{"title":"Low-cost Housing Using Sustainable Materials and Catenary Shapes","authors":"M. Gohnert","doi":"10.11159/ICCSTE19.170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11159/ICCSTE19.170","url":null,"abstract":"The United Nations estimates that approximately 12% of the world’s population live in slums, which is about 860 million people. The use of the word “slums” infers that its occupants live in informal housing, or housing that does not comply with building codes and regulations, are inferior in construction and often present health hazards. Although every nation is inherently responsible to ensure that this basic need is met, usually finances and social prioritization are the inhibiting factors. In fact, the rate of increase in slums is exceeding population growth. The world is digressing. This paper is therefore an attempt to provide an alternative solution to the housing problem. A housing solution should be affordable, include sustainable building materials and optimize the structural shape. A prototype house is presented, which incorporates cement-stabilized earth blocks (CSEB) and blocks made from recycled building material. A typical pitched roof is also replaced with a catenary brick vault.","PeriodicalId":307663,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE'19)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130022428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Jargus, S. Kepak, J. Cubik, David Bujdoš, M. Stolarik
{"title":"Optical fibre bending sensor for vehicle weight detection","authors":"J. Jargus, S. Kepak, J. Cubik, David Bujdoš, M. Stolarik","doi":"10.11159/ICCSTE19.194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11159/ICCSTE19.194","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes vehicle detection sensor based on optical fibre bending. Initial measurements were performed on a Heckert FP 10/1 press. Based on these measurements, a prototype of a bending sensor for vehicle detection was designed. This prototype is intended primarily for static vehicle detection, where the magnitude of attenuation is proportional to the weight of the car. When measuring on this prototype, we tested 4 types of ethylene propylene diene methylene (EPDM) grooved rubber that pressed on an optical fibre located on smooth EPDM rubber base. Based on the measurements, we chose the EPDM rubber cover for which the detector had the greatest sensitivity. These initial results indicate that this can be a life-capable structure with a possible extension to a static weight sensor and, partly, to a WIM (weigh in motion) dynamic weight sensor.","PeriodicalId":307663,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE'19)","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122253427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons learned from Recent Lateral Torsional Buckling Research","authors":"Magdi Mohareb","doi":"10.11159/ICCSTE19.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11159/ICCSTE19.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":307663,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE'19)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116387664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Appraisal of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Engineered Cementitious\u0000Composite","authors":"Maninder Singh, B. Saini, H. D. Chalak","doi":"10.11159/ICCSTE19.192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11159/ICCSTE19.192","url":null,"abstract":"Mortar based engineered cementitious composite (ECC) demonstrate strain hardening behaviour with multiple micro-cracks under tension. The distinctive behaviour of ECC, makes it ductile as compared to brittle nature of conventional concrete. Ductile nature of ECC, makes it applicable in seismic resistant, repairing and retrofitting areas and blast resistant structural elements. In the present investigation, two types of polymer fibers (i.e. polyester (PET) fiber and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber) have been used in hybridization with different percentages (2+0), (2+0.5), (1.75+0.5), (1.5+0.5) for making ECC. Also fly ash, 55% of the total cementitious material, has been used for making sustainable concrete. The compressive, flexural and tensile tests were performed to evaluate the mechanical behaviour of hybrid fiber reinforced cementitious matrix. The test results revealed that PET fiber and PVA fiber in combination enhanced the strength properties of ECC by bridging effect of hybrid fibers.","PeriodicalId":307663,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE'19)","volume":"7 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123278733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}