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Civil Engineering Journal is a multidisciplinary, an open-access, internationally double-blind peer -reviewed journal concerned with all aspects of civil engineering, which include but are not necessarily restricted to:
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Numerical Study on RC Multilayer Perforation with Application to GA-BP Neural Network Investigation
Weiwei Sun;
Ze Shi;
BingCheng Chen;
Jun Feng
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 6, No 4 (2020): April
Publisher : Salehan Institute of Higher Education
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2020-03091509
The finite element model of projectile penetrating multi-layered reinforced concrete target was established via LS-DYNA solver. The penetration model was validated with the test data in terms of residual velocity and deflection angle. Parametric analyses were carried out through the verified penetration model. Seven influential factors for penetration conditions, including the initial velocity of projectile, initial angle of attack of projectile, initial dip angle of projectile, the first layer thickness of concrete target, the residual layer thickness of concrete target, target distance and the layer number of concrete target, were put emphasis on further analysis. Furthermore, the influence of foregoing factors on residual velocity and deflection angle of projectile were numerically obtained and discussed. Based on genetic algorithm, the BP neural network model was trained by 263 sets of data obtained from the parametric analyses, whereby the prediction models of residual velocity and attitude angle of projectile under different penetration conditions were achieved. The error between the prediction data obtained by this model and the reserved 13 sets of test data is found to be negligible.
Improving the Aging Resistance of Asphalt by Addition of Polyethylene and Sulphur
Maria Iqbal;
Arshad Hussain;
Afaq Khattak;
Kamran Ahmad
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 6, No 5 (2020): May
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2020-03091525
With the increase in demand of flexible pavements, due to their various advantages over rigid pavements, there is a need to improve the aging properties of the bitumen in order to enhance its resistance against different types of distresses such as rutting, fatigue cracking. This research focus on the use of one polymeric additive Polyethylene (PE) and one non polymeric additive Sulphur (S) to enhance the aging resistance of asphalt. These modifiers are evaluated for their effect on the aging mechanism in comparison with the unmodified bitumen. Aging of the original and modified bitumen is realized by the Rolling Thin Film Oven (RTFO) and Pressure Aging Vessel (PAV). Physical properties of the aged and unaged asphalt binders are evaluated through empirical testing like penetration, ductility and softening point test. Optimum content of the modifiers is obtained by comparing the results of conventional properties before and after aging. Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) are performed to bring out the chemical and morphological changes in the modified binder. Rheological properties of modified asphalt are evaluated with the help of a Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR). Results indicate improvement in physical properties of the modified asphalt even after the aging. Penetration index increased which shows less temperature susceptibility of the modified binders. Carbonyl and sulfoxide index are used as aging indicators which shows reduction in case of modified samples. Decrease in the sulfoxide and carbonyl index indicates better oxidation resistance of the modified samples. Morphological analysis proves good compatibility of the modifiers with asphalt binders. DSR results indicate improved viscoelastic properties of the modified binders. Hence it can be concluded that Polyethylene and Sulphur are good options to improve the aging resistance of asphalt in terms of their cost effectiveness and environment friendly nature.
Structural Behavior of High Strength Laced Reinforced Concrete One Way Slab Exposed to Fire Flame
Anas Ibrahim Abdullah;
Shatha Dheyaa Mohammed Al-Khazraji
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 5, No 12 (2019): December
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2019-03091446
In this study, an experimental investigation had conducted for six high strength laced reinforced concrete one-way slabs to discover the behavior of laced structural members after being exposed to fire flame (high temperature). Self-compacted concrete (SCC) had used to achieve easy casting and high strength concrete. All the adopted specimens were identical in their compressive strength of ( , geometric layout 2000 750 150 mm and reinforcement specifics except those of lacing steel content, three ratios of laced steel reinforcement of (0.0021, 0.0040 and 0.0060) were adopted. Three specimens were fired with a steady state temperature of for two hours duration and then after the specimens were cooled suddenly by spraying water. The simply supported slabs were tested for flexure behavior with two line loads applied in the middle third of the slab (four-point bending test). The average residual percentage of cubic compression strength and splitting tensile strength were 57.5% and 50% respectively. The outcomes indicated that the residual bending strength of the burned slabs with laced ratios (0.0021, 0.004, 0.006) were (72.56, 70.54 and 70.82%) respectively. However; an increase in the deflection was gained to be (11.34, 14.67 and 17.22%) respectively with respect to non-burned specimens.
