Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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Automatic Generation of 3D Building Models from Complicated Building Polygons
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)A three-dimensional (3D) urban model is an important information infrastructure that can be utilized in several fields, such as urban planning and game industries. However, enormous time and effort have to be spent to ... -
Flying Voxel Method with Delaunay Triangulation Criterion for Façade/Feature Detection for Computation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)A new algorithm is introduced to directly reconstruct geometric models of building façades from terrestrial laser scanning data without using either manual intervention or a third-party, computer-aided design (CAD) package. ... -
Facility Management Handover Model View
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Current specifications for facility handover information require contractors to produce and deliver a set of documents that provide little practical value to the facility manager. Facility managers begin their duties by ... -
Damage Identification of Multistory Shear Structure from Sparse Modal Information
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This paper presents a procedure to identify the damage of multistory shear structure from sparse modal information. Practically, it is difficult and expensive to measure modal response at many locations. A method has been ... -
Enhancing Intelligent Knowledge Systems Using Organization-Centered Agent Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Many construction industry–specific, agent-based applications have been deployed to enhance knowledge systems. These applications are generally agent-centered multi-agent systems (ACMAS). Interaction between ACMAS agents ... -
Applying Basic Control Theory Principles to Project Control: Case Study of Off-Site Construction Shops
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Off-site construction has become increasingly popular in industrial construction projects over the past decade due to its advantages: higher productivity, better quality, better safety, and improved time and cost effectiveness. ... -
Integrative Structural Design
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Current processes for design and detailing in structural engineering are often broken up into a sequence of partial processes because of the complexity of the problem. But sequential additions of separate solutions rarely ... -
Optimum Accuracy of Two-Dimensional Strain Measurements Using Digital Image Correlation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Foil and vibrating wire strain gauges have an optimum strain measurement accuracy of one microstrain. However, they can only provide discrete strain readings over a single fixed-gauge length. Digital image correlation (DIC) ... -
Multiagent Approach for Real-Time Collision Avoidance and Path Replanning for Cranes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Collisions on construction sites are one of the primary causes of fatal accidents. This paper proposes a multiagent-based approach to provide real-time support to the staff of construction projects. Collision avoidance is ... -
Error-Correction Methods for Construction Site Image Processing under Changing Illumination Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Image processing is an effective tool for automated monitoring of construction projects. For the last decade, it has gained increasing acceptance in its application to progress monitoring, productivity analyses, and quality ... -
Artificial Neural Network Predictions of Fatigue Life of Steel Bars Based on Hysteretic Energy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The fatigue life of steel reinforcing bars depends on the energy dissipated during cyclic loading. Steel bars play a major role in energy dissipation in reinforced concrete structures under low-cycle fatigue loading during ... -
Pavement Layer Data Repository Using a Spatiotemporal Block Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Historical and in-service pavement layer data along with pavement maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (MR&R) history is critical information for developing a reliable and accurate pavement performance model ... -
Using Animated Augmented Reality to Cognitively Guide Assembly
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Assembly is the process in which two or more objects are joined together. An assembly manual is typically used to guide the tasks required to put together an artifact. As an emerging technology, augmented reality (AR) ... -
Assessment and Control of the Quality of Data Used during Dam Reviews by Using Expert Knowledge and the ELECTRE TRI Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Generally, experts use very large quantities of data during the analysis of civil works. These data are of four main types: visual observations, monitoring data, data calculated from models, and design and construction ... -
Analysis of Three Indoor Localization Technologies for Supporting Operations and Maintenance Field Tasks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Locating building components that need to be worked on during maintenance tasks is critical for timely repair of the component and mitigation of the damage. The process of locating a component or a person in a facility is ... -
Bee Colony Optimization Approach to Solving the Anticovering Location Problem
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Bee colony optimization (BCO) is a relatively new metaheuristic designed to deal with hard combinatorial optimization problems. It belongs to the group of nature-inspired methods that explore collective intelligence applied ... -
Multiresolution Information Mining for Pavement Crack Image Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Empirical mode decomposition (EMD) is a multiresolution data analysis method recently developed to cater to the inherent nonstationarity in real-world signals. A two-dimensional (2D) extension of EMD is used in this paper ... -
Student Background and Implications for Design of Technology-Enhanced Instruction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Knowledge of students’ construction and technology background is an important input to the process of designing technology-enhanced instruction. Current literature in student background is either not specific for the ... -
Automated Visual Recognition of Dump Trucks in Construction Videos
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Earthmoving plants are essential but costly resources in the construction of heavy civil engineering projects. In addition to proper allocation, ongoing control of this equipment is necessary to ensure and increase the ... -
Information Requirements for Design and Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Frames in Multiuser Environments
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The design and detailing of reinforced concrete frames is a complex process that requires intensive real-time information exchange between various design tasks. The monolithic behavior of concrete, differences in the ...