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RISBOT Financial Model: Taiwan High Speed Rail Case
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Owing to the high cost of large construction projects in recent years, build-operate-transfer (BOT) contracts are getting popular in the global construction market, especially in infrastructure construction. With BOT, the ...
Value-at-Risk Model Analysis of Taiwanese High-Tech Facility Construction
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Taiwan is among the few countries that have a high density of high-tech facilities in the world, and the high-tech industry accounts for a large proportion of the annual output value of the global high-tech industry. During ...
Globalization Challenges, Legacies, and Civil Engineering Curriculum Reform
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Across nations and industries, numerous changes are taking place due to globalization. Naturally, the effects are channelled back to the academic world and prominently felt at the level of higher learning in view of its ...
Box-and-Ellipse-Based ANFIS for Bridge Coating Assessment
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: In the late 1990s, image processing was first applied to steel bridge coating assessment in the United States. Yet, there has not been any robust method that could solve nonuniform illumination problems to date. In this ...
Contributions of Internal and External Fouling to Transmembrane Pressure in MBRs: Experiments and Modeling
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper reports a new approach to understanding membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBR). The foulants were categorized into those inside the membrane (internal fouling) and those on the membrane forming the ...
Evaporation Rate of a White Class A Evaporation Pan
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This study experimentally investigates the influence of color on the evaporation rate of a Class A evaporation pan. Two Class A evaporation pans, one in the original galvanized metal color and the other painted white, are ...
Application of Multiresolution Pattern Classification to Steel Bridge Coating Assessment
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Digital image recognition has been broadly utilized in different engineering disciplines; in civil engineering, it has been used experimentally in the inspection of steel bridge coatings and underground sewer systems. The ...
Critical Project Management Factors of AEC Firms for Delivering Green Building Projects in Singapore
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: In recent years, greater environmental awareness had induced the managers of building projects to “go green,” and several studies have been conducted on the project delivery of green building. However, there is no comprehensive ...
Numerical and Experimental Study of Multiphase Transient Core-Annular Flow Patterns in a Spouted Bed
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Dense solid–gas bubbling systems with combined fluid-particle motion are among one of the most extensively used fluidization forms used in the chemical industry. Therefore, it is important to have a good understanding of ...
Experimental and Theoretical Study on Nonlinear Behavior of Compression-Mode Viscoelastic Dampers under Different Excitations and Temperatures
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: This work designs a new compression-mode viscoelastic (VE) damper to avoid bonding interface failure in classical shear-mode VE dampers. However, most existing mathematical models based on the shear deformation at the ...