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{"title":"Investigation Study of the Challenges in Green Procurement Implementation in Construction Projects in UAE","authors":"M. A. Al Hazza, Maktoom Muqtadar, Khaled El Salamony, I. Bourini, A. Sakhrieh, M. Alnahhal","doi":"10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-06","url":null,"abstract":"The global construction industry is responsible for significant environmental and societal effects. Some researchers claim that it accounts for 35% of global gas emissions. One of the solutions is to practice green supply chain management. Part of this is Green Procurement (GP) to conserve energy and money. However, challenges in implementing green procurement in the construction industry are rising. This research aims to identify the most significant challenges when implementing green procurement (GP) in construction projects in the UAE. A comprehensive article review was conducted to determine the critical obstacles highlighted by different researchers. These challenges were prioritized using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method, and then recommendations on best practices to overcome these challenges were proposed. The results show that the lack of top management commitment is the biggest challenge when implementing green procurement in the construction industry in the UAE, with a priority value of 0.331, followed by a lack of knowledge, with a value of 0.2748. In contrast, lack of awareness is the lowest-ranked factor, with a value of 0.103. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-04-06 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80706397","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":"Numerical Study on the Behaviour of Built-up Cold-Formed Steel Corrugated Web Beams End Connections","authors":"I. Both, M. Burcă, Ş. Benzar, V. Ungureanu","doi":"10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-01","url":null,"abstract":"Corrugated web beams made of cold-formed steel components represent an economical solution for structures, offering high flexural capacity and deformation rigidity. For conventional corrugated web beams, made of thick plates for the flanges and thin sinusoidal steel sheets for the web, the elements can be joined by standard bolted end-plate connections. In the case of corrugated web beams made of thin-walled cold-formed steel components only, additional plates are required to accommodate the shape and position of the profiles. A large experimental program was carried out on corrugated web beams made of cold-formed steel elements. One of the objectives was to determine the capacity of these beams and the influence of several parameters on the response of the beam, but also very important were the end connections of these beams. The recordings obtained from the tests were used to validate a numerical model. Based on the validation of the numerical model, finite element analyses were performed to study four solutions for end connections to facilitate assembly, optimise the number of bolts, and increase the capacity and rigidity. Although the connection can be improved for assembling reasons with the presented solutions, the overall capacity is limited by the components subjected to compression that lose their stability. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-04-01 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82145298","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":"Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term Prediction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions using Wavelet-Enhanced Extreme Learning Machine","authors":"M. Alomar, M. Hameed, N. Al‐Ansari, S. F. Mohd Razali, M. Alsaadi","doi":"10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-04","url":null,"abstract":"Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. Early prediction of CO2 is critical for developing strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change. A sophisticated version of the extreme learning machine (ELM), the wavelet enhanced extreme learning machine (W-EELM), is used to predict CO2 on different time scales (weekly, monthly, and yearly). Data were collected from the Mauna Loa Observatory station in Hawaii, which is ideal for global air sampling. Instead of the traditional method (singular value decomposition), a complete orthogonal decomposition (COD) was used to accurately calculate the weights of the ELM output layers. Another contribution of this study is the removal of noise from the input signal using the wavelet transform technique. The results of the W-EELM model are compared with the results of the classical ELM. Various statistical metrics are used to evaluate the models, and the comparative figures confirm the superiority of the applied models over the ELM model. The proposed W-EELM model proves to be a robust and applicable computer-based technology for modeling CO2concentrations, which contributes to the fundamental knowledge of the environmental engineering perspective. