2022 September - 18 articles
The development of reliability theory has led to the setting of tasks requiring consideration of the efficiency and functional safety of technical objects of transport over the life cycle. The paper demonstrates the possibility of using the universal...
The applications of the deep belief network (DBN) for addressing practical engineering issues have recently emerged all over the world thanks to its accuracy and availability of data. In this paper, a predictive model using DBN was employed to invest...
The seismic assessment of existing bridges is of the utmost importance to characterise the main structural deficiencies, estimate the risk, prioritise retrofit interventions, or estimate losses and repair costs in case of earthquakes. The above tasks...
Gravity retaining walls are a vital structure in the area of geotechnical engineering, and academicians in earlier studies have conveyed substantial uncertainties involved in calculating the factor of safety against overturning, using a deterministic...
A database of 479 glass formulations used to immobilize radioactive wastes for facilities in a safe and resilient infrastructure was analyzed, searching for underlying statistical patterns and associated glass performance features. The analyzed data...
Alkali-activated binders (AABs) offer the opportunity to upcycle a variety of residues into products that can have added value. Although AABs are reported to have a superior high-temperature performance, their thermal behavior is heavily governed by...
It is generally assumed that there is a statistically valid correlation between the length of a roadway network, in addition to other factors such as its classification and/or average travel speed, and economic indicators such as Gross Domestic Produ...
This research investigated high calcium fly ash geopolymer stabilized recycled concrete aggregate (RCA-FAG) as pavement base material. The effect of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA):high calcium fly ash (FA) ratios, sodium silicate (Na2SiO3):sodium...
The optical response of opaque materials in an urban envelope plays an important role in a city’s energy exchange with the environment as it defines the absorption of radiation and emission of heat. In the present work, the most common surfaces...
The present work is concerned with the introduction of a new first level pre- and post-earthquake seismic assessment protocol for buildings that relies on the use of recorded structural response. As earthquakes represent a constant and unpredictable...
Efficient transportation and road network infrastructure plays the most significant role in the development of any region. However, the effectiveness of a road network is often affected by problems like road condition, traffic congestion, road blocka...
A road network is the key foundation of any nation’s critical infrastructure. Pavements represent one of the longest-living structures, having a post-construction life of 20–40 years. Currently, most attempts at maintaining and repairing...
Mountainous roads often have to overcome considerable differences in height, which is why hairpin bends find a valid and common use. Despite this, there is a lack of specific international standards. Given the absence of a national standard governing...
The impact that construction has on sustainability as a relevant consumer of materials is well known, especially with regard to cement, which contributes to high CO2 emissions. It is well known that in tile adhesives, cement add positive technical co...
The seismic response of underground structures such as subway stations is critical. However, the complex underground structure experiments under a dynamic centrifuge shaking table are significantly limited. This study conducts a shaking table test of...
Infrastructure advancement is a key attribute that defines the development and effective growth of a city or region. Since the introduction of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (UN SDGs), more construction companies are focusing on...
For too long, many refined transportation models have focused solely on private and public transportation, assuming that bicycles only require simple models, such as bird flight distance or trips on horizontal tracks at a constant speed. This paper a...
Annotated datasets play a significant role in developing advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) models that can detect bridge structure defects autonomously. Most defect datasets contain visual images of surface defects; however, subsurface defect dat...
