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Since 1990s, a large number of in-service structures of water transport engineering in China have been close to their lifespan.
Taking appropriate methods and effective means to evaluate the effect of the construction is a technical engineering problem which needs to be urgently solved.
Introduction A great many of in-service water transport engineering structures in China have been built in the middle of the last century.
Refer to the relative method in Standard Test Methods of Civil Engineering (SL237-1999)[8], the material parameter of foundation by field test, backfill soil, masonry, concrete is shown in Tab.1.
[8] SL 237-1999, Standard Test Methods of Civil Engineering, (Liaoning national Press, Liaoning 1999) (In Chinese)

3D Numerical Analysis of Metro Station by PBA Method to Enlarge Existing Large-Size Shield Tunnel Mei Yan1, a, Deyun Ding2, b, Xiuren Yang2, Weidong Lu2, Weining Liu3 and Aimin Li1 1Tianjin Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute, Tianjin, 300051, China 2Beijing Urban Engineering Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100037, China 3School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China atjszyan@163.com, bdyding2301@163.com Keywords: PBA method, Metro station, Large-size shield tunnel, Enlarging construction, 3D Numerical simulation.
There is no engineering experience for metro station construction by the PBA (Pile-Beam-Arch) method to enlarge an existing large-size shield tunnel in China.
Project Overview In this paper, the Gaojiayuan station is taken as an engineering background [10].
References [1] Weining Liu, Yanfeng Shen and Furong Luo: China Civil Engineering Journal Vol. 33(4) (2000), p. 47, in Chinese
[3] Xiaolin Li: Chinese Journal of Underground Space and Engineering Vol. 3(5) (2007), p. 928, in Chinese

FRP application in Civil Engineering started from the sixties of the 20th century.
[5] Xiao, Y. and Wu, H. (2000) ‘‘Compressive behavior of concrete confined by carbon fiber composite jackets,’’ Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE 12(2), 139–146
Use of FRP Reinforced in Column of New Structure. proceedings of International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, Edited by Teng J.
Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 2002,128 (5) : 6122-623
Harbin: Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration. 2009.

Student of Geotechnical Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran 2Senior Lecturer, School of Civil Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Australia 3Department of Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Branch of Yasuj aomid_azadegan@yahoo.com, bjie.li@rmit.edu.au, chadi_e916@yahoo.com Keywords: compressive strength, failure criterion, PLAXIS, cohesion, internal friction angel.
Abu-Farsakh, “Laboratory Investigation on the Strength Characteristics of Cement-Sand as Base Material”, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 13(1) (2009), p 15-22
Dias, “Use of lime and cement treated soils as pile supported load transfer platform”, Engineering Geology, Vol. 114 (2010), p 34–44
Mekarta,“Chemical Stabilization of Expansive Clays from Algeria”, Global Journal of researches in engineering ( J: General Engineering), Vol. 11(5) (2011), p 1-8
Zhang,“Yielding and shear behaviour of cement-treated dredged materials”, Engineering Geology, Vol. 103 (2008), p 1-12

Study on the Strengthening Effect of a Typical RC Frame in Wenchuan Earthquake with Attached Substructures Shengnan Huang 1, a, Xinzheng Lu 2,b and Lieping Ye 2,c 1Civil and Environmental Engineering Institute, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P.R.China 2Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Safety and Durability of Ministry of Education, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R.China ahuangcn03@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn, bluxz@tsinghua.edu.cn, cylp@tsinghua.edu.cn Keywords: Wenchuan Earthquake; RC frame structure; collapse probability; collapse prevention measure; strengthening.
Hence, more attention has been paid by the civil engineers to the earthquake-induced collapse resistance of buildings after the Wenchuan Earthquake.
(in Chinese) [3] Ye LP, Lu XZ, Li Y, Design objectives and collapse prevention for building structures in mega-earthquake, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2010, 9(2): 189-200
[4] Tang BX, Lu XZ, Ye LP, Shi W, Evaluation of collapse resistance of RC frame structures for Chinese schools in seismic design categories B and C, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2011, 10(3): 369-377
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2003, 129(5): 548-557.

