February 2013
Health and safety influence on the construction project performance in United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The traditional performance measurements of time cost and quality are no longer the only benchmarks for construction projects. In recent years there is an additional target of health and safety requirements challenging construction performance to plan more thoroughly. Wherever reliable records are available, construction is found to be one of the most dangerous safety criteria. Efforts have been made to...
February 2013
Effect of secondary aggregates on relationship between creep time dependant index and Paris Law parameters
Bituminous mixtures undergo cracking, either top-down or bottom-up, as a consequence of the repeated application of traffic loads, thermal cycling or a combination of the two mechanisms. Cracking is considered as one of the major distress modes in asphalt pavements. This study presents a method to characterise crack resistance of asphaltic mixtures containing waste materials using a semi-circular bending...
February 2013
Evaluation of various methods of FEMA356 compare to FEMA440
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance-based procedures in the FEMA356 which is used for vulnerability assessment of existing buildings. The FEMA 356 contained four analysis methods. These methods are linear and nonlinear static / dynamic analysis. For this evaluation, two programs are studied (1) the Displacement Coefficient Method and (2) the buildings designed by UBC97. In this study,...
February 2013
Shear failure investigation of reinforced concrete beams with swimmer bars
Shear failure of reinforced concrete beams is usually sudden, occur without sufficient advanced warning. This type of shear failure is considered to be high risk type of failure. The cost and safety of shear reinforcement in reinforced concrete beams led to the study of other alternatives. Designers try to avoid the shear mode of failure when designing reinforced concrete beam due to the sudden nature of...
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