American Journal of Civil Engineering

Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017

  • Contribution of Risk Factors for Infrastructure Development of Nepal

    Madhav Prasad Koirala

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017
    Pages: 124-131
    Received: 12 January 2017
    Accepted: 25 January 2017
    Published: 14 March 2017
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: All most all infrastructure projects are being over running in terms of either time or amount and even deteriorated the quality of the projects. For new professionals and the experts are learning bad train which must be stop it as soon as possible. This is because of contributed risk factors, No body, either government agency of Nepal take care abo... Show More
  • Construction Innovation of Building Complex in Maritime Service Agglomeration Area—Case Study of Shanghai

    Pengcheng Wu, Xuefeng Wang, Jiawei Ge

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017
    Pages: 132-140
    Received: 11 February 2017
    Accepted: 03 March 2017
    Published: 15 March 2017
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: Agglomeration and building complexes are two mainstreams in modern urban development, planning and construction. The combination of agglomeration theory and building complex theory is proved to be feasible and useful through function analysis of Shanghai Maritime Service Agglomeration (SMSA) area. The findings point out that construction innovation... Show More
  • Energy Saving Assessment for Building Envelope of Supermarket Based on EnergyPlus and Openstudio

    Deependra P. Yadav, Sushil B. Bajracharya, Sudip Bhattrai

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017
    Pages: 141-147
    Received: 25 February 2017
    Accepted: 18 March 2017
    Published: 28 March 2017
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: In this paper, a supermarket model located in Kathmandu is established by simulation software EnergyPlus. As one possible approach to improving the energy performance of the commercial building, this study develops an whole building energy simulation model to investigate the influence of two types of alternative walls – a insulated wall, a brick wa... Show More
  • Study of Hydraulic Jump Length Coefficient with the Leap Generation by Canal Gate Model

    Bambang Sulistiono, Lalu Makrup

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017
    Pages: 148-154
    Received: 22 February 2017
    Accepted: 20 March 2017
    Published: 07 April 2017
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: The length of hydraulic jump is a parameter needed to design the stilling basin dimension in the downstream of the weir or the other water structure in the river and channel. To determine the hydraulic jump length was needed function with some flow variables associated with the hydraulic jump phenomenon. One of variable to obtain the hydraulic jump... Show More
  • Investigation of Major Success Factors on Building Construction Projects Management System in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Mamaru Dessalegn Belay, Esayas Alemayehu Tekeste, Sintayehu Assefa Ambo

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017
    Pages: 155-163
    Received: 20 January 2017
    Accepted: 01 March 2017
    Published: 10 April 2017
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: Major success factors (MSFs) in construction industry are inputs to project management practice which can lead directly or indirectly to project success. Ethiopia is one of the developing countries which cannot achieve its construction project goals due to lack of adherence to different major success factors. This is also true in in the study area ... Show More
  • Analytical Investigation of the Effect of Brick Partition Wall on Building Frame

    Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shamim Al Razib, Supriya Mondal

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017
    Pages: 164-168
    Received: 23 March 2017
    Accepted: 31 March 2017
    Published: 13 April 2017
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: Structural analysis of building frames represents an important field of application of digital computers to use stiffness approach in order to evaluate their complete stress and deflection behavior. Generally a frame is analyzed without the presence of brick wall in the frame. In the present study, if the brick walls present in the frame whatever t... Show More
  • Governance in Land Acquisition and Compensation for Infrastructure Development

    Subash Ghimire, Arbind Tuladhar, Sagar Raj Sharma

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017
    Pages: 169-178
    Received: 15 March 2017
    Accepted: 31 March 2017
    Published: 17 April 2017
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: Investment in infrastructure development such as road, railways, airport, hydropower, irrigation and town development for public purpose is very important for the development of any country and needs a huge quantity of land. The main objective of the paper is to find out the gaps on land acquisition and compensation processes for infrastructure dev... Show More
  • Study on Mechanical Characteristics of Tunnel Support System in Sandy Cobble Stratum

    Gong Juan, Li Borong, Zhang Xu, Wang Chenzhong, Liu Yikai, Shen Mindong

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017
    Pages: 179-187
    Received: 21 April 2017
    Accepted:
    Published: 22 April 2017
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: Because the sand gravel stratum with loose structure, good gradation, easy disturbance, poor stability, deformation and other characteristics of long duration, large deformation and collapse failure phenomenon is extremely easy to cause in the tunnel construction, leading to a primary support structure for strong deformation or even destruction, se... Show More
  • Influence of Silica Fume Incorporation on the Fresh, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foamed Concrete

    Magdy A. Abd-ElAziz, Ahmed Serag Faried, Mahmoud M. A. Kamel

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2017
    Pages: 188-195
    Received: 07 April 2017
    Accepted: 15 April 2017
    Published: 23 May 2017
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: This paper aims to study the fresh, thermal and mechanical properties of lightweight concrete (LWC) incorporating expanded polystyrene foam (EPS) beads as a lightweight aggregate (LWA). Various mixtures of EPS foamed concrete are produced by partial replacing normal aggregates by 0%, 15%, 25%, 35% and 50% of EPS foam beads by volume. In EPS foamed ... Show More