant's Natural Smoke
Abstract In a full-size large steel plant, we analyzed the temperature distribution, the decline rate of dust and the smoke effect in two cases. The results showed that: natural draft reduced the sinking rate from 0.43cm/s to 0.35cm/s, the...
2011 / LI Huan-huan, ZHU Guo-qing, ZHANG Lei, CHEN Shao-song -
A Compromise Programming Model for Highway Maintenance Resources Allocation Problem2012 / Hui Xiong, Qixin Shi, Xianding Tao, Wuhong Wang
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Escape-Route Planning of Underground Coal Mine Based on Improved Ant Algorithm2013 / Guangwei Yan, Dandan Feng
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Generalized bending of a plate with a circular inclusion of arbitrary rigidity2002 / C W Bert
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Stage–discharge prediction in straight compound channels using 3D numerical models2012 / Philip Conway, John James O'Sullivan, Martin Francis Lambert
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Nonparametric Change Point Diagnosis Method of Concrete Dam Crack Behavior Abnormality2013 / Zhanchao Li, Chongshi Gu, Zhongru Wu
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ANN-Based Approach for Predicting Rating Curve of an Indian River2011 / Arun Goel