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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…
Mouhamed Lamine Chérif Aidara, Makhaly Ba, Alan Carter
Se veral studies show that properties of Hot Mixture Asphalt (HMA) mix design materials, aggregate gradation and volumetric properties had an influence on their resistance to rutting. However, these properties do not impact in the same way this performance. F…
Pondi Joseph, Souck Joseph, Carlos Mozer, Tchotang Theodore, Nyame Boade Wilfried
T he present work examined the influence on thermal properties of the incorporation of banana pseudo-trunkfibres in a cementitious matrix morta r that can be used as rendering or masonry block. The banana pseudo-trunkfibres are extracted, cut and characterize…
Atsushi Suzuki, Tomomi Fujita, Yoshihiro Kimura
On the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, gymnasium buildings exhibited the unexpected structural damages, which prevented a use as evacuation shelters in during- and post-disaster periods. The major failure occurr ing on the connection between…
Zeineb Zidi, Mounir Ltifi, Idrees Zafar
The current study focused on the utilization of local clay for synthesis and characterization of meta-kaolin based geopolymers with and without nano-silica. The control geopolymers, for a compressive strength of 30 MPa, were optimized by using Liquid/Solid ra…
Abdoulaye Diedhiou, Libasse Sow, Ndeye Mareme Diop
This article first talks about railways in general and ballast in particular. An inventory is then made on the modernization of the Senegalese ballast railways. In the second phase, an experimental work of characterization of basaltic aggregates of Diack (Loc…
Hao Luo
In order to analyze the deformation and stress characteristics of the pile foundation on the slope , this paper uses the finite element software Abaqus for numerical simulation. The displacement and stress data of pile under different working conditions (the…
Tonye Ngoji Johnarry, Francis Williams Ebitei
The pure shear strength for the all-simply supported plate has not yet been found ; what is described as pure shear in that plate, is, in fact, a pure-shear solution for another plate clamped on the “Y-Y” and simply supported on the long side, X-X. A new solu…
Isa Abdulkadir, H. M. Alhasssan
The present work investigated the properties of the commonly used Butimen for road construction in Nigeria (60/70 pen.) for normal temperature and climate Effect. The laboratory tests conducted were penetration, softening point, viscosity, ductility test and…
Lu Dong, Hansheng Geng, Hongfa Xu, Yinhao Yang
Rocks are composed of mineral particles and micropores between mineral which has a great influence on the mechanical properties of rocks. In this paper, based on the theory of locked-in stress developed by academician Chen Zongji, the locked-in stress problem…
Kossi Bollanigni Amey, 1 1
This study aims at analyzing the repartition of the quantities of shells of sand sediments of Togolese littoral, and at determining the law underlying their longitudinal and transversal distributions. Samples (210), collected all along Togolese littoral start…
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