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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…
Yasser Alashker, Sohaib Nazar, Mohamed Ismaiel
In the recent earthquakes, concrete structures have been severely damaged or collapsed, which has raised questions against the seismic adequacy of existing buildings. These existing reinforced concrete buildings need to be evaluated to determine the capacity…
Alireza Boorboor, Mahmood Hosseini
In this study, a new method is proposed to evaluate the seismic behavior of buried jointed water pipeline networks subjected to wave propagation. First, using finite element method and solid elements, different kinds of currently used connections in the netwo…
Hesham Alsharie
Upon the view of this work, industrial floor is a vital structure due to its relation to quality of production, labor comfort, and human health. Flooring costs may reach 20% of single-story building construction expenditure, and the consumption of concrete fo…
Mmasetlhomo Tommy Gumede, Shodolapo Oluyemi Franklin
In an earlier study, a comprehensive and critical review of previous investigations into the assessment of the strength of concrete incorporating aggregates from demolished wastes was conducted and it was concluded that there was a stark absence of results fr…
Mohammed Ismaeil, Mohamed Sobaih, Adel Akl
Recently, the evaluation of seismic performance of existing buildings has received a great attention. Current research works and observations indicate that The Sudan have low-to-moderate seismic regions. Most of existing buildings are designed only for gravit…
Yuyan Wang
The study mainly discusses the issues of the settlement of differences that occurs in the process of highway subgrade widening. Firstly, it briefly introduces the settlement of difference and its harms; then it analyzes the mechanism of settlement of differen…
Jong-Kook Lee, Jee-Eun Lee, Seong-Cheol Park, Hee-Dong Cho, Hye-Woong Yoo, Young-Sang Kim, Seong-Ryong Ryu, Woo-Suk Kim, Dong-Joon Ahn
This study was performed to investigate the water repellent effectiveness of natural oil-applied soil when it is used as a building material. Natural oil types such as olive oil, bean oil, perilla oil and linseed oil, which are being used for producing water…
Mohamed A. Ahmed, Yehia A. Hassanean, Kamal A. Assaf, Moustafa A. Shawkey
Mn-Ferrite nanoparticles were prepared using citrate auto combustion method. The prepared sample was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), HRTEM and BET to measure the particle diameter and the surface area of the prepared sample. The data of XRD clarifie…
Shirish V. Deo, Arun D. Pofale
The use of fly ash as replacement of sand is an economical solution for making green and denser concrete. The paper presents a concrete mix design procedure for partial replacement of sand with fly ash. Present method could produce additional compressive and…
Jing Ma
This paper is based on the analysis of an industrial factory building to the bridge pile foundation construction stability, and it researches the influence of a new building to the bridge pile foundation internal force by the finite element analysis software…
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