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Enhancement of Soil Thermo-physical Properties Using Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials for Ground Source Heat Pump Applications Pejman Keikhaei Dehdezia, Matthew R Hallb, Andrew R Dawsonc a,bNottingham Transport Engineering Centre, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK evxpk3@nottingham.ac.uk bNottingham Centre for Geomechanics, Division of Materials Mechanics & Structures, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK Matthew.hall@nottingham.ac.uk cNottingham Transport Engineering Centre, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK Andrew.dawson@nottingham.ac.uk Keywords: Ground source heat pump; Heat transport; Phase change materials; Latent heat storage Abstract.
Acknowledgements The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support of this research by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and East Midlands Airport.
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 2007;19(8):683-90
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 2005;17(4):465-75
Applied Thermal Engineering. 2009;29(4):740-7

To replace high resource consumption, high-energy materials with more green engineering materials and construction materials.
The use of new construction technology and construction tools to replace old process and old technology, thus reducing loss and waste of engineering materials.
[4] Jiming Wu, Localization strategy of building information modeling (BIM), Civil Engineering and construction IT operation, 3(2011)45-52
[6] Ho Guanpei, BIM in the construction industry position, evaluation system and possible applications, Civil engineering and construction, IT, 1(2010)110-116
[10] Rafael Sacks, Interaction of Lean and Building Information Modeling in Construction, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 9(2010)10-23.

Study of Construction Management Maturity Model Xu Chao，An Yuhua Jilin Institute of Architectural and Civil Engineering，Changchun, China, 130118 Key Words: construction management maturity; optimal approach; construction management Abstract: The construction management maturity model for the proceeding construction is mainly studied in this paper.
As one of the methods of construction management of project, the construction management maturity model can not only be used for evaluating of the construction management ability but also assess the current construction management level of engineering industries to find the gap and provide the approaches of continuous improvement for engineering enterprises.
In the paper, the characteristics of construction management maturity model of engineering enterprises are first introduced, and then some international construction management maturity models widely applied are compared.
Construction Management Maturity of engineering Enterprises 1.1 Construction management of engineering enterprises The construction management of engineering enterprises refers to the management of all the constructions that the architectural enterprises participate in, including the construction s of the engineering l enterprises for meeting their own internal demand and construction s of products or services provided for the external customers.
The construction management of architectural enterprises is mainly characterized as follows: Full-life construction management The management of engineering enterprises should necessarily consider the contradiction between the provisionality of construction organization and long term of operation of engineering enterprises.

In practical engineering applications, the volume of soft soil subgrade reinforced with lime seriously swelled, and also the strength of soft soil subgrade decreased rapidly when the subgrade saturated with water, which brought huge economic losses and delayed the normal use of engineering.
Mixing cement powder spraying pile and slag compaction piles in wharf slope stability engineering application[J]: Poarl River Water Transport,25~27 [7] Huang X.
Blast furnace slag soil curing agent experimental research[J]: Subgrade Engineering, 2007, 3: 48~50
Sustainable soil stabilization with blast furnace slag -a review [J]: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials. 2010, 163(3): 157~165
[18] Akinmurusu J O: Potential beneficial uses of steel slag wastes for civil engineering purposes[J].

Since Krumme[16] proposed a SMA damper called the center–tapped(CT) device which could control the dynamic response of civil structures, a series of SMA devices were brought forward.
However, these devices are almost designed for civil structures, so that when being used for controlling transmission tower vibration, they are big, complex, and inconvenient for installation and maintenance.
Leon, Shape memory alloy tension/compression device for seismic retrofit of buildings, Journal of materials engineering and performance, 18 (2009) 746-753
Mario, Digital simulation of wind field velocity, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 74–76 (1998) 91-109
Vitaliani, Wind field simulation for structural engineering purposes, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 61 (2004) 738-763

