2024 June - 396 articles
PVC pipe jacking is prone to cause yielding or buckling under the jacking force and may lead to engineering failure. The relationship between the buckling modes, ultimate bearing capacity, different diameter–thickness ratios, and length–d...
With rapid urbanization, many cities have experienced significant changes in land use and land cover (LULC), triggered urban heat islands (UHI), and increased the health risks of citizens’ exposure to UHI. Some studies have recognized residents...
Surface scattering greatly impacts and improves the acoustic quality of an auditorium, affecting properties such as the reverberation time, early decay time, definition, and sound strength. However, this aspect has not been sufficiently investigated...
Generally speaking, the traditional lever amplification damping system is installed between adjacent columns in a building, which occupies a significant amount of space in the building. In contrast to amplification devices in different forms, the dam...
Chloride corrosion is a key factor affecting the life of marine concrete, and surface chloride concentration is the main parameter for analyzing its durability. In this paper, we first introduce six erosion mechanism models for surface chloride ion c...
In the construction industry, the imperative for visual surveillance mechanisms is underscored by the need for safety monitoring, resources, and progress tracking, especially with the adoption of vision intelligence technology. Traditional camera ins...
Construction safety requires real-time monitoring due to its hazardous nature. Existing vision-based monitoring systems classify each frame to identify safe or unsafe scenes, often triggering false alarms due to object misdetection or false detection...
In the context of the escalating challenge of climate change, optimizing buildings’ energy performance has become a critical research area, yet studies specifically targeting library buildings are scarce. This study addresses this gap by invest...
In South Korea, the configuration of land parcels within apartment complexes plays a pivotal role in optimizing land use and facility placement. Given the significant impact of land shape on architectural and urban planning outcomes, its analysis is...
Because of the flanges on T-shaped shear walls (TSSWs), the shear force acting on such walls results in a shear lag effect, making it impossible to forecast with accuracy the normal stresses of the flanges using the Bernoulli–Euler assumption....
A shaking table test of a 1/60 scale cross-fault bridge model considering the effects of soil–bridge interactions was designed and implemented, in which the bridge model was placed in two individual soil boxes to simulate the bridge across a st...
The porous nature of lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) is decisive in the physical and mechanical properties of concrete. A comprehensive experimental study consisting of 13 different mixtures and 234 specimens was carried out on density, ab...
Desert areas contain abundant desert sand (DS) resources, and high-volume recycling of DS resources as components of cement-based materials can achieve high-value applications. In this paper, DS was processed into desert sand powder (DSP) and replace...
This paper focuses on clarifying the heat transfer coefficient necessary for determining the indoor temperature distribution during night ventilation using floor-level windows. Measurements were used to identify the factors that influence the vertica...
The value of construction projects in Indonesia is significantly enhanced by partnering, leading to the adoption of the model by the government. The Indonesian government, through the Ministry of Finance, is developing the partnering model based on P...
In our investigation, we subjected eleven reinforced concrete beams to a four-point bending system to explore the impact of varying fibre and ferrocement contents on their structural behaviour. These beams, measuring 1.7 m in length, featured a recta...
Asphalt pavement construction is a large-volume project, with the ability to recycle the industrial waste and reduce carbon emissions. Rubber-modified asphalt is a carbon-neutralized asphalt-based material, facilitating the recycling of waste rubber...
The thermal conditions in lecture theatres directly affect the well-being and overall learning experience of the users but also offer a testbed for understanding the degree to which people’s thermal perceptions are affected by their climate bac...
In response to escalating energy demands and global warming concerns, the Passive House Standard has emerged as a solution in residential construction, aiming to drastically reduce energy consumption and operational costs primarily through high-perfo...
In architectural education, the integration of Extended Reality (XR) technologies—including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR)—promises to revolutionise design studio teaching by offering immersive and in...
Research on disaster damage estimation for buildings has gained extensive attention due to the increased number of disastrous events, facilitating risk assessment, the effective integration of disaster resilience measures, and policy development. A s...
One of the main objectives of modern-day surveying is to maximize the efficiency and accuracy of mapping a landscape for natural features and elevations prior to the start of a construction project. This paper focuses on a comparison between terrestr...
Inland areas have been affected by demographic and economic decline over the past decades. New economic models, which are more focused on a humane quality of life, encourage a revival of these territories as newer, healthier places for living. This p...
Contractors play an integral role in construction projects, and their qualifications directly impact various aspects of a project’s success. The unbiased selection of contractors is a challenge in the construction industry worldwide, particular...
A comparative study of the effect of a vacuum preloading combined intermittent heating method and conventional vacuum preloading treatment was designed and carried out through indoor model tests to investigate the optimal intermittent heating time. I...