Truck Driver Behavior and Travel Time Effectiveness Using Smart GPS
Dewi Yuniar;
Ludfi Djakfar;
Achmad Wicaksono;
Achmad Efendi
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 6, No 4 (2020): April
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2020-03091504
The pattern of coal transportation is very dependent on the behaviour of the driver, which influences the effectiveness of travel time. Good driver behaviour will affect the optimization of travel time, and scenarios need to reduce travel time wastage. This study aims to optimize travel time and sensitivity analysis based on the influence of driver behaviour, truck travel movements and the use of travel time on coal haul roads. The research method uses a field survey with a GPS tracker, a smart GPS server 3.3, google earth and statistics. The results showed that the driver's behaviour greatly influenced the pattern of use of travel time and truck travel speed. Coal transportation in the morning can be more optimal than night so that that travel time wastage can reduced by 40%. The proposed optimization scenarios can save 36.7% - 48.61% of the existing travel time and the transport cycle can be increased to four to five times. So that with the addition of the cycle, it will increase the income of the transport company and the driver's income. With smart GPS, companies can improve the performance of transportation services in company management, get coal supplies on time.
Smart City and Modelling of Its Unorganized Flows Using Cell Machines
Truong Thanh Trung
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 6, No 5 (2020): May
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2020-03091520
The evolution of the digital economy requires the appropriate infrastructure for administrative management and support of “Smart City". All this makes it possible to look at the problems of the city in a new way. SMART-city is an integrated infrastructure, an environment for improving the comfortable life and work of all citizens. In urban traffic flows, there are obstacles in place where traffic flow is not organized. In these places, special solutions, management measures and safety criteria are required. Such flows and situations should be simulated. This problem is solved based on flow-intensive management criteria using situational scenarios. The efficiency of flow management on busy highways requires the consideration of critical factors. In the present work, such a task is investigated using cell machines, which showed efficiency in streaming tasks of gas dynamics. A purpose of work and its result is a decline system's complexity and dimension by means of linearization and reduction of algorithmic complexity. The field of cells is considered. If there’s an obstacle in the cell then the direction by which the obstacle affects minimally is selected (Stochastic assessment has been used). System analysis of SMART-city problems is also carried out in this work. Adaptive IT infrastructure, security, virtualization, risk and the multi-criteria decision-making in an uncertain environment has been analyzed.
Parametric Study of the Modal Behavior of Concrete Gravity Dam by Using Finite Element Method
Seyed Reza Jafari;
Majid Pasbani Khiavi
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 5, No 12 (2019): December
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2019-03091437
Calculating the natural frequency of dams is an essential part of its seismic behavior analysis. Therefore, it is important to calculate the natural frequency. This paper aims simulation and analysis the finite element (FE) model of the Koyna concrete gravity as a case study. For the investigation of the suitable mesh size to achievement the grid independence, the element size considered as a variable parameter and calculated its optimized value by using the Response Surface Optimization (RSO) method. In the independent grid, the Error Contour utilized for controlling mesh quality, which indicates fast variations of the energy in the adjacent elements and can recognize parts of the model that has a high error in calculating responses. The modal response of the dam with a rigid and flexible foundation with and without mass were appraised. The results indicated that modal frequencies in the condition of with and without Pre-stress were different value in all cases. Moreover, the frequency of first four modes by increasing mass and decreasing the stiffness of foundation, frequencies in the case without initial condition (without Pre-stress) has a slightly increased and in the case with initial condition (Pre-stress) had considerable decrease.
