YaBeSH Digital Library: Recent submissions
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Modeling of Thermomechanical Energy Pile Behavior with Temperature-Induced Radial Effects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Geothermal energy foundations or thermoactive ground structures present sustainable alternative systems for meeting heating/cooling needs of buildings in different seasons and are also cost-effective in comparison with ... -
Modeling of Multifield Coupling and Borehole Placement for Hydraulic Flushing and Engineering Applications
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)To investigate the pressure-relief and permeability enhancement mechanisms of hydraulic flushing (HF), this study conducted the triaxialseepage experiments on raw coal; the permeability changes during the loading process ... -
Analysis of Claims Related to the Employer’s Project Manager in Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In the construction industry, various factors can impact project costs and performance. To ensure projects are executed within the scheduled timeframe, budget, and desired quality, it is crucial to minimize the causes of ... -
Modeling Lateral Acceleration on Ramp Curves for Consistency-Based Geometric Design
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Previous interchange safety research has primarily focused on crash and operating speed prediction models, with no extensive evaluation related to the impact of different ramp types on lateral acceleration. The objective ... -
Modeling Foot–Floor Interactions during Walking for Normal and Abnormal Gaits
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abnormalities of human walking are critical indicators for the early detection of the risk of trips and falls and of neuromusculoskeletal disorders such as joint impairments, Parkinson’s, and stroke. Understanding the ... -
Modeling Erodibility of Cohesive Soils Based on Rotating Surface Erosion Tests
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Surface erosion, which removes the surficial soil grains from the streambeds, slopes, and earthen embankments, is one of the major causes of geohazards and engineering failures. At present, there is no acceptable model ... -
Modeling Breach Evolution in Noncohesive Earthen Dams by Overtopping
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A two-dimensional, finite-difference numerical model is developed to simulate the breach evolution of noncohesive optimally compacted earthen dams. The main feature of the model is the inclusion of a source term in the ... -
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 ... -
Modeling and Operational Performance Evaluation of Driveway Assistance Devices for Lane Closures on Two-Lane Highway Work Zones
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Lane closures on two-lane highways due to work zone activities negatively impact traffic operational performance. In addition, traffic from access points (e.g., commercial and residential driveways or minor side roads) ... -
Model Tests of Recycled Aggregate Use in Rammed Stone Columns
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Construction activities are generating substantial amounts of construction waste due to the rapid increase in economic growth and infrastructure developments. A series of laboratory model tests were conducted to investigate ... -
Mitigation of the Swelling Behavior of Expansive Soils Using Hydrophobic Lignosulfonate: Adsorption Mechanism
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Expansive soils exhibit shrink–swell characteristics due to the presence of clay mineral constituent. Often such soils are stabilized using chemical stabilizers. This study examined the potential application of calcium-based ... -
Mitigation of Liquefaction Damage to Shallow-Founded Structures with In-Ground Structural Walls
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Stiff in-ground structural or diaphragm walls have previously been used as a liquefaction countermeasure for existing building structures. The available design methodologies for typical mitigation techniques are based on ... -
Mitigating Fatigue in Tunnel Construction through Illumination: Evidence from Virtual Reality
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Tunnel construction is crucial to the advancement of global transportation networks. Despite their importance, there have been few investigations on the safety and comfort of workers. Tunnel workers operate under various ... -
Analysis of a Field Study on Drainage Design and Control of Water Inrushes into Hongtu Tunnel, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Serious water inrush accidents occur frequently in the fault-prone area around Hongtu Tunnel, which encompasses several reservoirs and large bodies of water. In this study, a field test was used to identify the water inrush ... -
Mitigating Corrosion Damage in Steel Employing Biobased Erythritol and Xylitol as Corrosion Inhibitions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Salt-based deicers, while effective for clearing snow, can cause severe damage to concrete and induce rebar corrosion. This research endeavors to mitigate the corrosion damage to steel in a chloride environment by employing ... -
Mission-Guided Resilience Investment Allocation for Buildings on DoD Installations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Resilience-based design is emerging as an important frontier in the building design community, seeking to better support communities to absorb and recover from adverse events. Currently the minimum requirements of modern ... -
Minkowski Sum–Enhanced 3D Mesoscale Structure Model for Concrete with High Aggregate Volume Fractions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper presents a novel and efficient method for generating three-dimensional (3D) mesoscale structures of concrete using the discrete element method (DEM). The proposed approach enables the flexible and precise ... -
Minimum Distance Calculation Method for Collision Issues in Lifting Construction Scenarios
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)In the construction process of prefabricated buildings, collision detection of the tower crane’s lifting path is of paramount importance. During the actual operation of a tower crane, attention is not only given to whether ... -
Minimization of Rebar Cutting Waste Using BIM and Cutting Pattern-Oriented Multiobjective Optimization
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Rebars are among the main materials used in reinforced concrete structures and among the costliest and most carbon-intensive construction materials. However, during the construction phase, rebar cutting schemes are usually ... -
Mineral Evaluation and Undrained Cyclic Shear Response of MICP-Treated Sand in the Presence of Magnesium and Sulfate
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) has attracted considerable interest as an innovative technology that improves soil’s stiffness and strength via CaCO3 precipitation induced by microbial metabolic activity. ...