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Open Journal of Civil Engineering (OJCE) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in civil engineering. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of c…
Yihong Guo
This paper focuses on the seismic resistance of one-storied factories, which are commonly used in China due to their flexibility, low cost, and short construction period. With the increasing demand for construction materials, these fac tories play a vital rol…
Miao Liu, Zijie Qu
Wind load is one of the main lateral control loads that need to be considered in the design of high-rise building structures. It is also of great engineering significance to study the influence of static wind load or time-varying wind load on the dynamic resp…
Atul Patil
The objective of this paper is to propose and illustrate feasibility, approach, validation as per prevailing codes and design standards, specification to rehabilitate bridge pier cap by using Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC). The evaluation of existing…
Dekandji Thomas Ekpo, Yemalin Daniel Agossou, Judicial Agbelele, Edmond C. Adjovi
This study presents another approach to the use of laterite as a common construction material for the development of a new type of concrete. Laterites are found all over the world and are used in various ways in road construction as sub-base, base course or w…
Ezekiel Oyugi Onjure, Charles Karimi Kabubo, Victoria Okumu
Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. The situation in the country is not an exception as most of the infrastructures in Kenya such as buildings, bridges, concrete drainage among others, are constructed using concrete. Sadly, th…
Benjamin Bahel, Blaise Bayiha Ngwem, Cyrille Sigue, Bepuaka Ekuka, Martin Molua Ndive, Alain Christian Bock Hyeng, Emmanuel Yamb, Sébastien Owona
The rapid economic growth of the town present the matter of water issue as a problem to human life human life, construction life, agriculture, etc. This study is to predict techniques of foundation construction through the displaying of the water table at the…
Robert Kaweesi, Michael Kyakula
The California bearing ratio (CBR) test is the most widely spread method of determining the bearing strength of the pavement material and is fundamental to pavement design practice in most countries. This test is expensive, laborious and time consuming, and t…
Muhindo Wa Muhindo Abdias, Manjia Marcelline Blanche, Ursula Joyce Pettang Nana, Henry Fonbeyin Abanda, Ngapgue François, Pettang Chrispin
Despite the gradual professionalization of the construction sector as well as the abundance of sand mining sites offered by the North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo Region, ignorance of materials by local builders persists. This is the case of quarries ex…
Hung Mai Sy
During the use of constructions, they will be degraded. Due to the negative impact on structures such as increase in vertical load, horizontal windy load need s to evaluate the current state of the constructions before renovating, especially the current state…
Yémalin Daniel Agossou, Judicael Agbelele, Peace Hounkpe, Daniel Djossou, Wilfried Hode, Edmond Adjovi
This document presents a study of the behaviour of a pavement structure on compressible soil and the evaluation of its durability. The objective of this study is to highlight the impact of taking into account the non-linear elastic behaviour of soils and gran…
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