Juniper Publishers Journal Of Civil Engineering

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers   Abstract Vienna University of Economics (WU), which is one of the largest universities in Europe, currently has about 23,000 students and approximately 1,500 teachers. WU has opened a new campus in 2013. Studio which was selected for the development of the site plan was chosen on the basis of the competition for Austrian and German architects in 2007. The following year, an international competition was announced for individual buildings of the campus. What does the realization of this plan looks like? Was it possible to build this campus quite near the center of Vienna? Where does this incredible number of students fit? How do they live and study there? Is it possible for a total of six teams of architects from around the world to design a campus of the future together? What is the transport solution for such a complex? How to study and how to live in the space created like this? What is the public space of this campus...

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers   Abstract In finite element simulations of deep tunnels an appropriate selection of the boundary conditions at the border of the model is important. Commonly, a system with vertically and horizontally fixed boundaries is used for finite element calculations of deep tunnels. In the contribution the shortcomings of this assumption will be explained and the requirements to the model size, which should be considered for this type of boundary conditions, are discussed. An alternative approach is also presented, which is derived from a commonly used approach for c and has been adapted to deep tunnels. Go to Mini Review We speak of deep tunnels if the overburden height is much larger than the other dimensions of the model and therefore it is not possible or useful to model the whole soil or rock mass located above the tunnel. Moreover, the variation of the overburden stress level in the zone of the tunnel is insignificant compa...

 Civil Engineering Research Journal-Juniper Publishers   Abstract The needs for the growing and aging population, increased urbanization, and sustainability goals are all challenging the cities and suburban areas in different ways. As a result, administrators are dealing with the effects of traffic congestion, under-utilized public transit systems, limited funds, and increased problems with environmental impacts. Even if still emerging, many regard mobility as a Service (MaaS) to be an approach that could help authorities develop transport services and reduce some of the problems facing the system. However, several factors are being involved in MaaS that should be considered for specific regions with specific features. This article is the author’s opinion regarding the application of MaaS in the region of Florida, United States. Keywords:  Traffic congestion; Mobility as a service; Public transportation Go to Introduction The future of transportation is defined by autonom...

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers   Opinion As technology has become more accessible and mobile there is a misconception that it has the capability of producing better results and is on course to replace traditional methods. This is a discussion I have had with other adjuncts and professionals who have taught courses at City Tech. The methods we teach are applicable to first- and second-year civil engineering and construction management technology students in New York City and are currently based on traditional surveying methods. The course is an introduction to land surveying equipment and techniques and so most students are unfamiliar with the terms used to describe a plane two dimensional versus a geodetic or three-dimensional surface. At this point in their academic career they have only been exposed to plane geometry and trigonometry, so we start by describing a location as a point on a local two-dimensional grid. Then we say we want to use this poin...

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers   Abstract The detection of cracks on concrete surfaces is the most important step during the inspection of concrete structures. Inspection technology utilizing drones with image processing technique has recently been applied to crack assessment to overcome the drawbacks of visual inspection. However, identification of crack location requires watching the inspection videos to exactly locate cracks. This paper proposes a fast and easy method for cracks detection which provides the inspector with photos for the inspected structure that show the crack locations, and the inspector does not need to watch any inspection video. In the beginning, the drone will take a photo for the inspection element or region (Target Image). Then the drone will start searching for cracks using Faster Region- Convolution Natural network (Faster R-CNN) algorithm which allow for real time crack detection. When drone catches crack it will take a pho...