Abstract: Workplace safety continues to be a primary source of concern to construction stakeholders. Injury data have consistently indicated that construction is one of the top hazardous occupations in the United States in terms of ...

Abstract: In this paper, the Homotopy perturbation method (HPM) is used to analysis the geometrically nonlinear vibrations of thin rectangular laminated functionally graded material (FGM) plates. The Von Karman's straindisplacement ...

Abstract: Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views ...

Abstract: In this paper, the necessary scaling laws for flutter speeds of laminated cylindrical shells are developed using the similitude theory. To consider the effect of mode shape factor, the characteristic equation of the system ...

Abstract: Despite their significant role in construction projects, subcontractors have not been given fair attention by industry researchers. The literature contains very few studies focusing on subcontractors' bidding practices. ...

Abstract: Bid decisions by subcontractors are complex due to the uncertainty about many factors affecting their outcomes. This study was able to identify, through a questionnaire survey, many factors characterizing the bid decision-making ...

Abstract: There has been a rapid increase in the use of ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC) in bridge connections and in bridge rehabilitation. When using UHPC in bridge construction, one common recommendation is that UHPC reach ...

Abstract: Ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) is an advanced composite material that exhibits superior compressive and tensile strengths as well as negligible permeability. Although the mechanical properties of UHPC are extensively ...

Abstract: A set of generalized strength equations based on the skewbending model has been developed to predict the torsional strength and failure mode of reinforced concrete beams with or without a small transverse opening. A ...

Abstract: The necessity of performing an unsteady simulation for the purpose of predicting the heat transfer on the endwall surfaces of a turbine passage is addressed. This is measured by the difference ...