Articles
Physical and Mechanical Characteristics of Sustainable Concrete Comprising Industrial Waste Materials as a Replacement of Conventional Aggregate
Author(s) Fadi Althoey and Md. Akter Hosen Abstract In a sustainable approach, it is essential to reduce waste materials for improving the urban environmental performance leads to development in the livable, sustainable, and greener city. In pursuit of this...
Classification of Soft-Story Buildings Using Deep Learning with Density Features Extracted from 3D Point Clouds
Author(s) Peng-Yu Chen, S.M.ASCE; Zheng Yi Wu, M.ASCE; and Ertugrul Taciroglu, M.ASCE Abstract Soft-story buildings are seismically vulnerable during earthquakes. The identification of such buildings is vital in seismic risk mitigation to assess the seismic...
Quantifying the Impact of Urban Form on Human Experience: Experiment Using Virtual Environments and Electroencephalogram
Author(s) Zhengbo Zou, S.M.ASCE; Semiha Ergan, A.M.ASCE; Dafna Fisher-Gewirtzman; and Clayton Curtis Abstract Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and this trend appears to be growing. Despite a need to understand how design elements...
Diversity in Renovation Design: Theoretical Foundations of the Renovation Domain Model
Author(s) Carl Schultz and Aliakbar Kamari Abstract Sustainable building renovation design is a highly challenging and ever more pressing issue in the construction sector. Through rounds of dialogue and negotiation, architects along with diverse sets of...
Laboratory Investigation of the Structural Performance of a Corrugated Steel Culvert under Increasing Cover Depth
Aouthor(s) Van Thien Mai, Ph.D.; Ian D. Moore, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.ASCE; and Neil A. Hoult, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.ASCE Abstract The performance of large diameter corrugated steel culverts/pipes under varying cover depth up to deep burial has previously not been...
Numerical Analysis on Shear Behavior of Grouped Head Stud Shear Connectors between Steel Girders and Precast Concrete Slabs with High-Strength Concrete-Filled Shear Pockets
Author(s) Shaodi Wang; Zhuangcheng Fang; Gongfa Chen; Haibo Jiang Abstract This study numerically investigated the shear behavior of novel composite shear connectors, which consisted of grouped head studs embedded in high-strength concrete-filled (HSC-filled)...
Concept and Preliminary Static Analysis of Hybrid Anchored Suspension Bridge
Author(s) Dongli Zhuang; Rucheng Xiao, Ph.D.; Bin Sun, Ph.D.; and Le Yang Abstract Inspired by the structural system and the construction technique of self-anchored suspension bridges and earth-anchored suspension bridges, a new type of suspension bridge, named...
Quasi-Full-Scale Experimental Study on Bridge Precast Concrete Columns under Static Loading
Author(s) Jiaqi Wang, Yin Shen, Guoping Li, Ming Chen Abstract Precast concrete columns have been widely used in bridge constructions. Most studies regarding precast columns focused on seismic instead of static behaviors. To investigate the cracking mechanism...
Reserchers in University of British Columbia Study on Using Wate Products in Road Constructin Projects
Brief Researchers at the University of British Columbia Okanagan are studying the potential of wood-based pulp mill fly ash for use as a cement filler in road construction. Research so far indicates that use of the waste product would yield energy and emission savings...