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Buildings, Volume 14, Issue 2

February 2024 - 254 articles

Cover Story: Prefabricated modules are being used to renovate the building envelope. However, compared to manual methods, the design and definition of prefabricated modules are time consuming. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the efficiency of the prefabricated layout definition processes by incorporating automation and computational design. The purpose of this paper is to present a semi-automated definition of the layout of the prefabricated modules with the only input of the existing building facade being the Point Cloud. Based on to the results, it was concluded that spending more time achieving an accurate laser data acquisition can be a good strategy. View this paper
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Articles (254)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,692 Views
18 Pages

19 February 2024

Currently, human society is in the era of the digital economy, driven by a new wave of digital technology revolution. Against this backdrop, China actively draws on global development concepts, accelerating the advancement of new infrastructure const...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,863 Views
14 Pages

19 February 2024

Thermal sensation prediction models can help to evaluate complex thermal environments and guide the environment conditioning strategy. However, most existing models are established basing on the thermal status of the entire human body or local body p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,737 Views
17 Pages

18 February 2024

Urban color, primarily emanating from building façades and roofs, plays a pivotal role in shaping a city’s image and influencing people’s overall impression. Understanding the nuances of color patterns contributes significantly to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,643 Views
16 Pages

18 February 2024

Asphalt mixtures exhibit complex mechanical behaviors due to their multiphase internal structures. To provide better characterizations of asphalt pavements under various forms of potential distress, a two-dimensional (2D) finite element simulation ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,692 Views
18 Pages

State-Based Technical Condition Assessment and Prediction of Concrete Box Girder Bridges

  • Zewen Zhu,
  • Kuai Ye,
  • Xinhua Yu,
  • Zefang Lin,
  • Gangzong Xu,
  • Zhenyou Guo,
  • Shoushan Lu,
  • Biao Nie and
  • Huapeng Chen

18 February 2024

The technical condition of bridges has become a crucial issue for organizing the maintenance and repairs in bridge management systems. It is of great practical engineering significance to construct an effective model for predicting the technical cond...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,699 Views
27 Pages

18 February 2024

At present, increased modes of transport have facilitated daily life. Building information modeling (BIM) integration has become a key strategy to foster efficiency, collaboration, and sustainability in the fields of buildings, transport, and facilit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,714 Views
35 Pages

Review of the Short-Term Properties of Confined Seawater Sea Sand Concrete Columns under Compression

  • Chitransh Shrivastava,
  • Nor Hafizah Ramli Sulong,
  • Tatheer Zahra,
  • Mohamed Elchalakani,
  • Kumari Gamage and
  • Sabrina Fawzia

18 February 2024

The environmental concerns raised by the over-exploitation of fresh water and river sand have driven researchers to explore seawater sea sand concrete (SWSSC) as a substitute for conventional concrete in structural columns. With numerous investigatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,700 Views
24 Pages

18 February 2024

The core driving force behind innovation in intelligent construction technology is synergistic relationships. It has become common practice to promote synergistic innovation through agent interaction and knowledge coupling in the development of intel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,983 Views
32 Pages

18 February 2024

Shield misalignment is a common problem in shield tunnels, which seriously affects the safety and durability of tunnels. However, at present, there is a lack of research on the influence of shield misalignment on the shear capacity of the circumferen...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
11,406 Views
25 Pages

Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Railways: Systematic Review of Research Progress

  • Diogo da Fonseca-Soares,
  • Sayonara Andrade Eliziário,
  • Josicleda Domiciano Galvincio and
  • Angel Fermin Ramos-Ridao

17 February 2024

Rail transportation plays a crucial role in reducing carbon emissions from the transportation system, making a significant contribution to environmental impact mitigation due to the efficiency of passenger and freight rail transportation. Accurate as...

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Buildings - ISSN 2075-5309