Civil engineering, surveying and building

These proceedings collect selected papers from the 8th International Conference on Green Intelligent Transportation Systems and Safety held in Changchun on July 1-2, 2017.

Drawing on years of practical on-site experience, this book presents a new method for controlling "e;bridge-head bumping"e; in soft soil ground.

This is the third volume of the proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (ICEG 2018), held on October 28 - November 1, 2018 in Hangzhou, China.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 3rd International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plants, held in Harbin, China on 15th-17th August 2018.

This book proposes a framework and strategies for reliable end-to-end post-disaster services using smartphone-based delay-tolerant networks, which can operate even in the absence of conventional network connectivity.

This book presents selected papers from the Third International Workshop on Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks for Smart Cities, Paris, 2019.

These proceedings present the latest information on intelligent- transportation technologies and their applications in real-world cases.

This book mainly studies the methodologies of structural design and construction for highway engineering, which are applicable to the overall control and the precise operation of engineering structures.

This book discusses various challenges and solutions in the fields of operation, control, design, monitoring and protection of microgrids, and facilitates the integration of renewable energy and distribution systems through localization of generation, storage and consumption.

This thesis details the novel preparation methods and the improved properties of two-dimentional (2D) black phosphorene (BP) and the polymer nanocomposites.

This book reviews the most powerful attack strategies and potential defense mechanisms, always approaching the interplay between the Fusion Center and the Byzantines from a game-theoretic perspective.

This book highlights cyber-security overview, perspectives, and challenges that affect advanced Vehicular technology.

This book discusses the detailed concepts of concrete and its development with pros and cons.

This book is a collection of research papers selected for presentation at the International Conference on Smart Computational Methods in Continuum Mechanics 2021, organized by Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Institute for Computer Aided Design of Russian Academy of Sciences.

This book provides a comprehensive content for professionals engaged in the development of flight safety regulatory framework, as well as in the design and operation of ground-based or on-board flight support radio electronic systems.

This thesis investigates the key characteristics of magnetless doubly salient machines, evaluates their design philosophies, and proposes new topologies for various applications.

This book covers the tunnel boring machine (TBM) performance classifications, empirical models, statistical and intelligent-based techniques which have been applied and introduced by the researchers in this field.

This book offers all countries a guide to implementing verification systems for medical devices to ensure they satisfy their regulations.

This book presents the fundamentals of strengthening and retrofitting approaches, solutions and technologies for existing structures.

This book gathers selected papers from the Second International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant, held in Chengdu, China on August 23-25, 2017.

This book presents the comprehensive results of experimental and numerical investigations of glass facade breakage behavior under fire conditions.

This book contains the keynote presentations, invited speeches, and general session papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Asia Urban GeoEngineering, which will be held from 24 November to 27 November 2017 in Changsha, China.

This book presents original, peer-reviewed research papers from the 4th Purple Mountain Forum -International Forum on Smart Grid Protection and Control (PMF2019-SGPC), held in Nanjing, China on August 17-18, 2019.

This book analyzes various properties and structures of ice from the point of view to solve problems in civil aviation.

This book includes selected papers from the fourth International Conference on Smart Vehicular Technology, Transportation, Communication and Applications (VTCA 2021), held in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China, during May 22-24, 2021.

This book focuses on influence of slag-steel chemical reaction on control of inclusions in Al deoxidized special steel.

This book presents the fundamental methods of modeling, analysis and synthesis of transport processes which allow:- to optimize the work of transport organizations according to different criteria of their functioning;- to evaluate the quality of decisions made in conditions of high entropy and uncertainty of technological processes when applying new technologies and systems;-to reduce the negative impact of the human factor on the safety of ongoing transport processes by increasing the motivational component of the training processes for the operator of active transport systems.

This book provides a new design and evaluation framework based on slope Stochastic Dynamics theory to probabilistic seismic performance for slope engineering.

This book highlights the basic properties of round bamboo and bamboo strips of various species worldwide.

This book discusses the features of composite materials and arch structures.

This book includes six chapters aiming to introduce global pipeline inspection and health monitoring technologies comprehensively.

This book describes common applied problems that are solved with the use of digital technology.

This book explains that diffusion, osmosis, dissolution, evaporation, and heat loss all preferentially affect small bodies due to their high surface/volume ratios.

This book is a compilation of work by experts from the different domains of the healthcare industry,  ranging from hospital planning to quality management, clinical services to disaster management.

The passivation and corrosion of metal are significantly affected by its surface state and chemical characteristics.

This book includes selected papers from the fifth International Conference on Smart Vehicular Technology, Transportation, Communication and Applications (VTCA 2022), held in online mode during December 24-26, 2022.

This book describes the basic concepts and various aspects of creating a new generation supersonic passenger aircraft.

In this book, we proposed velocity-free localization methods for acoustic and microseismic sources.

This book includes selected papers from the fifth International Conference on Smart Vehicular Technology, Transportation, Communication and Applications (VTCA 2022), held in online mode during December 24-26, 2022.

This book examines new approaches for the estimation of errors in approximate theories.

This book starts with the introduction of the radar working system from a mathematical point of view.

This book introduces the basic theoretical knowledge of rock mechanics and its application in petroleum engineering.

This book highlights the qualitative and quantitative sequential changes in microstructure of P22 steel under various stress and temperature conditions.

This book details the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) applied to the built environment problems.

This book presents the principles and practices of rock blasting for underground hard rock mining.

This book introduces the basic theoretical knowledge of rock mechanics and its application in petroleum engineering.

This book highlights the qualitative and quantitative sequential changes in microstructure of P22 steel under various stress and temperature conditions.

This book details the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) applied to the built environment problems.

This book presents the principles and practices of rock blasting for underground hard rock mining.

This book presents an innovative paradigm for synthesizing low-carbon cementitious materials through 100% utilization of industrial solid wastes, incorporating calcium sulphoaluminate and dicalcium silicate, which simultaneously addresses the dual challenges of bulk solid waste disposal and CO2 emission reduction in conventional cement production.