2026 August-1 - 217 articles
The growing demand for low-carbon building materials and the challenges of handling agroforestry waste and discarded EPS particles have spurred research toward developing novel building composites that utilize solid waste. Therefore, this study aims...
Cracks pose a significant threat to the structural integrity, durability, and service life of concrete; therefore, sustainable, autonomous repair solutions are paramount. In the last 25 years, bio-based self-healing, particularly microbially induced...
A critical research gap persists in modular steel construction regarding the seismic behavior of inter-module connections between square steel tubular columns and H-shaped steel beams. While numerous connection systems have been proposed, two fundame...
Self-centering rocking systems redistribute seismic demand as contact conditions at structural interfaces change during excitation. Conventional peak-response measures, global-response model calibration, and system-identification summaries can obscur...
Polymer-modified asphalt has been widely used to improve pavement durability under increasing traffic loads and complex environmental conditions. Styrene–butadiene–styrene (SBS) is one of the most effective elastomer modifiers. It can for...
Mass concrete structures are subjected to long-term dynamic excitations, yet traditional concrete lacks the damping needed for effective vibration control. Rubber aggregate concrete has shown promise for vibration mitigation, but how rubber particle...
During the fabrication of prestressed concrete beams, the quality and positional accuracy of the laid corrugated ducts (or prestressing ducts) directly influence the load-bearing capacity and durability of the beams. However, traditional manual inspe...
Image-based analysis offers a scalable way to examine indoor environmental design, but semantic segmentation studies often stop at pixel-level recognition and provide limited design-oriented quantification. This study proposes the Interior Design Ele...
The influence of polypropylene fiber reinforcement of different lengths on the physical and mechanical properties of magnesia-based facing boards was investigated, and the interfacial bond strength between the fibers and the magnesium cement matrix w...
Concrete mix design increasingly requires rapid screening of mixture proportions against mechanical and resource-efficiency targets. This study develops an explainable, cement-reduction-oriented computational screening framework based on the UCI Conc...
Low-latitude plateau classrooms, such as those in Kunming, experience intense solar radiation that often causes insufficient far-window illumination, excessive near-window brightness, and viewing-direction glare under side-lighting conditions. To inv...
University dormitories in cold climate regions face the dual challenges of high heating energy consumption and poor outdoor pedestrian comfort during winter. Existing studies on university dormitories have primarily focused on individual building per...
Exposure to high-quality visual environments characterized by features such as structural order, biophilic/natural elements, and positive atmosphere is important for walking experience within community life circles (CLCs). However, compared with the...
Waterfront multi-pit excavation in highly permeable gravel deposits can induce complex pile deformation because excavation unloading, groundwater drawdown, and river-stage disturbance act simultaneously. This problem is particularly important for fou...
The construction industry faces significant challenges in materials management, including inefficient supply chains and limited adoption of Circular Economy (CE) goals, which blockchain may address through automated tracking and verification systems....
Red mud-based backfill containing circulating fluidized bed (CFB) ash and reactive MgO must maintain adequate mechanical integrity and environmental stability under moisture and alkaline exposure. This study investigated the durability of carbonation...
Structural health monitoring and regular damage inspection are critical to ensure the operational safety of civil infrastructure and reduce life-cycle maintenance costs, while traditional manual inspection suffers from low efficiency, high subjectivi...
Polyisocyanurate (PIR) insulation boards are widely used in buildings because of their low thermal conductivity, however their long-term performance is affected by aging. This study investigates the effect of accelerated thermal aging at +70 °C o...
This study proposes a novel friction-based beam-to-column shear connection designed to behave as a nominally pinned joint while avoiding any perforation of the connected members. The connection relies on frictional resistance to transfer shear forces...
Salutogenesis is a health-related design paradigm that links physical environmental characteristics to positive well-being by enhancing the Sense of Coherence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the manageability factors o...
In a three-tier construction supply chain consisting of the owner, the general contractor, and subcontractors, early project completion offers the owner additional operational benefits but also introduces potential quality risks. This study develops...
Cooling electricity consumption in central air-conditioning systems of large public buildings accounts for a substantial share of urban electricity use and is strongly influenced by outdoor meteorological conditions. Under increasingly frequent extre...
This study investigates the mechanical performance and non-destructive evaluation of oak (Quercus spp.) glued-laminated timber (GLT), manufactured from predominantly low-quality lamellae (five layers of 20 mm thick lamellae). The other GLT type teste...
Conservation interventions in historic buildings require quantitative assessment to balance preservation needs and minimal intervention principles. This study presents a quantitative framework for minimum intervention assessment of heritage conservat...
