A program for the Analysis of Pile Load Tests
The load capacity of piles are routinely determined from full scale pile load tests under actual field conditions. Several empirical methods were proposed for the analysis of field load/settlement...
Bridge Rating Using Influence Surface for Curved Bridge Structures
A fairly sizeable number of curved steel bridges in Louisiana need to be rated and influence lines required to be stored. A methodology is developed and rating procedures are established....
A Speed Prediction Model for New Zealand Highways
This paper outlines a limiting speed model using probabilistic techniques to simulate the different types of vehicles and their performance along a two-lane rural highway. The road to...
Design and Implementation of a Database for Seismic Evaluation of Structures
The seismic evaluation of large structures, such as bridges, requires a comprehensive framework for managing the data. An evaluation typically involves the dynamic analysis of a number...
Transactional Support for Concurrent Finite Element Analysis & Design
The finite element (FE) analysis and design process deals with large amounts of complex engineering data. Although sophisticated techniques have been developed for computer-aided FE analysis,...
Deductive Databases in Engineering
Many engineering systems can be modeled in terms of objects and relationships among objects. As generalized relational databases, deductive databases provide a suitable tool for representing...
Machine Learning in Civil Engineering ? Important Issues and Challenges
In recent years, machine learning techniques have been applied to help overcome the knowledge acquisition bottleneck of knowledge-based systems in civil engineering. This paper identifies...
Towards Practical Machine Learning Techniques
Most research on the application of machine learning to engineering problems have solved artificial problems. While research claimed to have reached results that would improve practice,...
Machine learning Applications for Automated Constructability Reviews
Knowledge acquisition of the project design and construction site conditions is essential for determining construction project complexity. An effective knowledge acquisition method is...
The Development of an Expert System Used in Preliminary Design of Concrete Bridges
The importance of the selection of the best design on the one hand and the available knowledge, on the other during the preliminary design process asks after a different kind of software...
How do Integration and Data Models Add Value to a Project?
Integration has been at the forefront of research agendas of universities and restructuring efforts of companies in the past few years. However, we are still lacking a common understanding...
Flexible Extracation of Practical Knowledge from Bridge Databases
Bridge databases contain significant information that can assist in future bridge management decisions. The effective utilization of this information requires facilities for the flexible...
Modeling Initial Mixing of Ocean Wastewater Discharges to Develop Toxic Effluent Limitations
The UM model, released by USEPA in 1992, was utilized to simulate the initial mixing of a discharge to the Atlantic Ocean near Ocean City, New Jersey. The study included field verification...
Extended Topology in Building Design Systems
An important aspect of CAD systems for building design concerns the description of the form of the building, the definition of operation on that form and the way these operations are offered...
Automatic, Remote, Multiplexed Geotechnical Measurements with Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)
Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) has been employed successfully in geotechnical applications such as monitoring of rock mass deformation in a variety of geometries; however, required operation...
Use of Database in Geo-environmental Engineering
Geo-environmental projects are becoming increasingly complex requiring rigorous mathematical computation and analysis of large amounts of data. This paper looks into how a geo-environmental...
Integrating Computer Applications for Traffic Data Analysis
Transportation and traffic engineers have traditionally used a variety of software packages and data sources to comprehensively evaluate traffic operations and establish project priorities....
Multimedia Based System for Analyzing Production Organizations
Construction operations involve many complex operations and relationships. This paper deals with data gathering for productivity improvement-studies, process modelling and simulation of...
Pen Computers in Civil Engineering
Multnomah County, Oregon has developed 'field-to-office' automation systems incorporating pen computers as a data collection tool. This technology was integrated into civil engineering...
Integrating Computer Application for Pavement Management: A Case Study
This paper presents a case study of the process through which a relational database management system and stand-alone application programs are developed and integrated to form a comprehensive...
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