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  Iris Publishers - Journals of Civil Engineering Assessment of TC-Dominated Extreme Wind in the Scenario of Climate Change for Wind-Resistant Design of Super-Tall Buildings There is a fast development of super-tall buildings during the last decades especially in coastal regions where tropical cyclone (TC) may attack frequently. Owing to their high flexibility, these structures become considerably sensitive to wind, and wind resistant performance has been involved as a critical aspect for the design, construction and maintenance of such civil structures. At TC-prone areas, information of TC wind offers a prerequisite for wind-resistant studies. Previous studies have shown that the greatest uncertainty source for wind-resistant design comes from inaccurate determination of wind information. Therefore, it is of great importance to quantify TC-wind characteristics as accurately as possible. However, wind-related items stipulated in many existing wind load codes/standards are establish...

  Iris Publishers - Peer Review Journal of Civil Engineering Rethinking the Collaboration of Civil Engineering and Human Geography In response to the global shift in technology, a heavy burden of responsibility is placed on the sciences to act in the best approach. This study reviews from a different perspective about the collaboration of two fields of science: engineering and human geography. In the management of construction on a large scale, it becomes essential for engineers in development planning and the construction process that consider social and environmental impacts. Thus, the involvement of other fields of knowledge that understand the interaction between humans and the environment becomes a crucial point in efforts to preserve the environment and natural resources. Human geography, which studies human interaction with the environment, will play an essential role in bridging for civil engineers to understand better the social and environmental impacts that arise in a co...

  Iris Publishers - Open Access Journal of Civil Engineering Hydraulic Facilities Characteristics along the Upstream Lanchang River According the current hydropower development schedule in upstream Lanchang River, numbers of hydraulic power plants with height over 300 meters will be built in the western region of China. These hydraulic power plants would be in crucial situation with the problems of high water head, huge discharge and narrow riverbed. Spillway is the most common structure in power plant which is used to drainage and flood release. According to the previous research, the velocity would be reaching to 55 m/s and the discharge can reach to 300 m3/s.m during spillway operation in the dam height over 300 m. The high velocity and discharge in the spillway may have the problems such as atomization nearby, slides on the side slope and river bank, Vibration on the pier, hydraulic jump, cavitation and the negative pressure on the spill way surface. All these problems may caus...

 Iris Publishers - Peer Review Journals of Civil Engineering Hydraulic Project Development and Corresponding Ecological Factor Analysis Currently, hydraulic project development requires assessment of environment implications. Understanding fish shape, swimming ability and energy cost of the fish during swimming will helpful to design fish-friendliness hydraulic structure. In this paper, a self-propulsion of 3D-fish model has been developed. The interaction of the fish and fluid are taken into account. The fish swimming velocity, torques and energy expending during swimming with different shapes are calculated. The fish swimming ability with different beat frequency (1.43, 0.94 and 0.64 Hz) are also analysed. The study has following objectives: to determine the mechanisms of fish swimming, fish swimming velocity and analyses the energy of the fish expended consider the fish length, body shapes, tail beat frequency. Read More... Full Text For More Articles in  Current Trends in ...

 Iris Publishers - Journals of Civil Engineering Recent Bushfire Impact on Timber Bridges in Northern New South Wales This paper provides preliminary observations and comments following recent field inspection of a number of fire-damaged bridges in northern New South Wales (NSW). The fire event has been described as unprecedented, at least in living memory, with over five million hectares burnt in NSW from September 2019 to late January 2020, comprising mostly national parks and state forest, but also many neighbouring properties and houses. The impact on infrastructure has been profound, with at least three government schools destroyed and numerous timber road bridges damaged or destroyed in eastern NSW. Some roads have been closed for months and are still closed. These events will have long lasting implications. It is clear that changes will be needed to successfully adapt to altering externalities in the future. Read More... Full Text For More Articles in  Current Trends in...

 Iris Publishers - Scholarly Open Access Journals of Civil Engineering How Ground Improvement Addresses the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals: A Review The sustainable development goals (SDGs) were agreed by 195 nations on United Nation (UN) climate change conference in Paris 2015. The agreement was about climate actions to reduce the global warming and reinforcing countries strengths in dealing with climate change phenomenon by means of 17 goals. Researchers and engineers can have a significant contribution in successfulness of the Paris agreement. In particular, ground improvement in geotechnical engineering can have an effective role in promoting goal 12 of the UN SDGs to ensure sustainable consumption and production pattern. One of the key targets for this goal is substantially reduction of the waste production by means of recycling and reuse by 2030. Given the increasing trend of the world’s population, as such, the production and consumption rates have an increasing...

Iris Publishers - Open Access Journals of Civil Engineering Compact Urban Constructions and Disease Outbreaks In 2017, I wrote a paper questioning the unproblematic promotion of compact urban constructions in developing countries not only on social grounds but also in terms of its linchpin of car travel reduction: “If a 5% reduction is assumed in car travel distance in the sample districts in the context of density, and, under the optimistic scenario, that the time-distance ratio is 1 in high density areas, this finding feeds into the conclusion that high density might have had no positive effect on, or even increased to a limited degree, the overall time of car travel” [1]. Read More... Full Text For More Articles in  Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering  please click on  https://www.irispublishers.com/ctcse For More Open Access Journals in  Iris Publishers  please click on  https://irispublishers.com/journals.php To Know indexing list...