Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) is one of the waste materials that highway agencies promote to use in new construction or rehabilitation of highways pavement. Since the use of RAP can affect the resilient modulus and other ...

Since the penetration of fluids (water, oil and chemicals) into concrete, plays a major role in the durability of concrete, this paper describes the effect of compressive strength of concrete on its permeability. Having ...

This paper provides an artificial neural network model for predicting the shear contribution of FRP in reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened in shear with externally bonded FRP. Although there are some models and ...

Leak has always been one of the problems in water distribution networks, whose preventing not only results in the saving of water sources but also has profound effects on the maintenance cost of networks. In the ...

The incident angle of ground motion is one of the sources of uncertainty in the seismic response of buildings. Moreover, understanding the structural response to the impose ground motion may cause significant changes in ...

This paper presents a robust hybrid improved dolphin echolocation and ant colony optimization algorithm (IDEACO) for optimizing the truss structures with discrete sizing variables. The dolphin echolocation (DE) is inspired ...

Corrosion of steel is one of the essential potential dangers and threats in concrete structures. Corrosion of steel embedded in reinforced concrete plays a key role in reducing the strength and durability of reinforced ...

Asphalt mixture is heterogeneous in nature; consequently, macroscopic parameters alone cannot describe the mechanical behavior of the mixture. In recent years, the arrangement of the aggregate particles in terms of spatial ...

In many cases, a set of obstacles, such as bridge piers and abutments, are located in the river waterway. Bridge piers disrupt the river's normal flow, and the created turbulence and disturbance causes diversion of flow ...

Weirs, as overflow structures, are extensively applied for the measurement of flow, its diversion, and control in the open canals. Labyrinth weir as a result of more effective length than conventional weirs allows passing ...

Most of oil and gas offshore platforms are located in the seismic regains. Therefore, Seismic vulnerability evaluation of the offshore platforms is one of the essential vital issues in the structural systems. In this ...