Trends in Civil Engineering (PDF)

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).The goal of this special volume is to highlight case studies and research concerning new and innovative means for achieving sustainable construction practices by the use of novel building materials and technologies. The papers are the fruits of both academic and industrial learning and cover the topics of materials science and engineering, materials properties, measuring methods and applications, research methodology, analysis and modelling, materials manufacturing and processing, nanoscience and nanotechnology, mechanical engineering and design and manufacturing.This four-volume set contains 735 papers from the Second International Conference on Structures and Building Materials (ICSBM2012), held in March 2012 in Hangzhou, China. Contributed by engineers mostly from China, papers consist of case studies and research on new and innovative ways to achieve sustainable construction practices through the use of novel building materials and technologies. They address topics related to civil, bridge, geotechnical, geological, seismic, road and railway, and hydraulic engineering; heating, gas supply, ventilation, and air conditioning works; disaster prevention and mitigation; monitoring and control of structures; computational mechanics; construction technology; and computer simulation and computer-aided design and engineering.