The Best Places For Civil Engineers 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-63
Author(s):  
Robert L. Reid ◽  
Laurie A. Shuster
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineers

The Eastern Scheldt Project

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 51-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Knoester ◽  
J Visser ◽  
B A Bannink ◽  
C J Colijn ◽  
W P A Broeders
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Freshwater Lake ◽  
Tidal Basin ◽  
Decisionmaking Process ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Civil Engineers

In the planning of the Delta-works, carried out in the Southwestern Netherlands, the Eastern Scheldt was the largest and therefore last tidal basin to be fully closed mainly to protect the area from floods. Increased recognition for the natural value of estuaries and a strong lobby from nature conservationists and shellfish producers led to a reconsideration of original plans, confirmed by a series of governmental decisions. Per consequence execution of the present plans will result in a storm-surge barrier at the entrance of the tidal basin together with two partitioning dams, separating the (reduced) tidal Eastern Scheldt from a new freshwater lake. Attention is paid to the present values in the Eastern Scheldt and briefly to changes involved by the project. The decisionmaking process is described and discussed: In the course of the project the majority of decisions taken were prepared by teams of ecologists, civil engineers, hydrologists and financial experts using policy-analysis methods. For guidance of developments in the influenced area the local government accepted a policy plan, in which human uses are regulated. Operations of the barrier are designed such that safety from flooding is guaranteed, while adverse effects for the tidal ecosystems are minimized.

Environmental Training of Students of the Civil Engineering Career The Universidad Técnica De Manabí

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Olinda Elizabeth Caicedo Arévalo ◽  
Beatriz Zumalacárregui de Cárdenas ◽  
Juan Manuel Labadié Suárez ◽  
María Rodríguez Gámez
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Space ◽  
Survey Technique ◽  
Educational Task ◽  
Engineering Career ◽  
Civil Engineers

The Civil Engineering course teaches different subjects in its academic program, which has in their educational task to offer knowledge to students, their intervention in the environmental space, within the framework of their actions as future civil engineers. The objective of the research is to reflect on the knowledge acquired in the environmental training of students of the civil engineering career. For this purpose, the standardized survey technique was used with structured questions that collected the work of the educational program of the race and was applied to 75 students of the different levels. The result obtained allowed to know to what extent the environmental training of students, has repercussions on the preparation of future civil engineers, in addition to the degree of concern for environmental problems and the predisposition to work in order to reduce the impacts derived from the professional practice of The Civil Engineering, taking into account the implication of the sustainable development in the academic formation. During the investigation it was verified that students are aware of the importance of preservation and respect for nature through the use of clean energies, where they have expressed concern about contamination and depletion of natural resources. The results obtained can have a positive influence on the constructive future of the province, depending on the implementation of an appropriate sustainable development policy.

Simulation of the wind fields over complex terrain with coupling of CFD and WRF

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Luo ◽  
Yiwen Cao
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Field ◽  
Complex Terrain ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Mass Conservation ◽  
Coupling Method ◽  
Wind Fields ◽  
Civil Structures ◽  
Civil Engineers

In the field of civil engineering, the meteorological data available usually do not have the detailed information of the wind near a certain site. However, the detailed information of the wind field during typhoon is important for the wind-resistant design of civil structures. Furthermore, the resolution of the meteorological data available by the civil engineers is too coarse to be applicable. Therefore it is meaningful to obtain the detailed information of the wind fields based on the meteorological data provided by the meteorological department. Therefore, in the present study, a one-way coupling method between WRF and CFD is adopted and a method to keep the mass conservation during the simulation in CFD is proposed. It is found that using the proposed one-way coupling method, the predicted wind speed is closer to the measurement. And the curvature of the wind streamline during typhoon is successfully reproduced.

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