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Diagnosis of Damage in a Steel Tank Model by Shaking Table Harmonic Tests Daniel Burkacki1,a and Robert Jankowski1,b 1Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, ul.
Diagnosis of damage in civil engineering structures has recently become an important issue in the safety assessment procedure.
Introduction The safety of civil engineering structures is one of the most import issues of building industry and the assessment of the damage-involved structural response has become of major concern to engineers (see, for example, [1,2]).
The results of the study show that the shaking table tests can be quite effective in diagnosing damage in models of large civil engineering structures.
Salawu: Engineering Structures Vol. 19 (1997), p. 718

Individual Civil Building Intelligent Project Design Based on the Agent Xin Xu1, a, Fang Li2,b 1,2School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, china university of mining&technology(Beijing),China aboshimai@sina.com, bsdkjdx_lixue@126.com Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Agent; Project design; Streamline analysis Abstract: Individual civil building intelligent project design is the process of using the artificial intelligence Agent technology in simulation the three logical relationship of building user, bubbles, streamline.
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, J.Bradshaw, editor, Handbook of Agent Technology.

Numerical Simulation and Application of Pre-Stress Tubular Pile for the Foundation Pit Engineering Xiangqiu Wang1,a, Wentian Liu2,b, Zhiguo Zhou3,c Yuhong Zhang1,d 1 Dept. of Civil Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, China 2Faculty of Civil Engineering of Guangdong University of technology, Guangzhou,510006, China 3 Institute of Building Science in Guangzhou, Guangzhou,510440, China atongji_wxq@163.com,bgoodliuwentian@163.com, ccsu_zzhg@163.com, dzyh@fosu.edu.cn Key words: pre-stress tubular pile; retaining structure; model of FEM; engineering of foundation pit Abstract.
Methods of design and technological demands of construction are expounded for the structure with pre-stress tubular pile and anchor in the engineering of foundation pit.
The design parameters for the pit are demonstrated by the means of FEM, and its feasibility is proved by the engineering practice.
Introduction The pre-stress tubular pile is used in the foundation pit engineering for a six-story building.
[3] WANG Xiangqiu, YANG Linde: Building Structure Vol.35(2004), p.37~39 [4] WANG Xiangqiu,YANG Linde: Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Vol.24(2002), p.729~732 [5] WAN Wen, CAO Ping: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Vol.24(2005), p.1766~1771

Investigation on Damage-Involved Structural Response of Colliding Steel Structures During Ground Motions Barbara Sołtysik1, a, Tomasz Falborski1, b, Robert Jankowski1, c 1Department of Metal Structures and Construction Management Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology Ul.
Earthquakes are the most unpredictable damaging loads which can affect civil engineering structures.
Introduction Ground motions are dynamic loads which can affect neighboring, insufficiently separated civil engineering structures by leading them to collisions [1-4].
To simulate the behavior of each structure during seismic excitation, the unidirectional shaking table, located at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology (Poland) was used.
Maison: Engineering Structures Vol. 19 (1997), p. 195 [4] L.

Establishing Integration Process During Engineering Design Kuan-Pei Lee a and Andrew S.
Moreover, compared with tangible ecological features like species there is also a difficult pedagogical dimension in the communication of information on intangible cultural issues to civil engineers and the general public [3].
Fig. 1 Engineering design process Preliminary Design.
Understanding and interpreting baseline perceptions of sustainability in construction among civil engineers in the United States.
A Framework for Decision-Based Engineering Design.

Processing and Properties of Soil-Cement Blocks Incorporated with Natural Grit Jonas Alexandre ¹,a, Caio Lobato de Assis Paula e Silva¹,b, Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo¹,c, Gustavo de Castro Xavier¹,d, Verônica Scarpini Candido²,e and Sergio Neves Monteiro²,f 1- UENF - State University of the Northern Rio de Janeiro, UENF, Laboratory of Civil Engineering; Av.
Alberto Lamego, 2000, 28013-602, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil. 2- IME - Military Institute of Engineering, Department of Materials Science, Praça General Tibúrcio, 80, 22290-270, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract: Soil-cement blocks are worldwide used in civil construction competing with ceramic blocks like the red clay ceramic bricks.
The results of compression and water absorption tests indicated that the grit incorporated soil-cement blocks attend the norms for civil construction.
· Dimensional evaluation together with compressive strength and water absorption indicate that grit incorporated soil-cement blocks successfully attend the standards for non-structural closing elements in civil construction.

In the last years there has been an increasing interest to magnetorheological (MR) dampers and their applications to civil engineering.
State-of-the-art of semiactive control systems using MR fluid dampers in civil engineering applications.
Journal of Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 2003; (18) 45-57
ASCE Journal Engineering Mechanics 1997; 123:230-252
Dynamic modeling of large-scale magnetorheological damper systems for civil engineering applications.

Effect of Radius of Curvature on Seismic Response of Curved Bridge Bo WangP1,2,a, Yuxiang LiuP1,2,b 1Department of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China 2Key Laboratory of Disaster Forecast and Control in Engineering, Ministry of Education of China, Guangzhou 510632, China atwangbo@jnu.edu.cn, btliuyx@jnu.edu.cn Keywords: radius of curvature, seismic response, curved bridge, response spectrum Abstract.
Numerical models with different radii of curvature are created using the finite element analysis program Midas/Civil.
According to the usage of engineering design, engineering tolerance should be controlled within 5%.
W.G: Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics Vol. 7 (1979), p.107 [5] Abdel.
Lee and B.Cheong: Engineering Structures Vol. 21 (1999), p. 1015 [12] C.Gentile, F.

This research is part of an extensive developing line at the Laboratory of Structures at Faculty of Civil Engineering in State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, about the behavior of columns in fire situation.
The fire was simulated by vertical electric furnace for columns, functioning in the Civil Engineering College, State University of Campinas, FEC-UNICAMP (Fig. 1).
Dissertation (Master) – Faculty of Civil Engineering in State University of Campinas – UNICAMP.
Journal of Structural Engineering 129 n.3 – ASCE, 2003. p. 346 – 356
Dissertation (Master) – Faculty of Civil Engineering in State University of Campinas – UNICAMP.

The Reasearch of the Level of Tunnel Sorrounding Rock and the Stability Based on Fractal Theory Jiantao He1, a, Jun Dong1, b* 1Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, 100044, China a954539858@163.com, b jdongcg@bucea.edu.cn Keywords: Fractal theory; Box counting method; L d method; Tunnel surrounding rock section contour; Rock mass; The stability of surrounding rock.
A new nonlinear discipline named Fractal theory which is a scientific theory and method studied the irregular of nature and complex phenomena has been used in civil engineering direction successfully in recent years.
Combining with the using of fractal theory in civil engineering in recent years, such as application of fractal theory research concrete crack extension, strength size effect and the fractal effect of aggregate gradation.
Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, (1997) 83–88
Journal of Railway Engineering Society, 1999(3) 106-110.