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Introduction Studying composite materials at the scale of the constituent materials is a well-known and wide problem in recent engineering research.
This topic is included in several engineering practices such as civil, mechanical, materials and aerospace.
For instance, the interaction between masonry bricks and the mortar or the presence of aggregates and voids in the concrete are examples of civil engineering structures where a small-scale analysis can reveal interesting results.

Citation & Copyright (to be inserted by the publisher) Influence of Stress Singularities on the Vibration of Rhombic Plates with V-Notches or Sharp Cracks Joo-Woo Kim 1 and Hie-young Jung 2 1 Department of Architectural Engineering, Semyung University, 21-1 Sinweol-dong,Jecheon, Chungbuk, Korea 2 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Seoul, 90 Jeonnong-dong, Dongdaemun-ku, Seoul, Korea Keywords: Ritz Method, Free Vibration, Flexural Moment Singularity, Natural Frequency Abstract.
The V-notches may be generated various types of machine components and the cracks are usually created in civil engineering structures subjected to cyclic loading.

Van der Auweraer1 1 LMS International, Interleuvenlaan 68, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium, bart.peeters@lms.be; antonio.vecchio@lms.be; herman.vanderauweraer@lms.be 2 INRIA, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042, Rennes, France, laurent.mevel@irisa.fr 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, VUB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, steve.vanlanduit@vub.ac.be; patrick.guillaume@vub.ac.be 4 INRIA, Rocquencourt, B.P. 105, F-78153, Le Chesnay, France, maurice.goursat@inria.fr Keywords: damage detection, subspace identification, fatigue testing Abstract.
Peeters: System Identification and Damage Detection in Civil Engineering.
PhD thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, [http://www.bwk.kuleuven.ac.be/bwm], 2000

Charles Cliftonc Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland e-mails: aasha843@aucklanduni.ac.nz, bjames.lim@auckland.ac.nz, cc.clifton@auckland.ac.nz Keywords: Cold-formed steel, Portal frame, Box-section, Genetic Algorithm software, Full-scale test Abstract.
A fully automated and user-friendly programme has been developed by the first author to design portal frames which incorporates analysis and design capabilities with aGA, to reach near-optimal solutions during a reasonable amount of time and reduce engineering efforts.
Amirikian, Wedge-beam framing, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 117(1) 1952 596-631

Performance of a Fly Ash Geopolymeric Mortar for Coating of Ordinary Portland Cement Concrete Exposed to Harsh Chemical Environments Walid Tahri1, a, Zahra Abdollahnejad2,b*, Jorge Mendes3, c, Fernando Pacheco-Torgal4, d and José Barroso de Aguiar5,e 1University of Sfax, Tunisia 2,4,5C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Portugal 3Civil Engineering Department, University of Minho, Portugal awalidtahri1980@yahoo.fr, btolumahvash@gmail.com, ca50834@alunos.uminho.pt, dtorgal@civil.uminho.pt, daguiar@civil.uminho.pt Keywords: Concrete infrastructures; Portland cement concrete; geopolymers; coatings; acid attack Abstract.
Bijen, Durability of engineering structures, Design, repair and maintenance, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Abington Hall, Cambridge (2000)
International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Taylor & Francis 4, (2011) 281-287

Introduction In the rock engineering, the stability of rock is most important for safety consideration.
Although the mathematical models provide a fundamental basis in understanding crack behavior, the use of such methods to describe the propagation and coalescence of fractures in geomaterials is arduous, because the analysis of material failure characterized by multiple cracking events for the rock mechanics or civil engineering and geophysical problems.
Among the problems that are faced by rock and civil engineers, there is none more challenging than the characterization of fluid flow though fracturing rocks, especially those which are highly stressed.

., Fire Safety of Reinforced Concrete Columns, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 128(3),(2000), pp.365-373 [2] J.
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Composite Frames with Dissipative Beam Splices: Numerical Analyses and Design Guidelines CALADO Luís1,a*, PROENÇA Jorge M.1,b and SIO João F.A.1,c 1Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources, Técnico - ULisboa, Av.
The experimental campaign was carried out at the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources of Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, in which the full description of the experimental setup, loading procedure and result assessment can be found in published literature [6, 8].
Alternatively, the engineer may opt for a more conservative value and perform another iteration.

Using Smartphones As a Tool To Capture Road Traffic Attributes Guido Giuseppe1, a, Vitale Alessandro1,b, Saccomanno Frank Fedel2,c, Festa Demetrio Carmine1,d, Astarita Vittorio1,e, Rogano Daniele1,f, Gallelli Vincenzo1,g 1University of Calabria, Department of Civil Engineering, via P.Bucci, 87036 – Rende (CS), ITALY 2 University of Waterloo, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1 - Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA agiuseppe.guido@unical.it, balessandro.vitale@unical.it, csaccoman@uwaterloo.ca, ddc.festa@unical.it, evastarita@tiscali.it, fdanielerogano@gmail.com, gvincenzo.gallelli@unical.it Keywords: Smartphone, GPS, Radar sensors, Traffic attributes Abstract.
Festa, “Comparing safety performance measures obtained from video capture data” in: Journal of Transportation Engineering, edited by ASCE, vol. 7 (2010), pp. 481-492

Antoniuk1,c 1Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 4 Didrihsona str., Odessa, Ukraine avyrovoy@ukr.net, bslawa_dk@ukr.net, cantonuk_nr@ukr.net Keywords: capillary-cellular structure, cellular filler, absorption of aggressive substances, polymeric materials.
In the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, protective accumulating coatings have been developed that are capable of irreversibly absorbing toxic substances [6].
Sciences, Odessa Engineering and Construction Institute, Odessa, 2004