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Corrosion protection products as a source of bisphenol A and toxicity to the aquatic environment

Steel components are typically treated with anti-corrosion coatings like epoxy or polyurethane resins to protect the integrity and functioning of steel. Such resins may contain substances, such as bisphenol A (BPA), that have caused concern in a human and ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Recent development in the multiphysical analysis and design of energy piles

Lyesse Laloui, Alessandro Francesco Rotta Loria

This study proposes an analysis of the multiphysical phenomena governing the thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy piles. The analysis is based on the results of a series of full-scale in-situ tests, laboratory experiments and numerical analyses. First, th ...

2017

Creep of Sandwich Panels with Longitudinal Reinforcement Ribs for Civil Engineering Applications: Experiments and Composite Creep Modeling

Thomas Keller, Mário Alexandre De Jesus Garrido

Composite sandwich panels with reinforcement ribs or webs are being increasingly considered for structural applications in civil engineering. Such panels are prone to creep when subjected to significant permanent loads and therefore the effects of this phe ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2017

Gusset Plate Connections for Naturally Buckling Braces

Hiroyuki Inamasu

A naturally buckling brace (NBB) is a steel brace that consists of a high-strength and low-yielding steel channel arranged in parallel with eccentricity acting along the brace length. To enhance the feasibility of NBB fabrication, three connecting design d ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2017

A one-week transdisciplinary course on walking for 2nd-year students of architecture and engineering

Emmanuel Pierre Jean Ravalet, Derek Pierre Christie, Dominique Von Der Mühll

Walking is often absent from the curriculum of architects or civil engineers, who are ultimately responsible for designing urban space which may or may not be favourable to walking. There is therefore a need for courses to help future architects and engine ...

2017

Surveying the Evolution of Computing in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Education since 2012

Ian Smith

This paper presents the results of an online survey that was conducted in 2014 to assess the evolution of computing in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) education. A primary goal includes contributing to the understanding of the evolution o ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2016

Uncertainty Qualification in Large Civil Infrastructure

Sai Ganesh Sarvotham Pai

Replacing aging civil infrastructure is expensive and not sustainable. Certain civil infrastructure also are landmarks which cannot be replaced. Reserve capacity estimation is useful for decision making regarding repair and replacement of structures. We im ...

2016

Geotechnical analysis of energy piles

Lyesse Laloui, Alessandro Francesco Rotta Loria

This study proposes an analysis of the multiphysical phenomena and mechanisms governing the thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy piles. The analysis is based on the results of a series of full-scale in-situ tests, laboratory experiments and numerical anal ...

2016

Surveying the Evolution of Computing in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Education

Ian Smith

This paper includes the results of an online survey that was conducted by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) task committee on computing education to assess the evolution of computing in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) educati ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2015

Amélioration de la fiabilité des évaluations environnementales des bâtiments

Endrit Hoxha

This PhD thesis focuses on improving reliability of the LCA of buildings by a better control of the origin and magnitude of uncertainties. It contributes to: - The development of a methodology for assessing uncertainty in LCA of buildings; - The constructi ...

Université Paris Est2015

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