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Hussainc Department of Civil Engineering, Wah Engineering College, The University of Wah, Quaid Avenue, Wah Cantt, Pakistan aanwar.khitab@wecuw.edu.pk, bm.nadeem@wecuw.edu.pk, csabahathussan@wecuw.edu.pk Keywords: Construction, engineered cementitious Composites (ECC), strain, flexibility, ductility, fibers, environment-friendliness, cost effectiveness, durability Abstract: This article describes the applications and benefits of a recently developed smart building material namely Engineered cementitious composite (ECC), also known as flexible or bendable concrete.
Engineered Cementitious Concrete: Engineered Cement Composites represent a special class of FRC.
Li, From Micromechanics to Structural Engineering-The design of Cementitious Composites for Civil Engineering Applications, Structural Engineering and Earthquake engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 10, No. 2, (1993) p. 37-48
[4] M.D.Lepech, G.A.Keoleian, S.Qian, V.C.Li, Design of green engineered cementitious composites for pavement overlay applications, Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-46857-2, (2008)
[7] H.Zhang, G.A.Keoleian, M.D.Lepech, An integrated life cycle assessment and life cycle analysis model for pavement overlay systems, Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN 978-0-415-46857-2, London, UK, (2008)

A.1 1Graduate student, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia 2Coordinator, Disaster Research Nexus, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia *taksiah@usm.my Keywords: rural roofing system, thunderstorm, non-engineered building, wind loads Abstract.
These non-engineered structures are typically built with very little, or no technical engineering input, and are often the product of varied building traditions and cultures.
Most of timber trusses for non–engineered building were built without any engineering input consideration which is depended only on labor’s experience and skill.
Journal of Structural Engineering, 124 (1998) pp. 1192-1201
Behaviour and Design Profiled Steel Cladding Systems Subject to Pull-through Failures, PhD Thesis School of Civil Engineering Queensland University of Technology, (2003)

Sound Insulation Properties of the Facade Elements - The Influence of Filling Cavities of Facade Elements on the Values of Laboratory Airborne Sound Insulation Zuzana Kolářová1, a, Lubor Kalousek1,b 1 Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Building Structure, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic akolarova.z@fce.vutbr.cz, bkalousek.l@fce.vutbr.cz Keywords: external cladding, facade elements, sound insulation properties, laboratory airborne sound insulation, filling of the air cavity Abstract.
These measurements were performed by the mutual cooperation between the laboratory of the Brno University of Technology and the firm of civil engineering practice, which develops and produces these constructions.
Introduction A few experiments were performed on the basis of mutual cooperation between the Liko-s, a.s. company and Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Acknowledgement This article was made on the basis of mutual cooperation between the Liko-s, a.s. company and Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
ISBN 978–80–7366–140–3 [3] Protocol No. 26-2012 titled “Měření laboratorní vzduchové neprůzvučnosti příček”, issued by Acoustic Laboratory of the Institute of Physical Engineering, accredited as ČIA, No. 1016.

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Building Materials, (3rd CEABM2013), May 24-26, 2013, Jinan, China.

The 475 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Sustainable City and Regional Development;
Chapter 2: Renewable Energy and Building Energy Saving Technology;
Chapter 3: Indoor Environment;
Chapter 4: City Ecological Environment;
Chapter 5: Water Purification and Wastewater Treatment;
Chapter 6: Air Environment Control and Architectural Environment Improvement Techniques;
Chapter 7: Environmental Engineering and Environmental Protection;
Chapter 8: Bridge Engineering;
Chapter 9: Road and Railway Engineering;
Chapter 10: Transportation Planning, Construction and Logistics Engineering;
Chapter 11: Traffic Control and Information Technology.

Structural damage detection using curvature mode difference curve Hang Jing1, a, Lingling Jia1, b and Yi Zhao2, c 1School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China 2School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China awhut_jh@163.com, bjll8123@126.com, cxueli1997@126.com Keywords: Curvature mode, Difference curve, Damage identification Abstract.
Damage detection in civil engineering structures using the dynamic system parameters has become an important area of research.
China Civil Engineering Journal Vol. 5(2003), p. 5 (In Chinese) [3] Zengshou Sun, Jiangang Han, Weixin Ren.
Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration Vol. 4(2005), p. 44 (In Chinese) [4] M.

