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Probabilistic Approach to Stability Analysis of a Reinforced Concrete Retaining Wall David Pustka1, a 1Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, L.
Rapid development of computer technologies brings possibility to exploit powerful computers for reliability analysis of (civil) engineering structures under consideration of random properties of various quantities influencing their resulting reliabilities.
Introduction Most of today's codes for design of civil engineering structures contain design procedures for reliability assessment of these structures, which are based on partial factor design (PFD) method.
Fig. 6 Output histogram of reliability function RFhis Summary The paper outlines possible way to increase quality level of procedures for design and reliability assessment of (civil) engineering structures.

Dynamic monitoring of concrete structure using piezoelectric sensor Lei Qin1, a, Enrong Wang1, Kaige Tian1, Xiaodong Wang, Yuehua Shi1, Qi Qin1, Zhengxiao Hua1 1School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022 China acea_qinl@ujn.edu.cn Keywords: Monitoring; Concrete; Piezoelectric sensor; Dynamic response Abstract: Dynamic response of civil engineering structures was monitored in the paper, on basis of the excellent properties of piezoelectric smart sensor.
Nowadays, many scholars in civil engineering field have paid attention to the piezoelectric (PZT) smart materials, which can be used to effectively monitor the dynamic characteristics of structures of real-time.
And the result also illustrates that the PZT sensor has superiority in monitoring of dynamic characteristics of civil structure.

Load Bearing Capacity Tests of Mechanical Joining on Timber-concrete Beam Petr Agel1, a,*, Antonin Lokaj2, b 1Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Ostrava, Ludvika Podeste 1875/17, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech republic 2 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Ostrava, Ludvika Podeste 1875/17, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech republic apetr.agel@vsb.cz, bantonin.lokaj@vsb.cz Keywords: Timber, concrete, composite, joining, nail.
Load bearing capacity was tested at EU 40 press in laboratory of Faculty of Civil Engineering - Technical University of Ostrava (loading proceeds with constant speed of press).
In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing.
In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing.
In: 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building Materials, CEABM, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol.351-352, , pp. 254-259.

This special edition is devoted to recent issues in materials science and technologies of materials synthesis and processing used in machine building, biomedical engineering, civil construction and geotechnics.

This special publication will interest researchers and engineers from mentioned engineering and industrial areas.
Steel, Alloy, Polymer, Composite, Thin Film, Shape Memory Alloy, Ultrasonic Impact Treatment, Welding, Additive Technologies, Biomedical Engineering, Antibacterial Properties, Concrete, Aggregate Replacement Materials, Fine Aggregate, Structural Element, Column, Soil

Research on Factors Affecting Durability and Improvements for FRP Reinforced Concrete Structures Lei Tan 1, a, Xijun Liu 2,b, and Mingqiao Zhu 2,c 1School of Civil Engineering and Architecture,Central South University,Changsha 410075,China 2 Civil Engineering School ,Hunan University of Science and Technology,Xiangtan 411201,China asmartlei@sina.com, bliuxijun348@sohu.com, cZMQ2002@263.net Keywords: FRP; Reinforced Concrete Structure; Durability; Improvement Abstract.
With wide applications of FRP in civil engineering, it is necessary to study the durability of FRP reinforced concrete structure.
It has been becoming one of new hot research topics in civil engineering recently.
Insufficient durability of many engineering structures leads to failure at home and abroad.
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Construction Management is a special course offered to students whose major is Civil Engineering.
In our institution, this course targets undergraduate students, whose major is Civil Engineering.
It is one of special courses offered to students whose major is Civil Engineering.
Construction of the course Adjustment of the content of Civil Engineering.
Conclusions This course is offered to undergraduate students, whose major is Civil Engineering.

China 2Department of Civil Engineering, South China University of Technology, State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Architecture Science, Guangzhou, P.R.
With the guidance of sustainable development strategy, a great amount of research studies have been conducted in the fields of urban planning, architecture and civil engineering.
The research findings of sustainable development in the fields including urban planning, architecture, building service and civil engineering are reviewed in this paper.
Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development From the standpoint of security, sustainable buildings should possess smart characteristics such as self-diagnosing health and self-healing of deformation [30].
Recent researches in the use of SMAs in civil engineering applications provides an alternate energy dissipating system for steel moment frames so that the demand of the inelastic deformations in the beams may be reduced.

Energy Partition of Harmonic Waves through a Micro Gap CHEN Xiao Yun1, a and YU Gui Lan 2, b 1,2School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, P.R.China a09121686@bjtu.edu.cn, bglyu@bjtu.edu.cn Keywords: Harmonic waves, Micro Gap, Energy Partition, Seismology Abstract.
These relations are quite effective on seismology and civil engineering.
Introduction Reflection and refraction of elastic waves through a micro gap between two solids is a fundamental topic in seismology, civil engineering, non-destructive evaluation, etc.
These relations are quite effective on seismology and civil engineering where we consider the energy carried by the refracted waves to be minimum to protect the structure.
These relations are quite effective on seismology and civil engineering.

Geosynthetics is developing rapidly in civil engineering, water project, transportation engineering and other fields in recent years due to their advantages of lightweight, good continuity, easy construction, excellent tensile, anti-ripping strength and good resistance to chemicals and microorganism.
At present, the geosynthetics has been widely used in the water, highway, railway, industrial and civil buildings, ports, mining, military and other engineering fields. [1] Geosynthetics’ development is closely related to the development of synthetic polymers, especially geotextiles.
The application of geosynthetics The application of geosynthetics is very extensive, it has a good performance in geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, hydraulic engineering and railway and highway traffic engineering, and so on.
The application of geosynthetics in subgrade engineering[J].
West-China Exploration Engineering, 2009（5）:191-193

., Taiwan, ROC 4Dept. of Civil Eng., Ching Yun Univ., Taiwan, ROC aemail: wangjn@ntu.edu.tw; bemail: phyjlt@ccu.edu.tw; cemail: weite@mail.npust.edu.tw Keywords: Chloride ion, Concrete and raw materials, Long-period fiber grating, Microfluidic, Sensor Abstract.
Optical fiber sensors based on waveguide technology are promising and attractive in chemical, biotechnological, and civil engineering applications.
This LPFG-based microfluidic system for chloride ion measurement reported here could hopefully benefit the development and applications in the field of civil engineering especially for concrete and raw material testing as well as infrastructure health monitoring.
The detection of chloride ion is of great interest in a variety of industrial applications, including civil and environmental engineering, food, bio- and industrial chemistry.
This LPFG-based microfluidic system for chloride ion measurement reported here could hopefully benefit the development and applications in the field of civil engineering especially for concrete and raw material testing and infrastructure health monitoring.