Literature review and objectives The ways of combining the individual effects of the seismic components as well as their critical orientation have been a topic of interest to the civil engineering profession.
National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (1975), p. 94-103
Head: Orthogonal effects in nonlinear analysis of bridges subjected to multi-component earthquake excitation, Structures Congress of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Section Bridges, (2010), p. 204-215
Haldar: Energy Dissipation at PR Frames Under Seismic Loading, Journal of Structural Engineering ASCE, Volume 127(5), (2001), p. 588-593
Haldar: Nonlinear seismic response of space structures with PR connections, International Journal of Microcomputers in Civil Engineering Volume 10, (1995), p. 27-37

Preface The MCCE 2014 - 3rd Asian Pacific Conference on Mechanical Components and Control Engineering will be held in Nankai University 20-21 Sep. 2014.
The disciplines of Mechanical Components and Control Engineering have witnessed an unprecedented progress impacting our life at work-places, at homes and virtually all around us.
This conference covers these topics Materials Science and Processing Technologies; General Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics; Mechatronics and Robotics; Control Technologies, Automation and Simulation of Manufacturing; Electrical Engineering and Electric Machines; Power System and Energy Engineering, its Applications; Electronics and Integrated Circuits, Embedded Technology and Applications; Measurements, Testing, Monitoring, Analysis and Methodology; Signal and Image Processing, Data Mining and Computational Mathematics; Communication, Networks and Information Technologies; Traffic and Transportation; Civil, Construction, Mining and Energy; Earth Science and Environmental Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Product Design, Planning, Projects Management and Industrial Engineering.

The case of the subway of Potenza Benedetto Manganelli School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Potenza, 85100, Italy benedetto.manganelli@unibas.it Keywords:Cost-benefit analysis; Externalities; Cost savings;Public transport values of time.
Table 1 – Conversion factors Investment costs materials for civil works 0.9334 materials for plant works 0.885 manpower 0.74 other costs 0.882 Operating costs extraordinary maintenance 0.5994 ordinary maintenance 1.0182 other costs 0.7144 The weighted conversion factor, calculated after factoring in the categories showed the costs of investment and management during analysis period, is 0.803.
Table 2 - Rates of depreciation Assets Depreciation rate Lands 0.00% Civil works – embankments 2.00% Civil works – galleries 0.50% Civil works – viaducts 1.00% Plants - Superstructure - Signage 10.00% Lifts 3.33% In the CBA, in addition to the costs and tangible benefits, the externalities must be also considered [3, 4].

Comparative Study of the Indoor Thermal Environment of Three Rural Residences in Southwest Region of Shandong Province Lili Zhang1.a, Yi Xun 1.a Enshen Long1.a, Jinlong Ouyang1.a and Lili Zhang2.b 1College of Architecture and Environment Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 2Dept. of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Jincheng Institute of Sichuan University , Chengdu, China a.e-mail: 188987729@qq.com , b.e-mail: longes2@163.com Keywords- southwest region in Shandong province; typical rural residence; heating measures; indoor thermal environment; Abstract—In the southwest region of Shandong province, villagers spontaneously adopt various ways to resist the cold climate in winter.
Table.1 shows building envelope construction ,resistance, heat transmission coefficient, attenuation multiple and delay time of the three typical rural residences’ construction practices but also heat transmission coefficient limits quoted from ‘‘Design Standard for Energy Efficiency of Civil buildings’‘JGJ26-95.As we can see from Table.1.(1)The thermal performance of building envelope construction of furnaced-heating residence is better than those of the other two typical residences because all the wall of the furnaced-heating residence use 370mm brick wall, the other two typical residences select 240mm brick wall and the furnaced-heating residence uses aluminum single frame-double glazed windows, the other two typical residences select single-layer wood frame windows.
[7] JGJ26-95 Design Standard for Energy Efficiency of Civil Buildings (Heating and Residential Buildings),Jul.1996,pp.6,see www.grisroad.com
[8] GB50176-93 Code for thermal design for civil buildings, Oct.1993, pp.4-12, see www.grisroad.com

Surrounding Rock Stability Analysis and Rock Burst Prediction of Underground Cavity in High In-situ Stress Haiyan Zang1,a, Guangdi Wang2,b 1Hydrochina Chengdu Engineering Corporation, Chengdu, China, 610072 2School of Civil Eng., Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu China 610031 a43146164@qq.com, bGuangdi_wang@126.com Keywords: High in-situ stress; Damage deterioration model; Rock burst; Relax characteristics; Numerical simulation Abstract.
Institute of architecture and civil engineering, Zhejiang University, PR China(2006). ( In Chinese) [2] Yuanhong Yang.
TianJin: Institute of architecture and civil engineering, TianJin university, PR China, (2007). ( In Chinese) [3] Linsheng Xu; Lansheng Wang.
Mechnaics and engineering(1999). ( In Chinese) [8] Zhuoyuan Zhang; Jianbo Song; Panfeng Li.
Chinese journal of rock mechanics and engineering(2000). ( In Chinese)