A Macro-element for Modeling the Non-linear Interaction of Soil-shallow Foundation under Seismic Loading
Van Quan Huynh;
Xuan Huy Nguyen;
Trung Kien Nguyen
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 6, No 4 (2020): April
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2020-03091503
This paper presents a macro-element for simulating the seismic behavior of the soil- shallow foundation interaction. The overall behavior in the soil and at the interface is replaced by a macro-element located at the base of the superstructure. The element reproduces the irreversible elastoplastic soil behavior (material non-linearity) and the foundation uplift (geometric non-linearity) at the soil- foundation interface. This new macro-element model with three degrees-of-freedom describes the force-displacement behavior of the footing center. The single element is restrained by the system of equivalent springs and dashpots. The footing is considered as a rigid body. It is solved by a suitable Newmark time integration scheme and implemented in Matlab to simulate the nonlinear behavior of soil-shallow foundation interaction under seismic loading. A reduce scaled soil-foundation system has been tested on a shaking table at the University of Transport and Communications, Hanoi, Vietnam. Five series of earthquake motions were used with maximum acceleration increased from 0.5 to 2.5 . The comparison of numerical results obtained from the simulation and experimentations shows the satisfactory agreement of the model. The proposed macro-element can be used to predict the seismic behavior of a wider variety of configurations.
Comparative Analysis of Settlement and Pore Water Pressure of Road Embankment on Yan soft soil Treated with PVDs
Rufaizal Che Mamat;
Anuar Kasa;
Siti Fatin Mohd Razali
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 5, No 7 (2019): July
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2019-03091357
The application of prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) in the road embankment construction has been successfully performed in many projects throughout the country. The simulation of finite element method (FEM) can assist engineers in modelling very complex structures and foundations. This paper presents a plane–strain numerical analysis that was performed to verify the effectiveness of the model embankment stabilised with PVD using Plaxis 2D version 8. This study employed the smear effect of permeability ratio (kr) of 3 in the PVD modelling. The data of settlement and pore water pressure in the left and right sides of road embankment were monitored for 177 days, then the data were collected and compared by a numerical simulation. The coefficient of determination (R2) was used to assess the performance of the comparative analysis. The results of numerical simulation on settlement and pore water pressure obtained a coefficient of determination of greater than 0.9 which has reached a good agreement with those of the field measurement. On other the hand, there was no significant difference in the performance between both sides of the embankment. The smear effect parameter (kr = 3) is recommended for PVD designs and can provide accurate FEM prediction.
Free Vibration of Tall Buildings using Energy Method and Hamilton’s Principle
Peyman Rahgozar
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 6, No 5 (2020): May
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2020-03091519
In a framed-tube tall building, shear wall systems are the most efficient structural systems for increasing the lateral load resistance. A novel and simple mathematical model is developed herein which calculates the natural frequencies of such tall buildings. The analyses are based on a continuous model, in which a tall building structure is replaced by an idealized cantilever beam that embodies all relevant structural characteristics. Governing equations and the corresponding eigen-problem are derived based on the energy method and Hamilton’s principle. Solutions are obtained for three examples; using the separation of variables technique implemented in MATLAB. The results are compared to SAP2000 full model analysis; and they indicate reasonable accuracy. The computed natural frequencies for structures 50, 60 and 70 storey buildings were over-estimate 7, 11 and 14 percent respectively. The computed errors indicate that the proposed method has acceptable accuracy; and can be used during the initial stages of designing of tall buildings; it is fast and low cost computational process.
Experimental Investigation on Efficiency Factor of Pile Groups Regarding Distance of Piles
Mojtaba Pashayan;
Gholam Moradi
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 5, No 8 (2019): August
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DOI: 10.28991/cej-2019-03091373
There are a lot of the parameters which affect pile group behavior in soil. One of these factors is the distance of piles from each other. The impact of distance on pile groups in sand has been investigated through some researches, whereas most of them have not represented an exact estimation according to the continuous change of the distance in sand. Moreover, most of previous investigations have considered two piles as a perfect group. Since two-pile group has the least interaction effect among piles, it cannot suitably demonstrate the influence of spacing. In this lecture, several 4-pile groups modeled with different spacing were subjected to axial loading in laboratory. The pile groups were free-head with length to diameter ratio of 13.5. The piles are designed in a way which the shaft resistance of piles can be completely mobilized through the test. Then, the bearing capacities of pile groups are measured and compared with the single pile's resistance in order to calculate the efficiency coefficient of the groups. It is revealed that the distance is noticeably effective in efficiency factor and this effectiveness, non-linearly decreases by increase of spacing. The results show that the efficiency coefficient is changing between almost 1 and 1.4.