Juniper Publishers Journal Of Civil Engineering

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Juniper Publishers- Journal of Civil Engineering Introduction A century ago, about 1 in every 7 people lived in urban areas. Meanwhile, the ratio became 1 to 1 and the proportion of urban dwellers in the world is still raising sharply UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division [ 1 ]. Cities grow not only in population; they are also strengthening their function as nodes in the metabolism of our society. 80% of the energy consumption takes place in urban areas [ 2 ]. In other words, urban areas are growing and have an over-proportional, and growing ecological footprint [ 3 ]. The rapid economic and population growth not only cause climate change; also several resources are becoming scarcer. The long supply lines of energy and raw materials make cities vulnerable for international conflicts and natural disasters that interrupt supplies. A transition in the urban metabolic processes is necessary to prevent urban catastrophes, create urban resi

Juniper Publishers- Journal of Civil Engineering Abstract A critical review on the description and classification of weathering in rocks has been presented in this paper. This paper starts with a brief description on several factors causing weathering in rocks followed by the weathering mechanism and the description of weathering in rocks. A review of existing codes and guidelines on weathering and its implications to describe the engineering properties of rocks has been presented. From the point of view that weathering process modify the mass engineering properties of rocks which are quite unpredictable, this type of review work becomes necessary. The present paper forms a useful source of information for geologists and geotechnical engineers working on weathered rocks. Keywords: Rock; Weathering; Classification; Guidelines; Engineering properties Introduction Weathering of rocks is a purely subjective term and i

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Juniper Publishers-Journal of Civil Engineering Abstract Several numerical simulations of fire induced airflow in a compartment were performed using the Fluent CFD code, in order to establish a mathematical correlation linking the neutral plane height as a critical ventilation parameter and the three-dimensional coordinates defining the fire source location within the room. The fire is modeled by a volumetric heat source (VHS approach) and the induced transport flow phenomenon is considered as a buoyancy-induced turbulent flow. Resolution of the governing equations comprises the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations using the k-e turbulence model combined with an enhanced wall treatment. Keywords: CFD; Neutral plane height; Fire induced flow; Correlation; Heat source location Introduction Fire smoke propagation inside enclosures aroused for a long time the interest of researchers who are still tryi

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Juniper Publishers- Journal of Civil Engineering Abstract The civil industry is clearly lagging behind in safety performance compared to the chemical and process industry and more specifically to the oil & gas industry. Already for years the oil and gas industry is advocating a zero incident policy and they are making visible progress towards an incident free working environment for own staff as well as contractor staff. In many situations a project will be considered failed in that industry if an incident with lost time occurred. This is in sharp contrast with the civil industry where even last month you could hear people say that zero incidents is impossible to attain. With the present case study it will be shown that with simple measures and a real attention to staff and their well-being this goal zero is attainable and actually creating the boundary conditions for overall project success. Keywords: Safety; Civil construction; Infrastructure; Project man