Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice: Recent submissions
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Identifying Pile Installation Risks Using Principal Component Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Construction activities in Saudi Arabia have surged due to Vision 2030 programs, driving a widespread transformation. However, the pile construction sector still faces significant time and cost overruns, negatively impacting ... -
Performance of Precast Wall-Slab-Wall Systems under Seismic Excitation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Precast construction shows significant growth nowadays because of its advantages over traditional cast in situ construction. There are two main types of precast systems: moment-resisting frames (MRFs) and structural ... -
Modeling and Predicting Scour Hole Dimensions in Siphon Spillways: A Comparative Analysis of Finite-Element Method and Metaheuristic Approaches for Optimal Prediction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Spillways play a critical role in managing excess water discharge and controlling severe incoming floods in dams. Siphon spillways offer a practical solution for automatically draining surplus water without mechanical ... -
Compaction and Compression Behavior of Waste Materials and Fiber-Reinforced Cement-Treated Sand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This research evaluated the effects of various percentages of crumb rubber, tire scrap fibers, palm fibers, polymer bags fibers, palm ash, and polypropylene fibers on the compaction and compression behavior of clayey sand ... -
Deformation Prediction of High Slopes Based on MEEMD-PE-ARIMA Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)High slopes are susceptible to weathering, groundwater, rainfall, and other natural factors, resulting in landslides easily occurring on originally stable high slopes. Constructing a reasonable and accurate prediction model ... -
Selection of the Type and Geometry of Deck–Arch Steel Bridge Based on Structural Performance and Cost
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)To construct a deck–arch steel bridge over a valley at Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India, five different arch configurations are proposed. The deck span of the arch was fixed (100 m) and the arch span (75, 80, 85, 90, ... -
Development of a Novel GUI-Based Computer Program for Predicting the Temperature Distribution in the Concrete Compartment and Member
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Accidental fires have shown that fires can be of a spreading nature, burn for longer durations until the fuel has been exhausted, or be uncontrolled until fire fighter intervention. These observations limit the use of ... -
Presenting the Potential of Optimum Torsionally Coupled Base Isolators for Vibration Control of Torsionally Coupled Structures: Exact Closed-Form Expressions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper explores the potential of optimum torsionally coupled base isolators for the vibration control of torsionally coupled structures. Newton’s second law is used to derive the governing equations of motion, and the ... -
Development of a Practical Solution to Predict Surface Settlement Induced by Twin Tunnels
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The construction of metro tunnels in response to global urban traffic congestion presents challenges such as face stability, excessive cutter wear, cutter head clogging, and groundwater ingress during excavation. Surface ... -
Impact of Sintered Fly Ash Aggregate on Mechanical, Durability, and Thermal Performance of Concrete
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This research paper presents a detailed investigation into the use of waste fly ash–based lightweight aggregate developed by a sintering process in concrete. These sintered fly ash (SF) aggregates are replaced with natural ... -
BIM Reliability Prediction Method for Construction Schedule of Prefabricated Hollow Floor Based on Heterogeneous Data Fusion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In order to improve the prediction ability of the construction progress of a prefabricated hollow floor, a building information modeling (BIM) reliability prediction method for the construction progress of prefabricated ... -
Enhancing Cold Joint Shear Strength Prediction in Concrete Structures: Novel Approach with Ensemble Spiking Neural Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Cold joints often appear in precast structures, bridges, and retrofitted buildings, where concrete parts cast at different times meet. The potential of these cold joints to transfer shear stresses between concrete interfaces ... -
Sulfate Ion Diffusion Assessment of Blended Cement Concrete with Fly Ash and Limestone Powder
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Limited data are available on the measurement of sulfate diffusivity in blended cement-based materials. An experimental study of the diffusion of magnesium sulfate ions in blended cement concrete was performed using different ... -
Strength of Round Structural Pins
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The design and performance of pinned connections has been investigated and reported in the literature extensively. Most of this work is concentrated on the connected plates, with relatively little attention given to the ... -
Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Building Stocks in the Western Zone of Surat-City, Gujarat, India, Using the Capacity Spectrum–Based Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Recent advancements in computer science and data-driven decision making have greatly decreased the impact of natural disasters on civilization. The Western zone of Surat, a city in Gujarat, India, is examined as a study ... -
Performance-Based Design Optimization of Corroded Special Moment–Resisting RC Frames
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A new optimized performance-based design procedure is presented for two dimensional (2D) reinforced concrete (RC) special moment-resisting frames by considering a probable corrosion damaged level. In this way, three 2D RC ... -
Nonlinear Seismic Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Base Isolation Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A variety of base isolation systems and their combinations with dampers are applicable in practice. However, most previous studies focused on few numbers of the isolation systems. Therefore, a more comprehensive investigation ... -
Camera-Based Real-Time Damage Identification of Building Structures through Deep Learning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Real-time damage identification (DI) augments smart structures with instant damage information. Capturing the severity and location of the damage via real-time DI will allow for effective scheduling of preventive measures ... -
Simple Analytical Procedure for Hand Calculation for the Push-Down Curve of RC Buildings with Lost Column on the First Floor
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The goal of this research was the analytical determination in a closed form of the linearized push-down curves of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings subjected to instantaneous lost of a column at the first floor. The ... -
Bond Performance of Thermally Shocked Foam, Normal Concrete, and Carbon Fiber–Reinforced Polymer Sheets in Anchorage Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Using foam concrete (FC) as a building material is a new way in the construction world to gain many advantages that are not available in normal concrete. Therefore, this research investigates the potential for anchoring ...