Advanced Composites for Civil Engineering Infrastructures

2018 ◽  
pp. 212-248
Author(s):  
Xia Cui ◽  
Shuzhu Zeng ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
Qiaofeng Zheng ◽  
Xun Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Advanced Composites ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites ◽  
Functional Composites ◽  
Civil Engineering Infrastructure

The development of advanced composites not only enhances strength, ductility, durability of materials, and endows materials with the multifunctional property, but also reduces the construction cost and promotes civil engineering infrastructure to make sustainable development. In this chapter, several representative advanced composites with abundant research achievements and wide applications are systematically introduced with regard to cementitious composites, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, novel thermally functional composites, and 3D printing composites in terms of their definitions, properties, research progress, and applications in civil engineering infrastructures.

Probabilistic Design for Civil Engineering Infrastructure Using Vine-Copulas

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Lanzafame ◽  
Mike Timmermans ◽  
Felix Orlin ◽  
Susana Sellés Valls ◽  
Oswaldo Morales Nápoles
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Probabilistic Design ◽  
Civil Engineering Infrastructure ◽  
Vine Copulas

Creative destruction: building toward sustainability

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Hartshorn ◽  
Michael Maher ◽  
Jack Crooks ◽  
Richard Stahl ◽  
Zoë Bond
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Creative Destruction ◽  
Engineering Community ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Civil Engineering Infrastructure ◽  
The Impact

The engineering community at large, and the civil engineering community in particular, has the opportunity and arguably the obligation to promote a development agenda that considers not only the economics of development, but also the health of the environment and society at large. In this paper, we contemplate the challenge of sustainable development and its effect on project scale and scope. We discuss the inherent opportunity to drive the "creative destruction" of the development industry, using innovation to exploit inefficiencies in the planning and management of engineering systems to create a range of "future" products and services that challenge existing practice. We review the impact of procurement policy, contract pricing, prescriptive codes, and public policy on innovation. Several examples of innovative design and sustainable development introduced into the planning and management of Canadian civil engineering projects are provided. We assert that the most effective means of promoting the sustainability of built environment and civil infrastructure systems will be through inter- and intra-industry collaboration with the support of public policy-makers.Key words: sustainable development, civil, engineering, infrastructure, innovation, creative destruction, environment, collaboration.

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