In order to accurately extract and match carbon emission factors from the Chinese textual building materials list and construct a precise carbon emission factor database, it is crucial to accurately classify the textual building materials. In this st...
Slope leveling is essential for the successful implementation of ground-mounted centralized photovoltaic (PV) plants, but currently, there is a lack of optimization methods available. To address this issue, a linear programming approach has been prop...
During bridge service, material degradation and aging occur, affecting bridge functionality. Bridge health monitoring, crucial for detecting structural damage, includes finite element model modification as a key aspect. Current finite element-based m...
Concrete, as a composite material, is subject to heterogeneity in its mechanical properties and damage characteristics responding to load. In this paper, a numerical approach for analyzing the heterogeneous characteristics and the mechanical behavior...
Modern bridge construction towards a higher degree of low carbonization and assembly has been the general trend, while developing and broadening the low-carbon and assembled-oriented Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) technology can better realize...
In the era of the climate emergency and different pandemics, systems that can provide an immediate response to housing needs are required. This paper aims to evaluate the use of fibre-reinforced plastic polymers (FRPs) to satisfy this need. In partic...
Excavation in foundation pits can result in serious issues for nearby tunnel structures like deformation, differential settlement, and seepage damage, which profoundly impact project timelines and potentially endanger life and property safety. Theref...
Cement-free concrete has a superior physical performance, such as in its strength and durability, compared to OPC concrete; however, it has the disadvantage of large shrinkage. Large shrinkage can cause cracks due to shrinkage stress in the long term...
In order to investigate the mechanical properties of basalt fiber-doped tailing sand cemented filler and the evolution of energy damage, a uniaxial compression test was carried out on the basalt fiber-doped tailing sand cemented filler specimens to a...
Implementing reverse logistics in the construction industry is considered a crucial method to achieve a circular economy. Despite a wealth of research focusing on improving reverse logistics systems, businesses still encounter challenges during the i...
Raised access floors are nowadays widely used in buildings. A novel raised access flooring product is developed by this research, with a set of sustainable features, including less environmental impact and high strength. Its floor panels are made of...
In response to the increasing threat of powerful earth-penetrating weapons, underground protective structures typically employ composite structural systems with reinforced steel layers. However, current numerical studies often simplify the entire str...
Street quality plays a crucial role in promoting urban development. There is still no consensus on how to quantify human street quality perception on a large scale or explore the relationship between street quality and street composition elements. Th...
In the global context of carbon neutrality, higher education parks are an important strategic position for achieving China’s goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutralization. Strategies from the perspective of life cycle to guide early low-carb...
(1) Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques are being more widely employed in the field of wind engineering. Nevertheless, there is a scarcity of research on the comfort of pedestrians in terms of wind conditions...
Utilizing a turnkey approach to deliver a construction project entails significant risks from the contractor’s perspective. Essentially, the owner awaits project completion without commitments regarding additional expenditures incurred by the c...
This study examines the effects of iron ore tailing (IOT) replacement ratios and the hybridization of steel fiber (SF) and polyethylene (PE) fiber (PF) on the mechanical, sulfate freeze–thaw (F–T) resistance, and microscopic characteristi...
A lime–sand pile is a three-phase particle composite material composed of a lime matrix, sand, and a loess aggregate at the meso level. Establishing a random aggregate model that can reflect the actual aggregate gradation, content, and morpholo...
An earthquake is one of the most significant and shocking natural disasters ever documented anywhere on the planet. Throughout history, it has claimed millions of lives and wreaked devastation on infrastructure. Because earthquake forces are spontane...
Urban planning education must address the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) to comprehend the critical impact of urban density on sustainable city development. Quantitative studies using administrative area units face indefinite aggregate level bi...
The safety and stability of tunnel construction are paramount concerns in tunnel engineering. Traditionally, the assessment of tunnel stability involves evaluating whether tunnel displacement and deformation velocities exceed acceptable thresholds, u...
Achieving climate neutrality requires reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the building sector, which has prompted increasing attention towards nearly zero energy, zero energy, and positive energy communities of buildings; there is a need...
We investigated the determinants of awareness, utilization, and satisfaction regarding financial aid programs for single-person households in South Korea and proposed policy enhancements. Our analysis employed logistic regression on microdata from th...
In composite structures or complex concrete members, some concrete bears multiple forces, called core concrete. The properties of the core concrete are variable under complex stress conditions, which will influence the structure performance analysis....
Centrifugal chillers have been widely used in medium- and large-scale air conditioning projects. However, equipment running with faults will result in additional energy consumption. Meanwhile, it is difficult to diagnose the minor faults of the equip...
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