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El-Tawil2,b 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA ajefogart@umich.edu, beltawil@umich.edu (corresponding author) Keywords: stability, local damage Abstract.
Lew (2008), “Macromodel-Based Simulation of Progressive Collapse: Steel Frame Structures,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 134(7), pp. 1070 – 1078.

Analysis of Shape Control Factors for the Overall Optimization Design of High-rise Frame Shear Wall Structure Tingyu Mei1, a, Lang Wu 2,b 1College of Civil Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China 2College of Civil Engineering, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang 330044, China a123097596@qq.com, bwulang19812005@126.com Keywords: frame wall structures; optimization design; control factors Abstract: From the basic theory of structural optimization design and shape control factors, the characteristics and control requirements for control factors of high-rise frame shear wall structure optimization have been introduced in this paper.
The dimensionality of optimization problem is not the same as the complexity of the engineering structure is different.

The investigation of ground traffic vibration source characteristics of Beijing Zhengyang Men area based on traffic investigation Song Qi1, a, Guo Jiaqi2,b Chen Wenhua3,c 1School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jjiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China 2China Datang Technologies & Engineering Co.
,Beijing 100097,China 3School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jjiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China asongqi2012@gmail.com, bjqguo@sohu.com, cwhchen@bjtu.edu.cn Keywords: Zhengyang Men; traffic investigation; ground traffic; vehicle dynamic model; vibration displacement; vibration propagation Abstract: Zhengyang Men which is located on the north-south axis line of Beijing, is surrounded by the vital communication lines, and suffered from the environmental vibration induced by the busy ground traffic.

Smart Behavior of Carbon Nanotubes Cement-based Composites Yunfeng Li, Shuli Hu and Quanxiang Wang Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (Shandong University of Science and Technology), Qingdao 266590, China hhliyunfeng@126.com Keywords: carbon nanotubes, composites, electrical resistivity, smart behavior Abstract.
As modern engineering structure is mainly based on the concrete structure, whether concrete composites with CNTs can have good mechanical-sensitive properties should be further researched.
School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Inst of Technology (2004) [5] P.

New Scheme to Resist Seismic Collapse of RC Frame Li Zhi-ping1, a , Hao Jin-xin2, b 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Urban Construction, Tianjin300384, China 2 Hebei Tuowei Engineering Design Limited Company, LangFang065000, China alizhiping_ren@sina.com, bhaojinxinlf@163.com Keywords: cable; brace; pushover; reinforced concrete frame; collapse.
Almeida: Pushover Analysis of Asymmetric Three-Dimensional Building Frames, Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, Vol.

Theoretical Analysis on the Bond-Slip Constitutive Relationship between FRP Bars and Concrete under High Temperature Zhenqing WANGa , Zhu JU b , Yulai HAN c, Xiaoji LId College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, P.R.
Research Background FRP materials have been widely used for a variety of civil engineering application.

Hydration Dynamics of Portland Cement Studied by Magnetic Resonance SHE An Ming1, a, YAO Wu2, b and YUAN Wan Cheng1, c 1 State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China 2 Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (Tongji University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200092, China a sheanming@gmail.com, b yaowuk@tongji.edu.cn, cyuan@tongji.edu.cn Key word: cement; hydration dynamics; relaxation time; low field NMR Abstract.
A complete and accurate understanding on the hydration dynamics would enable the engineers not only to predict the properties of concrete, but also to design new cement based materials.

Nur Ilya Farhana Md Noh1,a*, Zakiah Ahmad2,b and Mohd Hisbany Mohd Hashim1,c 1 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UITM), Selangor, Malaysia 2Institute of Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UITM), Selangor, Malaysia anurilyafarhana@yahoo.com, bzakiah@salam.uitm.edu.my, chisbany@salam.uitm.edu.my Keywords: heat treatment, environmental friendly, timbers, physical properties, density Abstract.
M., Saudi Arabia – Concrete Construction Industry – Cement Based Materials And Civil Infrastructure ( CBM & CI ), (2012)
In NationalConference on Recent Trends in Engineering & Technology, (2011)

Application Study of CFRP in Longmen Grottoes Plank Way Cantilever Beam Reinforcement Project Xiaojuan GAOa, Xiaomin LIUb Institute of Plan and Architecture Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, China agaoxjly@163.com, bymlxm@163.com Keywords: CFRP sheet; plank way; reinforcement; cantilever beam; tourist area Abstract.
The reliability index β should be greater than 3.2 for the civil building.
Conclusions The CFRP sheet is used in Longmen Grottoes plank way reinforcement project successfully. some conclusions are drawn as follows: CFRP material bonds with concrete material firmly,which has good coordination and can be used in almost any type of reinforcement engineering.
The research on application of carbon fiber reinforcing in civil engineering [J].

Use of Impact-echo Method to Test High-temperature Degraded Cementitious Composite Materials Containing Rubber Aggregates and Acrylic Polymer Binder Daniela Štefková1,a, Michael Tupý2,b, Kristýna Šamárková1,c, Zdeněk Chobola1,d, Konstantinos Sotiriadis2,e and Vít Petránek2,f 1Department of Physics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Žižkova 17, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic 2Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic astefkova.d@fce.vutbr.cz, btupy.m@fce.vutbr.cz, csamarkova.k@fce.vutbr.cz, dchobola@dp.fce.vutbr.cz, esotiriadis.k@fce.vutbr.cz, fpetranek.v@fce.vutbr.cz Keywords: Mortar, Rubber aggregates, Acrylic polymer binder, Impact-echo, Dominant frequencies, High temperature Abstract.
The response was picked up by an MIDI type piezoelectric sensor, whose output voltage was fed into a TiePie engineering Handyscope HS3, which is a two-channel, digital, 16 bits oscilloscope.