To address the challenges in risk prevention and control of post-earthquake gas explosions in high-rise buildings and the deficiencies of traditional methods in handling uncertainty, this paper conducts a risk evolution analysis from the perspectives...
This study introduces a novel prestressed precast hollow-core slab system with integrated polystyrene foam inserts and a spliced design utilizing cast-in-place wet joints, aiming to resolve the inherent trade-off between self-weight reduction and loa...
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are widely used for strengthening concrete structures, but the bond behavior of CFRP–concrete interfaces in cracked concrete remains insufficiently understood. This study investigates the effect...
Discrete ancillary equipment and local added masses are common in long-span steel structures, yet equal total mass can produce different dynamic responses because existing quantity-based descriptions do not encode spatial redistribution. This study e...
This study focuses on loess in the Lanzhou region and employs a self-developed LM-1 ionic cementitious curing agent (mainly sodium silicate) combined with cement for loess improvement. Through mechanical tests, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Elect...
Spatial shape inspection of modern suspension bridges is relatively well-developed, whereas research on historic suspension bridges remains scarce. Historic bridges usually lack original drawings and maintenance records. Their slender members interse...
The spatial distribution of occupants shapes energy use and work-related performance. Algorithmic seating optimization can shorten communication distances, reduce electricity for lighting, and increase daily light exposure, whereas prior studies ofte...
Traditional stone-slab dwellings in Southwest Henan possess distinctive regional characteristics and inherent climate adaptability. However, previous studies have mainly focused on individual aspects of indoor environmental performance, while integra...
To investigate the pull-out behavior of semi-embedded anchor bolts in the concrete transition sections of steel–concrete hybrid wind turbine towers, five 1:2-scale local specimens were tested under monotonic pull-out loading. The effects of rei...
Narrow internal lightwells are often featured in multi-story residential buildings in hot arid climates in order to daylight rooms where direct façade access is not possible, but privacy-driven window closure strongly limits the daylighting po...
The use of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) enables the valorization of construction waste and supports carbon-reduction strategies. However, long-term service-induced deterioration means that recycled aggregates and their interfacial transition zon...
This study develops an innovative thermal energy storage approach for lightweight building systems by using eutectic phase change material (EPCM)-impregnated moss biomass (Cp/EPCM) in the internal voids of OKAL chipboard (OKS-Cp/EPCM). A high latent...
Long-span cable-stayed bridges undergo substantial changes in mass distribution, boundary conditions, cable forces, and load paths during erection, yet their stage-dependent free-vibration characteristics are less documented than those of completed b...
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Multi-mode project scheduling, in which each activity can be executed in one of several alternative modes with distinct duration and resource requirements, represents a challenging combinatorial optimization problem prevalent in modular construction...
The main factor determining the conduct of this study is the progress of urbanization and the steady growth of the urban population, which contribute to the intensification of multidimensional challenges related to climate, the environment, transport...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector. However, AEC education remains rooted within traditional disciplinary boundaries and a technology-centric training model, creating a widening misma...
During the conceptual design phase, detailed geometric models are often unavailable, hindering energy-driven decisions for five-story office buildings. This paper proposes a geometry simplification strategy for office buildings in hot–humid reg...
Multistorey timber construction (MTC) is widely promoted for lowering embodied carbon, yet its uptake across Europe remains uneven. This study asks which drivers and barriers shape mid-rise wood buildings and how they differ across regions and stakeh...
The global construction industry contributes to nearly half of total anthropogenic CO2 emissions, among which building material production accounts for a dominant share [...]
Quality management in mega construction projects is increasingly supported by digital technologies, yet quality information often remains fragmented across inspection systems, reality-capture platforms, Building Information Modelling (BIM) environmen...
The National Plan for Student Accommodation in Higher Education (PNAES, 2018–2026), funded by the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), aims to increase student housing capacity in Portugal through new construction, rehabilitation, and...
Construction schedule compression requires balancing project-duration reduction against direct, indirect, and risk-related cost increases under uncertain activity performance. Many construction time–cost trade-off models still rely on determini...
Accurate prediction of retaining wall displacements is essential to ensure safety and protect adjacent structures in large-scale urban excavations. However, inherent uncertainties in soil parameters often limit prediction accuracy, and cumulative dev...
Façade design has long oscillated between repetitive order and visual disorder, and computational tools now make controlled irregularity easy to generate but hard to build; comparatively few studies follow a stochastic envelope from algorithm...
The detection of cracks in concrete bridges is essential for evaluating structural durability and load-carrying capacity. Although vision-based crack detection methods have been widely studied, the detection of fine cracks remains challenging. This s...
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