Monitoring and Analysis of Blasting Vibration of Diversion Tunnel Excavation in Layered Rock Mass* Huafeng Deng1 , Min Zhu1, Lehua Wang2 ,Jifang Zhou2 1College of Civil Engineering & Architecture China Three Gorges University Yichang 443002, China 2College of Civil Engineering & Architecture Er'tan Hydropower Development Company Ltd.
Fig. 3 The typical vibration waveform of blasting (1)As figure 3 shows, in the applied monitoring of blasting engineering, each blasting is independent relatively, and without superposition phenomenon basically.
[4] Tan Zhong-sheng, Yang Xiao-lin, Wang Meng-shu, “ Effect of blast in double line tunnel on existing tunnel [J]”, Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, 2003,22(2):281-285
[5] Hongbing Xia, Haibo Wang, Qi Zong, “Comprehensive analysis of controlling technology of blasting vibration effect [J]”,Engineering Blasting, 2007, 13(2): 83-86
[8] Shouru Chen, “The compare and choice of two formula of particle vibration forecasting [A]”,7th National Engineering Blasting Academic Conference[C], 2001.702-706

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. (2017). 262(1). 012025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/262/1/012025 [7] S.
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Timokhin et al, Self-compacting concrete using pretreatmented rice husk ash, Magazine of Civil Engineering (2018). 79(3).
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (2017). 2316347
Сер. "27th R-S-P Seminar, Theoretical Foundation of Civil Engineering (27RSP), TFoCE 2018". 04018

Seismic Analysis of Confined Masonry Shear Walls Using the Wide Column Model Kiran Rangwani1, a* and Svetlana Brzev2, b 1Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj, GJ, 382355, India 2Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj, GJ, 382355, India akiran@iitgn.ac.in, bsbrzev@iitgn.ac.in Keywords: Confined Masonry, Wide Column Model, Equivalent Frame Model, Linear Elastic Analyses, Seismic analysis Abstract.
Fig. 2 First engineered application of confined masonry in India [3] Wide Column Model is a macro model where a wall structure and the supporting floors and roof are idealized as a bare frame.
References [1] Brzev S. (2008), “Earthquake-Resistant Confined Masonry Construction”, NICEE, National Information Center of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur [2] Meli R., Brzev S. et al (2011), “Seismic Design Guide for Low-Rise Confined Masonry Buildings”, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Oakland, California, USA [3] Jain S.
G. (2002), “ Evaluation of Simplified Models for Lateral Loads Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 128, No. 7, pp. 890-897 [9] Lagomarsino S., Penna A., Galasco A., and Cattari S. (2013), “TREMURI Program: An Equivalent Frame Model for the Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Masonry Buildings”, Journal of Engineering Structures, Vol. 56, pp. 1787-1799 [10] Simões A., Bento R., Gago A., and Lopes M. (2012), “Seismic Vulnerability of Old Masonry ‘Gaioleiro’ Building in Lisbon”, Proceeding of 15thWorld Conference of Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal [11] Taveras M.
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Response Spectrum with Uncertain Damping Using Artificial Neural Networks Lazhar Hariche1,a, Baizid Benahmed1,b* and Abbas Moustafa2,c 1Development Laboratory in Mechanics and Materials, University of Djelfa, Algeria 2Department of civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt alazhariche@yahoo.fr, bbenahmed.tp@univ-djelfa.dz, cabbas.moustafa@yahoo.com Keywords: EC8; Response Spectra; Uncertainty; damping; Artificial Neural Networks; Monte Carlo method.
ANN used in all engineering applications for modelling and predicting complex physical processes.
A range of natural period values T in the interval (0.05 - 4 sec) is adopted which covers most structures of engineering interest.
Hill-Carroll, “Damping in tall buildings: its variability and treatment in design,” in Building motion in wind - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Spring Convention, 1986
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GPS Monitoring And Warning Example of Bazimen Landslide Engineering Pengfei Tu1, a, Huan Peng2,b, Hongtao Li1,c and Lang Xia1,d 1College of Civil & Architecture Engineering of China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei,443002, China 2Center of Geological Hazard Prevention and Control of Hubei，Wuhan 430034，China atupengfei2000@163.com, b544572712@qq.com clihongtao926@126.com, ,dxialanglove@163.com.
Bazimen landslide Abstract: Based on the research of Engineering geological characteristics，formation mechanism，failure mode and later change trend of Zigui county Bazimen landslide in Three gorges reservoir area,we put forward the warning construction scheme of landslide monitoring, introduce the layout of monitoring network and the construction technical requirements of all kinds of deformation monitoring,it can be refered to by other landslide monitoring projects.
To ensure the connection of the rehabilitated provincial road and the safety of human life and property, we should build professional monitoring and warning engineering system of the landslide as soon as possible, as well as enhance the education and propaganda of the public’s monitoring and warning.