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A New Construction Method for Web-based Large-scale 3D Terrain Model Zhenpei LI 1, a, Zegen WANG 1,b and Hongliang JIA1,c 1 School of Civil & Architecture, Southwest Petroleum University, ChengDu, 610500, China as_tmusic@yahoo.com.cn, bzegen01@126.com, chljia@swpu.edu.cn Keywords: network environment, large-scale 3D terrain model, Extensible 3D, Level of Detail Abstract.
X3D is intended for use on a variety of hardware devices and in a broad range of application areas such as engineering and scientific visualization, multimedia presentations, entertainment and educational titles, web pages, and shared virtual worlds[3, 4].

., Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Tech., Goyang, 411-712, Korea aredwow6@hanyang.ac.kr, b jnb55@hanyang.ac.kr, ccuchae@kict.re.kr, dkevin0425@hanyang.ac.kr Keywords: Environmental database, Construction finish materials, Building element Abstract.

Withers1,e 1 School of Materials, Grosvenor St, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 2 Metallurgy & Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 3 Department of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, UK a p.frankel@manchester.ac.uk, bJian.Ding@port.ac.uk, cmichael.preuss@umist.ac.uk, d jim.byrne@port.ac.uk, ephilip.withers@umist.ac.uk Keywords: Residual Stress, Foreign Object Damage (FOD), Synchrotron Diffraction, Ti-6Al-4V Abstract.
FOD issues cost the civil aerospace industry approximately €4 billion annually and the maintenance budgets for the UK and USA Air Forces run into many millions of euros each year [2].

J. of Structural Engineering, 114(8): 1804-1826
Conf. on Civil, Struct. and Environm.

Accordingly, they were recently introduced as a material for low pressure turbine blades in civil aero engines partly replacing the twice as heavy Ni-base superalloys [1,2].
[3] Appel, F., Wagner, R., Microstructure and Deformation of two-phase γ-titanium aluminides, Materials Science and Engineering R22 (1998) 187-268

The Research of Flexible Solar Cells for Application in Solar Roof LEI Jin Song1, a, ZHANG Zhao Qiang1,b, YAO Yong1,c 1College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, Sichuan, China aleijinsong2003@163.com, btheblue-sea698@163.com, cyy001221 @163.com Keywords: flexible solar cells, solar roof, stainless steel substrate, application Abstract: In this paper, we report the deposition of nano-crystalline silicon flexible solar cells on stainless steel (SS) substrates for application in solar roof.

Archbold2,b 1Department of Civil Engineering, Athlone Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Athlone, Ireland a*a.cdcosta@research.ait.ie, bparchbold@ait.ie *Corresponding author Keywords: Natural fibre-reinforced concrete; flax fibres; hemp fibres; fracture energy.

Xu3, c 1College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China 2School of Art and Design, Shanghai Institute of Technology, China 3Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK ahuxianglei@163.com,bgaoying@sit.edu.cn, czeyuan.xu@nottingham.ac.uk Keywords: Finite element analysis, Weather resistance experiment, Insulated decorative panel Abstract.
Material parameters Density (kg/m3) Thermal conductivity [W/(m·K)] Specific heat [J/(kg·K)] Modulus of elasticity (×109Pa) Poisson ratio Thermal expansion coefficient (×10-5/℃) Thickness (mm) Reinforced concrete 2300 1.74 920 20 0.2 1.0 200 Leveling mortar 1600 0.93 1050 4.9 0.28 1.2 20 Bonding mortar 1800 0.93 1050 4.9 0.28 1.2 5 IDP 160 0.05 1550 17 0.18 1.4 40 Note: Material properties are from "Thermal design code for civil building (GB50176-93)" and data is provided by manufacturers Fig. 5 Preliminary analysis of thermal deformation of IDP.

Influence of the Aggregate Type on the Properties of Dolomitic Lime-Based Mortars Martin VYŠVAŘIL1, a *, Tomáš ŽIŽLAVSKÝ1, b and Patrik BAYER1, c 1Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic avysvaril.m@fce.vutbr.cz, bzizlavskyT@study.fce.vutbr.cz, cbayer.p@fce.vutbr.cz Keywords: Dolomitic lime, limestone, quartz, strength, porosity, carbonation, water absorption.

Wireless Electro Osmosis Gabriela Pavlendová1, a *, Jozefa Lukovičová1, b, and Ivan Banik1, c 1Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, 813 68 Bratislava, Slovak Republic agabriela.pavlendova@stuba.sk, bjozefa.lukovicova@stuba.sk, civan.banik@stuba.sk *corresponding author Keywords: electro osmosis, the influence of fields, moist masonries.