Experimental Evaluation of Bond Strength between Setting Retarder Added Concrete and Normal Concrete
The large size concrete structures are continuously placed with time delay due to practical reasons. The bond strength between old concrete and new concrete is related with a performance of concrete structures.
Jin-Su Son +4 more
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GIS Based Landslide Hazard Mapping Prediction in Ulu Klang, Malaysia
Since 1993, a number of landslides have been reported in Ulu Klang, Malaysia. These landslides caused fatalities and economic losses. Most of these landslides occurred in man-made slopes.
Muhammad Mukhlisin +4 more
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Prototype WSN platform for performing dynamic monitoring of civil engineering structures [PDF]
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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Improved Mandrel System for Prefabricated Vertical Drain Installation: A Macro to Micro Analysis
Increasing development of infrastructure in Indonesia has driven the need for effective ground improvement methods to accelerate the consolidation of soft soil, which is estimated to occupy around 10% of the country’s land area.
Meilani Adriyati +4 more
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Anti-Smog Building and Civil Engineering Structures [PDF]
Currently, people worldwide, in the period from September to April, observe with their own eyes and feel the pollution of the air, called smog, in their own breath. The biggest cause of smog and the source of air pollution is burning rubbish in stoves.
openaire +1 more source
On site challenges for the construction of 16-storey condominium: as observed by a young civil engineering technologist [PDF]
The difference between an engineer and an engineering technologist is that, an engineer would mainly focus and produce structural designs based on engineering calculations, while the job of an engineering technologist is to execute the design in the real
Chan, C. M. +2 more
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Natural frequencies and eigenmodes of oscillations are the determining values in the study of dynamic processes in many constructions, including mast systems when they are affected by time-varying loads: wind, seismic, etc. [7].
Grinyov Vladimir +3 more
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Study of the effectiveness of outrigger system for high-rise composite buildings for cyclonic region [PDF]
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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ShakeNet: A portable wireless sensor network for instrumenting large civil structures [PDF]
We report our findings from a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program-funded project to develop and test a wireless, portable, strong-motion network of up to 40 triaxial accelerometers for structural health monitoring.
Govinda, Ramesh +4 more
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Strength and durability properties of concrete made with recycled coarse aggregate and seashore sand
The process of depletion of sources of natural aggregates poses challenges to produce technically and environmentally suitable concrete. Aggregate compositions found in construction and demolition (C&D) waste offer potential alternatives to natural ...
D. Kalaimani, G. Srinivasan
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