The importance of understanding computer analyses in civil engineering [PDF]
, 2013 Sophisticated computer modelling systems are widely used in civil engineering analysis. This paper takes examples from structural engineering, environmental engineering, flood management and geotechnical engineering to illustrate the need for civil ...
Borthwick, Alistair +4 more
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Static assessment of brittle/ductile notched materials: an engineering approach based on the Theory of Critical Distances [PDF]
Fracture and Structural Integrity, 2014 Engineering components often contain notches, keyways or other stress concentration features. These features raise the stress state in the vicinity of their apex which can lead to unexpected failure of the component.
R. Louks , H. Askes , L. Susmel
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Scalable Residential Building Geometry Characterisation Using Vehicle-Mounted Camera System
Energies, 2022 Residential buildings are an important sector in the urban environment as they provide essential dwelling space, but they are also responsible for a significant share of final energy consumption.
Menglin Dai +4 more
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Performance-based engineering for multiple hazards: the role of structural reliability and risk assessment [PDF]
, 2015 Buildings, bridges and other civil infrastructure facilities are designed by current codes and standards using provisions that invariably are prescriptive in nature.
Ellingwood, Bruce R.
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Modelling of Alkali Silica Reaction in concrete structures for rehabilitation intervention
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018 A number of hydraulic structures such as dams and hydro-power plants in the world and in particular, in South Africa which have been designed and built during the last decades, have been subjected to material deterioration due to Alkali Silica Reaction ...
Pourbehi Mohammad S. +2 more
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Study of the effectiveness of outrigger system for high-rise composite buildings for cyclonic region [PDF]
, 2011 The demands of taller structures are becoming imperative almost everywhere in the world in addition to the challenges of material and labor cost, project time line etc.
Fatima, Tabassum +2 more
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Prototype WSN platform for performing dynamic monitoring of civil engineering structures [PDF]
, 2011 Structural Health Monitoring represents the present and future of the civil engineering since, until few years ago, structural diagnosis works had been performed with few resources regarding to experimental techniques.
Aguilar, Rafael +7 more
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MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 Research in the important parameters for modeling the dynamic behavior of soils has led to rapid development of the small strain stiffness and damping ratio for use in the seismic method. It is because, the experimental determination of the damping ratio
Bawadi Nor Faizah +3 more
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Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Seismic Analysis and Design of Buried Pipelines in Heterogeneous Soils [PDF]
Journal of Hydraulic Structures, 2020 Every year, the phenomenon of earthquake causes a lot of human, financial and environmental losses. Transmission pipelines are one of the vital arteries that are very important, however, in the event of an earthquake can cause devastating damages ...
Amin Karamy Moghadam +1 more
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Assessment of Factors Responsible for the Choice of Contractors’ Prequalification Criteria for Civil Engineering Project: Consultants’ Perspective [PDF]
, 2017 It is not uncommon, during contractor selection process, for prequalifier's decisions to be informed by certain parameters. In the light of this, the choice of the criteria to be eventually adopted depends on factors that play complimentary role when the
Akinloye, O. M. (Olofinsawe) +2 more
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