The Use of a 3D Scanner for Evaluating the Morphology of a Sandblasted Concrete Surface Sławomir Czarnecki1a, Jerzy Hoła1b, Łukasz Sadowski1c* 1Faculty of Civil Engineering, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw aslawomir.czarnecki@pwr.edu.pl, bjerzy.hola@pwr.edu.pl, c*lukasz.sadowski@pwr.wroc.pl Keywords: concrete substrates, surface morphology, optical scanning, non-destructive testing, civil engineering Abstract.
Bissonnette, A surface engineering approach applicable to concrete repair engineering, Bulletin of The Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences 61 (2013) 73-84
Wójcik, Measurement Techniques Used for Analysis of the Geometric Structure of Machined Surfaces, Management and Production Engineering Review 5 (2014) 27-32
Piekoszewski, The investigation of wear tracks with the use of noncontact measurement methods, Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 13 (2013) 158–167

The Design and Application of Piezoelectric Friction Damper with Self-Powered and Sensing Control System NaXin Dai1,3,a, Ping Tan1,2 and FuLin Zhou1,2 1The School of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China 2Guangdong Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering & Applied Technique, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510405, China 3Mechanics Institution, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou 510640, China anxdai@scau.edu.cn Keywords: Piezoelectric friction damper; Vibration energy harvesting; Piezoelectric power generator with sensor; Semi-active control; Smart isolation; Story isolation Abstract: To make the active and semi-active vibration control system in civil engineering get rid of external power supply, a new piezoelectric friction damper with self-power and sensing is designed in this paper and a semi-active control system based on this damper is presented.
Introduction Civil infrastructure is exposed to a multi-hazard environment including extreme windstorms and strong earthquakes.
The friction dampers utilize their sliding mode to accommodate large deformations in civil engineering structures and use piezoelectric actuators to regulate their clamped force.
In civil engineering, the main goal is trying to extract energy from structural vibration that can be used to power wireless sensors.
Scruggs et al. [6-7] are the first to suggest the active control with the harvested vibration energy in the area of civil engineering.

Capen Professor of Engineering Science, Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. 238 Ketter Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A. 3 Clifford C Furnas Eminent Professor, Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. 135 Ketter Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A.
Much of structural control research and applications in civil engineering have been concerned with structures equipped with passive, hybrid, or active control devices in order to enhance structural performance under extraordinary loads.
Introduction In recent years, several approaches have been proposed for integrated design of structure/control systems in aerospace and civil engineering structures.
For civil engineering structures, for example, a variational approach has produced good results [1-2].
In this section, the idea of redesign is incorporated into the integrated design of civil engineering structural/control systems.

High-quality engineering materials technology training is in engineering materials technology development to protect.
All of the above reasons lead to students lack of the ability to solve practical engineering problem and lack of the modern engineering knowledge about economy and society that they have to know; Third , separated theoretical study of engineering materials and engineering materials applications personnels cultivation lead to the separation of engineering materials research and practice.
Engineering and technical personnel need to keep new demands on engineering materials, engineering, materials scientists also need to continue to develop new materials, which requires engineering materials research and engineering technical personnel to master the new direction of development of science and new developments.
Higher Engineering Education. 2001, (4) [3] He Min Juan: U.S. colleges and universities to develop professional civil engineering investigation and analysis features.
advanced architectural education. 2008 (1) [4] LiuYan,TanYusheng,LiQiuxia: Civil engineering application-oriented training ofexploration and thinking.

This study aims to determine the classification of rock masses, which were carried out based on the Geological Strength Index (GSI) and Japan Society for Civil Engineers (JSCE), to analyze the intake tunnel's excavation method and support system.
This study classified rock masses using the Geological Strength Index (GSI) and the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE).
The following Equation was used to determine the GSI value: GSI=1,5JCond89 + RQD2 (1) “Japan Society for Civil Engineers (JSCE)”.
The Japan Society of Civil Engineers [7] laid the foundation for classifying soil and rocks.
[7] JSCE, Standard Specifications for Tunnelling-2006 Mountain Tunnels (Japan: Japan Society of Civil Engineers) (2007) [8] R.