Rush hour traffic is a common daily occurrence in the USA. Highway and bridge construction further aggravates the situation. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Departments of Transportation in several states ...

This study deals with the seismic assessment and retrofitting of existing under-designed R/C structures and the issue of selecting effective retrofit solutions is discussed. A displacement based procedure using nonlinear ...

The green building concept has been successfully adopted by many countries in their construction to save energy, protect environment, and recycle the materials. Green building design minimizes the negative human impacts ...

The manufacturing industry has been a constant reference point and a source of innovation for construction over many decades. The lean concept is one of such strategies adopted by the construction from the manufacturing ...

In a healthy heart, there is no any abnormal blood flow takes place inside, in addition to the usual blood circulating pattern. However when the valves or tissues inside the heart are in diseased conditions, this usual ...

The use of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) for concrete structures is becoming worldwide trend as an alternative to the use of conventional materials. Although there is an enormous structural potential to use the ...

The objective of this study is to describe financial management practices of Clients operating in Pakistan by means of qualitative and quantitative approaches. A total of 30 organizations were targeted as respondents. The ...

Robotic exoskeleton systems are one of the highly active areas in recent robotic research. These systems have been developed significantly to be used for the human power augmentation, robotic rehabilitation, human power ...

Today the whole world is faced with environmental issues due to unsustainable use of natural resources, especially for construction activities. Finding alternative materials and methods is vital to ...

The purpose of this experimental work is to determine the domain of the Bingham constants within which a concrete mix possesses self-compactability. Flow characteristics or the rheological characteristics of concrete were ...