International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction (CIC 2020)

This is the proceedings of the CIC 2020 Conference, which was held under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 5 February 2020. The goal of the conference was to provide a platform to discuss next-generation infrastructure and its construction among key players such as researchers, industry professionals and leaders, local government agencies, clients, construction contractors and policymakers. The conference gathered industry and academia to disseminate their research and field experiences in multiple areas of civil engineering. It was also a unique opportunity for companies and organizations to show the most recent advances in the field of civil infrastructure and construction. The conference covered a wide range of timely topics that address the needs of the construction industry all over the world and particularly in Qatar. All papers were peer reviewed by experts in their field and edited for publication. The conference accepted a total number of 127 papers submitted by authors from five different continents under the following four themes: Theme 1: Construction Management and Process Theme 2: Materials and Transportation Engineering Theme 3: Geotechnical, Environmental, and Geo-environmental Engineering Theme 4: Sustainability, Renovation, and Monitoring of Civil InfrastructureThe list of the Sponsors are listed at page 1

The reappearance of iranian vernacular architecture using natural ventilation and passive cooling strategies to improve conditions for food security and education in developing countries with hot climates

ABSTRACT : The largest problem facing human beings today is global warming. Every day, due to heavy consumption of petroleum and nuclear products, a huge amount of electricity is used. This electricity, in turn, fuels the global industry that produces cooling and warming systems for buildings, and this worrying reality has created a lot of biological disasters by adding pollution to our environment, including the increase of greenhouse gas etc. Currently, seventy percent of developing countries are located in hot temperature climates. In addition to dealing with hot climate issues, these countries have other fundamental economic problems like: hunger, lack of conservation of agricultural products, food security and educational opportunities, in particular, having appropriate classroom space for children. . In this research, several realistic, effective and operative solutions have been proposed through the use of economic passive cooling strategies of bioclimatic architecture in order to resolve some of the main problems facing many people who live in these areas. These economic solutions enriched from antique traditional methods of architecture, come from ancient Middle Eastern civilizations in conjunction with contemporary bioclimatic architecture technologies and methodologies of passive cooling systems.ABSTRACT : The largest problem facing human beings today is global warming. Every day, due to heavy consumption of petroleum and nuclear products, a huge amount of electricity is used. This electricity, in turn, fuels the global industry that produces cooling and warming systems for buildings, and this worrying reality has created a lot of biological disasters by adding pollution to our environment, including the increase of greenhouse gas etc. Currently, seventy percent of developing countries are located in hot temperature climates. In addition to dealing with hot climate issues, these countries have other fundamental economic problems like: hunger, lack of conservation of agricultural products, food security and educational opportunities, in particular, having appropriate classroom space for children. . In this research, several realistic, effective and operative solutions have been proposed through the use of economic passive cooling strategies of bioclimatic architecture in order to resolve some of the main problems facing many people who live in these areas. These economic solutions enriched from antique traditional methods of architecture, come from ancient Middle Eastern civilizations in conjunction with contemporary bioclimatic architecture technologies and methodologies of passive cooling systems

Sustainability and Related Factors of High Speed Railways

High-Speed Railways (HSR), which represent a safe and sustainable mode of transportation, provide access and mobility for the society, and support the growth of the economy in addition to creating new jobs, supporting welfare, and promoting local business activities. This research addresses the shortage of knowledge in evaluating the performance of selected HSR systems and in distinguishing the factors that contribute to the sustainable performance of HSRs. The aim of this study is to evaluate the sustainability of selected HSRs and identify factors that affect such sustainability. The objectives of this research are to evaluate productivity, technical and technological efficiency of the selected HSRs, define the factors that can affect productivity and efficiency scores and make suggestions for improving the sustainability of HSRs. The secondary data methodology has been used, supported by empirical evidence. Most of the data was gathered from the Internet, research in depth of the high-speed railways in the selected countries, and International Union of Railway’s websites in addition to analysing railway statistics and data from European and institutional publications. This includes the use of a multi-stage approach of applying three specialised software packages, namely, NVivo, DEA, and ISM SPSS. The main findings show that HSRs in Asia has higher productivity and higher efficiency scores than that of HSRs in Europe. The research found that the key factors among all the identified factors that affected the productivity and efficiency of HSRs are; density of population, average traction power of HSR trains, average time that passengers spend on trains and average distance that passengers travel on the HSR. The findings of this research can help develop strategic guidelines to improve the performance and, by the result, the sustainability of HSRs. The recommendations are drawn for more research expansion, including the consideration of other HSRs, particularly their best practices

Safety and Reliability - Safe Societies in a Changing World

The contributions cover a wide range of methodologies and application areas for safety and reliability that contribute to safe societies in a changing world. These methodologies and applications include: - foundations of risk and reliability assessment and management - mathematical methods in reliability and safety - risk assessment - risk management - system reliability - uncertainty analysis - digitalization and big data - prognostics and system health management - occupational safety - accident and incident modeling - maintenance modeling and applications - simulation for safety and reliability analysis - dynamic risk and barrier management - organizational factors and safety culture - human factors and human reliability - resilience engineering - structural reliability - natural hazards - security - economic analysis in risk managemen

Engineering and built environment project conference 2016: book of abstracts - Toowoomba, Australia, 19-23 September 2016

Book of Abstracts of the USQ Engineering and Built Environment Conference 2016, held Toowoomba, Australia, 19-23 September 2016. These proceedings include extended abstracts of the verbal presentations that are delivered at the project conference. The work reported at the conference is the research undertaken by students in meeting the requirements of courses ENG4111/ENG4112 Research Project for undergraduate or ENG8411/ENG8412 Research Project and Dissertation for postgraduate students

Solar Power System Plaing & Design

Photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) systems for the conversion of solar energy into electricity are technologically robust, scalable, and geographically dispersed, and they possess enormous potential as sustainable energy sources. Systematic planning and design considering various factors and constraints are necessary for the successful deployment of PV and CSP systems. This book on solar power system planning and design includes 14 publications from esteemed research groups worldwide. The research and review papers in this Special Issue fall within the following broad categories: resource assessments, site evaluations, system design, performance assessments, and feasibility studies