2026 June-1 - 240 articles
Earth–Air Heat Exchangers (EAHEs) are passive systems that use the thermal interaction between air and soil along buried ducts to moderate supply air temperature, thereby lowering building energy consumption and improving indoor comfort conditi...
Shield tunnel construction inevitably disturbs existing upper buildings. This paper takes the section from Zhongyi Road Station to Housihu Fourth Road Station of Wuhan Metro Line 12 as the engineering background, where twin shield tunnels pass beneat...
Hyperscale data center construction has become one of the largest concentrated capital flows in the global built-environment sector, with global hyperscale capital expenditure exceeding USD 230 billion in 2024 and the leading hyperscalers committing...
Accurate crack width measurement is important for structural condition assessment, but image-based methods are sensitive to oblique viewing angles and varying imaging distances. To address this challenge, this study proposes a method and evaluation f...
Historic masonry towers are iconic components of the world’s architectural heritage, yet their seismic vulnerability remains to be investigated, particularly regarding the influence of vertical ground motion. This study investigates the seismic...
Traditional Chinese sticky rice–lime mortar, a key material for restoring historic masonry buildings, suffers significant degradation under combined salt erosion and freeze–thaw cycling. This study experimentally investigated the coupled...
Naturally ventilated office spaces present a dual challenge: open windows are sources of thermal comfort and acoustic disturbances. Despite growing interest in adaptive comfort frameworks, the acoustic adaptation effects specific to naturally ventila...
Industrial communities in China were historically organised as highly integrated socio-spatial formations combining production and residence. Since China’s economic transformation, many factory bankruptcies and relocations have rapidly dismantl...
Energy pile technology integrates geothermal energy exploitation with pile foundation bearing, yet accurately evaluating its thermo-mechanical performance remains theoretically challenging. To address the limitations of traditional load-transfer meth...
To address the resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP), the pulse discrete time (PDT) model is commonly used and then solved by integer programming optimization. This method can obtain the exact optimal solution, but it encounters dif...
In this study, we examine the dynamics of housing prices across 35 Chinese cities from 2010 to 2024 using an error correction model (ECM). Using two-stage least squares (TSLS), we address endogeneity in housing stock. The results show a stable long-r...
Truck-to-excavator assignment is a time-critical control problem in open-pit earthmoving systems (mines, quarries, and large cut-and-fill construction sites) where stochastic travel and service times, changing queues, and equipment outages continuall...
Cementitious materials in the fresh state are commonly regarded as viscoplastic. That is, below a given yield stress, they exhibit solid-like behavior, whereas above this threshold, they behave as fluids. In this context, the shear strength of such m...
Visual fatigue is a serious issue among Chinese secondary school students owing to prolonged daily exposure (8–10 h) to visual display terminals (VDTs) in widely equipped multimedia classrooms. To mitigate such effects, this exploratory study i...
Bridge maintenance research has increasingly expanded toward Digital Twin (DT), Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), sensing technologies, and object-based information management. As maintenance paradigms shift from react...
Background: Upgrading existing housing, particularly affordable housing in China’s high-altitude cold regions, to near-zero energy standards requires balancing three key considerations: carbon reduction, life-cycle cost, and residents’ af...
Traditional urban building energy modeling often overlooks the complexity of spatial configurations and mutual shading effects, thereby limiting its accuracy. This study proposes a novel, interpretable, data-driven framework based on heterogeneous gr...
As a representative multiphase heterogeneous material, concrete exhibits complex fracture behavior that is closely related to its mesoscopic constituents. Although conventional homogenized models have been widely used and can effectively predict the...
This study investigates the durability of timber buildings through a systematic literature review and a service life assessment of two representative building components. The review focused on degradation mechanisms, reasons for demolition, reference...
This paper aims to analyse the mechanisms of microscopic diffusion and adhesion at the interface between polymer-modified asphalt and aggregate at high blending ratios. Using molecular dynamics simulations, a model of the polymer-modified asphalt&nda...
To address the monitoring needs for carbon emissions during the construction phase, this paper proposes an intelligent analysis method based on construction activities. Fine-grained monitoring of construction carbon emissions is achieved through the...
As intelligent systems become decision-support tools in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, establishing human–AI trust is critical. However, in engineering consulting, the psychological mechanisms underlying trust f...
This study investigates how future climate change will alter heating and cooling demand in UK social housing, addressing wider concerns about fuel poverty risks and long-term climate resilience. Using a two-bedroom, offsite manufactured home in North...
The development of sustainable, high-performance construction materials is essential for enhancing the resilience and economic efficiency of infrastructure in seismically active regions. Although nanomaterials can improve concrete performance, the co...
The advancement of rural urbanization has led to a steady increase in construction and demolition waste (CDW) in rural areas; its dispersed nature complicates management efforts, yet existing research has not sufficiently explored the synergistic eff...
Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from buildings is essential for climate change mitigation, with universities representing major energy consumers. This study develops a hybrid data-driven framework combining machine learning and simplified emi...
Contemporary glass façade systems play a crucial role in shaping both the environmental performance and the architectural expression of buildings. This study presents a comparative analysis of selected façade solutions, including intern...
Accurate prediction of the shear capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) deep beams remains challenging due to the complex interaction of multiple load transfer mechanisms and the pronounced size effect in quasi-brittle materials. Existing strut-and-tie...
Rapid urbanization and climate change have severely exacerbated the urban heat island (UHI) effect in high-density subtropical megacities. Traditional linear models often fail to capture the complex, non-linear thermal responses driven by three-dimen...
This study investigated the feasibility of using hydroxyapatite (HAp) derived from pyrolyzed waste chicken bones as a sustainable cement replacement material for cement mortar. Commercial tricalcium phosphate (TCP), which belongs to the same calcium...
Accurate building performance forecasting is critical for the design and renovation of energy-saving structures, but existing methods face four key challenges: heterogeneous data fusion (sensor streams, design parameters, and environmental sequences)...
Seismic isolation systems are widely adopted in bridge engineering to reduce earthquake-induced force transfer and improve structural resilience. Conventional lead rubber bearings (LRBs) provide effective energy dissipation and period elongation; how...
Adaptive reuse has become a central strategy for extending the cultural, environmental, and functional life of industrial heritage, yet the ways in which intervention logic becomes legible in multilayered heritage complexes remain insufficiently form...
Using industrial by-product lithium slag (LS) as a raw material for ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is an important way to achieve low-carbon prefabricated structures. However, existing studies lack a constitutive model for LS-UHPC and its app...
This study presents a comprehensive investigation into predicting the axial bearing capacity of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular (CFST) columns with machine learning and transfer learning. Nine different machine learning models, including traditional re...
Corrosion-driven section loss in steel tower structures erodes load-carrying capacity, yet field assessment still relies on subjective visual grading. This paper presents a closed-loop framework coupling quantitative image-based corrosion measurement...
Driven by China’s “dual carbon” (carbon peak and carbon neutrality) goals and the national strategy of new-type urbanization, prefabricated construction has emerged as a pivotal pathway toward industrialized and sustainable developm...
Inaccurate prediction of shrinkage in self-compacting concrete (SCC) may result in underestimated cracking risk, increased permeability, serviceability deterioration, and reduced long-term durability of concrete structures. Although conventional empi...
For the sake of investigating the theoretical design optimization of high-rise plane frames, an optimization model was established by taking the minimum top-story lateral displacement as the objective function and treating material strength, story he...
Emission trading scheme (ETS) promotes carbon emission reductions by leveraging market incentives for enterprises. However, the lack of enthusiasm among enterprises in China’s building carbon emission trading market signals some deficiencies in...
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology has become a crucial tool in the construction industry, offering precise 3D data capture that addresses inaccuracies and provides accurate building information throughout various construction stages. Des...
To investigate the static behavior of UT-type assembled semi-rigid joints and the effects of bolt pretension loss, two representative joint configurations, UT250 × 150 and UT400 × 200, were studied by combining full-scale tests with refin...
Real-time monitoring of surface cracks in reinforced concrete (RC) beams is critical to structural safety and service performance evaluation. Current structural crack monitoring still faces prominent scientific and technical bottlenecks: conventional...
As bridge infrastructure globally transitions from theoretical monitoring toward intelligent digital management, Machine Learning (ML) has emerged as a transformative tool for data-driven lifecycle decision-making. This study presents a systematic an...
In provinces where the dynamics of industrialization and urbanization are intensifying, migration flows from rural settlements to urban centers are transforming the socio-cultural structure and physical fabric of rural spaces, leading to the gradual...
(1) Background: The aim of this study is to identify fire risks in historical settlements, develop a method for assessing fire risks in buildings within conservation areas, and formulate risk-reducing measures. In this study, the fire risks of 11 his...
Rammed earth has long been recognised for its economic, environmental, and social advantages, and it is increasingly considered a sustainable alternative within the construction industry. Its primary benefit lies in the use of local soils, thereby mi...
Design for Disassembly (DfD) is often assessed theoretically, with limited empirical evaluation of operational effort at the component level. This paper proposes an empirical assessment framework to evaluate DfD strategies in panelized light timber s...
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is recognized as a leading engineered wood product because of its sustainability, reduced carbon footprint, and growing application in civil engineering structures. However, the numerical modeling of CLT systems is challe...
University construction projects often lack complete design information during the decision-making and schematic design stages, which makes it difficult to balance efficiency and accuracy in investment cost estimation. To improve the prediction and i...
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