YaBeSH Digital Library: Recent submissions
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Heuristic Selection in Disaster Recovery Sequencing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Transportation network recovery after an extreme hazard or natural disaster is time sensitive and resource intensive, with hundreds or thousands of damaged links needing repair. The associated optimization problem is ... -
Rock Fracture Mechanism and Engineering Application of a Special Cut-Blasting Method with Loading Explosives at the Bottom of an Empty Hole
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In response to the challenges encountered during deep-hole straight-eye barrel-shaped slot blasting for tunnel excavation, where it is difficult to discharge fragmented rock and achieve high single-cycle footage, an enhanced ... -
Impact of Project Manager Competency on Owner’s Trust Level: Data from Infrastructure Megaprojects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Trust plays a crucial role in the implementation of infrastructure megaprojects. Project manager competency is an essential factor in the formation of the owner’s initial trust in the contractor. Research based on the ... -
Development of a Holistic Wellbeing Framework and Conceptual Model for Infrastructure Investment: A Comprehensive Approach to Performance Monitoring for Intergenerational Wellbeing Outcomes in New Zealand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Investment decisions and our infrastructure’s performance are under increasing pressure to provide transformative solutions to address social injustice, environmental impacts, and poverty and improve intergenerational ... -
Collaborative Evolutionary Model of the Hybrid Governance System of Public–Private Partnership Infrastructure Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) are widely used in infrastructure construction due to their great advantages in the supply of public services. The evolutionary process linking hybrid governance and PPP project performance, ... -
Process-Based Modeling of Furrow Irrigation Erosion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Furrow irrigation, one of the most widely used forms of irrigation in the world, may disproportionately contribute to water quality degradation. Accurate furrow erosion models are needed, but no satisfactory model exists. ... -
Quantifying Water Release into Soil from Water-Absorbing Polymers under Drought Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The use of water-absorbing polymers (WAPs) is evolving as an amicable solution for preserving soil moisture and promoting vegetation cover under extreme drought conditions associated with changing climate. WAPs can absorb ... -
Design of a Mobile, Field-Scale Rainfall Generator for Urban Runoff Water Quality Studies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Design principles and construction of a low-cost, portable rainfall generator (RFG) as a tool for field-scale urban runoff water quality studies are presented. The novel RFG (i.e., rainfall simulator) is an adaptation ... -
Numerical Investigation of Scour Reduction around the Circular Pier Using Circular and Octagonal Collars and Sacrificial Piles in a Nonuniform Sediment Bed
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In this study, the influence of circular, octagonal collars, and sacrificial piles on local scouring around a circular pier in a nonuniformly graded sediment bed is investigated using numerical simulations. A total of 13 ... -
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine-Learning Methods for Bias Correction of Reference Evapotranspiration Utilizing ERA5 Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study addresses the challenge of mitigating biases in daily reference evapotranspiration (ETo) computations, utilizing the ECMWF Reanalysis version 5 reanalysis data set within coastal regions. Data from 14 weather ... -
Assessing Downstream Heavy Metal Contamination and Risks in the Godavari River Basin: Implications for Irrigation and Water Quality Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Heavy metal contamination from sources such as irrigation and industrial activities poses critical challenges to water quality, ecosystem health, and public safety in river systems. This study evaluates the characteristics ... -
An Alternative Analytical Approach to Designing Paired Lateral Lines for Microirrigation on Slopes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In localized irrigation systems, paired lateral lines are characterized by the dimensioning of two lateral lines installed in the opposite direction along the same manifold line. In this study, an alternative, simple, and ... -
Dynamic Response and Defect Identification of High-Speed Railway Ballastless Tracks and Subgrade under Settlement and Deformation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The dynamic response law of ballastless track and subgrade of high-speed railway (HSR) under settlement deformation conditions is the key to identifying HSR subgrade diseases and evaluating the operation status of high-speed ... -
Reliability Analysis of Vortex-Induced Random Vibration
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Under the action of incoming flow, bluff body structure may experience vortex-induced vibration (VIV). Because the resonant VIV can cause strong vibration, potentially leading to structural damage, this work specifically ... -
Irrigation Scheduling and Water Distribution Evaluation Model Based on Water Supply Flow Rate
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)An open-channel water distribution system is often the main infrastructure for agricultural irrigation, and a reasonable water distribution scheme can improve the efficiency of agricultural water use. This paper discusses ... -
Numerical Simulation of Water–Sediment Characteristics in a Trapezoidal Desilting Channel with a Swirling Flow Generator
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Desilting channels with a swirling flow generator (DCSFG) are a new water–sediment separation technology. Water–sediment characteristics are crucial for its popularization and application, but research on trapezoidal ... -
Critical Evaluation of Viability of Mini Disc Infiltrometer for Determining the Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity Function
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The soil hydraulic conductivity function [K(ψ)] is generally estimated from a known soil-water characteristic curve and saturated hydraulic conductivity because of its cumbersome and time-intensive procedure. The need for ... -
Building Resilience into the Public Water Supply System through Targeted Data-Driven Conservation Strategies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Waste at the household level is an unwarranted strain on water supply systems, particularly during droughts. Conservation measures enhance resilience. Some advocate for price as an efficient instrument for encouraging ... -
Designing Trapezoidal Drip Irrigation Units Laid on Flat Fields
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In recent years, significant effort has been made to derive simple analytical solutions for designing single laterals and rectangular drip irrigation units. In contrast, the trapezoidal shape often aligns with the natural ... -
Reformulating the Rational Method Considering Dissimilar Land Use Types
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The rational method (RM) is one of the most used approaches in engineering practice to determine peak runoff flows. Despite its limitations and the increasing availability of more sophisticated hydrological models, the RM ...