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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…
Mouctar Mahamat Zakaria, Bozabe Renonet Karka, Amir Moungache, Mahamat Barka
This study explores the impact of the cement content (4%, 6%, and 8%) on the thermophysical and mechanical properties of compressed earth bricks produced from a mixture of kaolinitic (60%), lateritic (12% - 16%), and sandy (20%) soils. The results regarding t…
Mungathia Dickson Mugambi, Kipkulei Jeremiah Kiptala, Messo James Raude
The Nairobi Aquifer is a strategic source of water for a metropolitan population exceeding four million, yet its sustainability is increasingly threatened by rapid urbanisation and intensifying land-use change. This study quantifies groundwater quality and ev…
Samson Munene Gichovi, Tulatia Mungathia, Charles Kabubo
The general objective was to investigate the use of kiln dusts in the stabilization of expansive clay soils for use as a subgrade material in road construction. This study focused on stabilizing in situ expansive clay soils found in three different road const…
Umit Seyhan, John Rogers, Vaishnavi Dabir, Afshin Amini, Jeffery C. Sizemore, Stephanie M. Grahl
The rapid deterioration of aging concrete pavements on high-volume highway systems presents a critical challenge for transportation agencies tasked with maintaining safety, mobility, and structural integrity under increasing traffic loads. Interstate 285 high…
Eloumala Onana Parfait Noel, Ebode Brice Valentin, Emvoutou Huguette, Mimbeu Yves, Messi Onana Norbert, Zogo Tsala Simon Armand, Ongune Raphael
The use of manufactured quarry sand is a subject of debate among engineers, because of quantity of fine particle size elements and the difficulty to categorize between fine, average or coarse. Another important point is the missing of regulation from Cameroun…
Abdelrahman Ali, Taropafadzwa Magunda, Olebole Dikgang
Concrete sandwich panels (CSPs) are increasingly used in energy-efficient building envelopes due to their ability to combine structural load-bearing capacity with thermal insulation. This review provides an integrated assessment of recent advances (2018-2025)…
Purity Mokeira Nyaberi, Isaac Fundi Sanewu, Tulatia Mung’athia
Premature pothole formation in flexible pavements remains a major challenge in road infrastructure management, leading to increased maintenance costs, reduced pavement service life, and compromised road safety. Although existing mechanistic-empirical pavement…
Moussa Sawadogo, Lamine Bar, Déthié Sarr, 1 1
Estimating the bearing capacity of rock masses through in situ testing is costly. This study experimentally and numerically evaluates the bearing capacity of footings on three basanite facies from Senegal. Reduced-scale model tests on rock blocks (150 × 150 ×…
Babacar Diouf
The progressive depletion of natural aggregate resources and the growing generation of construction and demolition waste (CDW) have intensified global interest in recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) as a sustainable substitute for natural aggregates (NA) in co…
Obaidullah Rahimi, Emal Wali, Ulrich Dittmer
In recent years, Afghanistan has been suffering from water shortages, and around one-third of the population lacks access to stable water sources. The Kabul Metropolitan Area (KMA) in particular has faced increasing water scarcity challenges due to rapid urba…
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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… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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