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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…
Pedro de Almeida Carísio, José Anceloann Lago Grande Martins, Geraldo Batista de Melo, João Fernando Dias
Photodegradation or photocatalysis is a chemical degradation process that occurs when an inorganic semiconductor is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. UV light (wavelength 320 - 400 nm) has enough energy to detach an electron from the last layer of the semico…
Daphne Espejel-Garcia, Jose Alejandro Saniger-Alba, Gilberto Wenglas-Lara, Vanessa Veronica Espejel-Garcia, Alejandro Villalobos-Aragon
Traffic microsimulation is an essential tool in urban transportation and road planning. Its calibration is essential to attain representative results validated with real-world conditions. VISSIM (Verkehr in St ä dten—SIMulationsmodell) operates with the…
Muhammad Umair Saleem
Current research study consists of determining the optimum location of the shear wall to get the maximum structural efficiency of a reinforced concrete frame building. It consists of a detailed analysis and design review of a seven-story reinforced concrete b…
Edmund Obeng, Yaw A. Tuffour, Daniel A. Obeng, Bernard Koranteng-Yorke
The generalized constitutive model relating the resilient modulus (M R ) of flexible pavement layer materials to stress state, adopted by the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG), contains a set of constants known as k -values ( k 1 , k 2 , and…
Cheng Zhang, Lijing Ong
Lots of research es have shown that the optimization of building envelope reduces building energy consumption during its lifecycle. Due to the uncertainty of the relationship between individual design parameters and building performance, the extent of impact…
Frederick Bloetscher, Lloyd Wander, Greg Smith, Nihat Dogon
When creating an asset management plan, missing data is perceived to be a huge problem, especially when the event data (breaks in water distribution pipes as an example) are not tracked. The lack of tracking makes it difficult to determine which factors are t…
Vinicius Fernando Arcaro, Luiz Carlos de Almeida
Cable roof structure s ha ve only become widespread in large span structures in the latter part of the twentieth century. However, they still represent a relatively new form of roof construction, especially as in the present case of a small span innovative st…
Lihua Huang, Bin Li, Yuefang Wang
The quasi-static explicit finite element method (FEM) and element free Galerkin (EFG) method are applied to trace the post-buckling equilibrium path of thin-walled members in this paper. The factors that primarily control the explicit buckling solutions, such…
Yasser I. O. Yahia, Hesham Alsharie, Manal O. Suliman, Talal Masoud
The potential for using fly ash as a supplementary cementing material in concrete has been known almost since the beginning of the previous century. Fly ash was used as a supplementary cementing material (SCM) in the production of Portland cement concrete. A…
Babak Nikpour, Ahmed Senouci, Neil Eldin
Unbalanced bidding is a cash flow management strategy that is recognized as an illegal/disqualifying practice by public owners ; and unethical practice by most private owners. This practice provides the awarded bidder with unjustified advantages at the expens…
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