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-04-04 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79832106","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":"Performance Evaluation of Fiber-reinforced Ferroconcrete using Response Surface Methodology","authors":"T. Awolusi, Alenoghena I. Ekhasomhi, O. Aluko, Olanike O. Akinkurolere, M. Azab, A. Deifalla","doi":"10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-014","url":null,"abstract":"Fibre-reinforced ferroconcrete is a new-generation type of concrete that has been found to have adequate performance. Global emissions of CO2 as a result of concrete production have damaged the earth's atmosphere. These emissions, together with construction waste, such as ceramic powder and aluminium waste, are considered one of the most harmful wastes to the environment, eventually leading to pollution. In this study, the fibre-reinforced ferroconcrete (FRFC) contained waste aluminium fibre, cement, ceramic waste powder, corrugated wire mesh, and fine and coarse aggregate. The cement content in the concrete mix was partially replaced with Ceramic Powder (CP) in proportions of 0%, 10%, and 20%, while the Aluminum Fibers (AF) were added in proportions 0, 1, and 2% to the concrete mix. The variation of ceramic powder and aluminium fibres was done using the central composite design of Response Surface Methodology (RSM) to create experimental design points meant to improve the fibre-reinforced ferroconcrete's mechanical performance. The results conclude that the mechanical performance of the FRFC was slightly improved more than conventional concrete, where at 20% replacement of ceramic powder and 1% addition of aluminium fibre to the concrete mix. There was more compressive, flexural, and split tensile strength increase than conventional concrete, with control concrete having strengths of 13.060, 5.720, and 3.110 N/mm2 and ferroconcrete 15.88, 6.68, and 3.83 N/mm2 respectively. This was further confirmed with microstructural images. The RSM model, with parameters such as; contour plots, analysis of variance, and optimisation, was used to effectively predict and optimise the responses of the ferroconcrete based on the independent variables (Aluminum fibre and Ceramic Powder) considered. The results of the predicted data show a straight-line linear progression as the coefficient of determination (R2) tends to 1, indicating that the RSM model is suitable for predicting the response of the variables on the FRFC. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-04-014 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88938732","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":"Optimization of Integrated Reservoir for Supporting the Raw Water Supply","authors":"Shafur Bachtiar, L. Limantara, M. Sholichin, W. Soetopo","doi":"10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-07","url":null,"abstract":"This research intends to analyze the optimal operation pattern for fulfilling the raw water demand, and it is conducted in the integrated cascade reservoir of Duriangkang-Muka Kuning, Batam City, Indonesia. However, Batam City is the economic center of the Riau Islands and absolutely needs enough raw water supplies to support its development. The need for raw water in Batam City is predicted to reach about 6,630.29 l/s in 2025. Due to the population growth that is estimated to reach about 1.8 million people in 2025 and the plan of Batam City development as an industry and tourism center, Batam City is faced with the condition that reservoir management becomes a very important thing for supporting the continuity of water supply. The methodology consists of collecting the supporting data, such as inflow, reservoir capacity curve, and data on water needs; then building the optimization model by determining the objective function and constraints of the integrated reservoir; and carrying out the optimization model by using linear programming and simulation models for the integrated reservoir operation. The result presents optimal reservoir operation of the integrated Duriangkang-Muka Kuning reservoirs. The reservoir operation consists of the boundary curve of upper and lower normal operation, the outflow for fulfilling the water need, and the rule of supply pumping from Duriangkang reservoir to Muka Kuning reservoir. It is hoped that the result can be used as a reference in operating the two reservoirs to fulfill the water needs of the Batam City population. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-04-07 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87966229","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":"Shear Performance of GFRP Reinforced Concrete Beams with Seawater and Chopped Fiber","authors":"Waleed Abdallah, Abdelrahman Farrag, A. Deifalla, Amal.H. Ibrahim, H. Mohamed, A. Ali","doi":"10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-05","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports an experimental study on the behavior and shear strength of concrete beams reinforced with longitudinal GFRP bars mixed with sea water. In order to evaluate how much concrete contributes to shear resistance, seven beams were tested in bending. Similar in size and concrete strength, the beams were longitudinally reinforced with glass fiber-reinforced polymer bars; however, they did not even have shear reinforcement. The beams, which measured 3,100 mm in length, 400 mm in depth, and 200 mm in width, were conducted and tested up to failure. The test variables were longitudinal reinforcement ratios (1.0, 1.4, and 2.0%), chopped fiber content (0, 0.5, 2, and 3 kg/m3), and mixing water type (freshwater and seawater). The test findings showed that increasing the reinforcement ratio increased the neutral-axis depth and allowed the formation of more closely spaced fractures while decreasing the loss of flexural stiffness after cracking. By increasing the area of concrete in compression, this in turn enhances the contribution of aggregate interlock as well as the contribution of uncracked concrete. Furthermore, increasing the reinforcement ratio improves the dowel action, which reduces the tensile stresses that are created in the concrete around it. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-04-05 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86496632","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":"Experimental Establishing of Moving Hydraulic Jump in a Trapezoidal Channel","authors":"N. K. Al-Bedyry, M. Kadim, Saman H. Hussein, Z. Al-khafaji, Fatimah N. Al-Husseinawi","doi":"10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-08","url":null,"abstract":"This research was prepared as a preliminary laboratory study to achieve a moving hydraulic jump with controlled discharges. It is an initial part of the study that is being prepared to treat the salt tide occurring in the Shatt al-Arab due to the lack of water imports that were coming from the Karun and Karkheh rivers from Iranian territory, as this scarcity caused a salt tide that affected significantly the environmental reality of the city of Basra and the agricultural lands surrounding the Shatt al-Arab, such as the Shatt al-Arab district and the Siba orchards. As part of the proposed solutions, a moving hydraulic jump is created that pushes the salt tongue into the Persian Gulf; the results were promising. A moving hydraulic leap is a good example of unstable super- and sub-critical flow regimes and is regarded as a specific case of unsteady flow in a channel. There aren't many published experiments on this particular flow type, and the quantitative simulation of such a flow state has some inherent complexity. An experimental setup was created for this work in order to assess the hydraulic performance of a moving hydraulic jump in a trapezoidal flume. A sluice gate was installed at the flume's upstream edge to provide an unstable supercritical flow regime, movable hydraulic jumps along the channel, and temporal water stages at the gate's upstream side for the various downstream end boundary situations. Several flow factors, including energy head, pressure head, and flow depth, were estimated from the recorded data. The study found connections between discharge and shifting hydraulic jump variables. By employing relatively stable momentum and energy formulas, simple and time-independent formulas were developed that accurately predicted the pressure head in the subcritical region of an unstable mixed flow. As a result, the moving hydraulic jump factor can be correctly predicted using time-independent correlations by using the discharge variation as a boundary scenario. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-04-08 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88475993","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":"Impact of Prior Knowledge about Autonomous Vehicles on the Public Attitude","authors":"Kareem Othman","doi":"10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-017","url":null,"abstract":"It is anticipated that AVs will offer multiple benefits, such as an improvement in the level of mobility, increasing the level of comfort, and reducing the number of traffic accidents. However, the public attitude is the main determinant factor that will face the deployment of AVs and in turn affect their implications. Over the last few years, there was a debate on the impact of the level of knowledge about AVs on public attitudes. While some studies show that people with higher levels of knowledge about AVs are the most optimistic, some other studies show that the public attitude moves in the negative with an increase in the level of knowledge. Thus, this study focuses exclusively on quantifying and understanding the impact of the level of knowledge and the public attitude in the US. A questionnaire survey was designed and conducted between June and November, 2022. A total of 5778 complete responses were received from all over the US and the analysis was conducted to estimate the public attitude and level of knowledge by region. The results show that there is a negative shift in public attitude with the increase in the level of knowledge about AVs. In addition, the results show that 1% increase in the level of knowledge about AVs is associated with 0.65%, 0.68%, and 2466 (USD) $ decrease in the level of interest, trust, and willingness to pay for AV and 0.56% increase in the level of concern about traveling in AVs. Moreover, the results are discussed in light of both the diffusion of innovation theory and the Gartner Hype curve. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-04-017 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87917246","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":"Stress Path Behaviour and Friction Angle Transition Due to the Cyclic Loading Effects","authors":"H. Mohamad, A. Zainorabidin, A. Amaludin","doi":"10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2023-09-04-010","url":null,"abstract":"In various aspects, peat soil is different from mineral soil. Peat is a biogenic deposit that emerged within the last 10,000 years, during the post-glacial (Holocene) era. Peat is a soft soil that is unable to support external loads without experiencing significant deformations. Tyre pressure from automobiles and/or aeroplane wheels on paved surfaces creates traffic load, which can manifest as static or dynamic types of loading. To resolve the problem with peat soils, a thorough understanding of the static and dynamic behaviour of peat is still required. Many people who live near regularly used highways feel traffic vibration, and it is important to comprehend the nature of this issue to make predictions about potential solutions to this problem. As such, this study aims to investigate the cohesion (c) and friction angle (φ) properties of peat soil after it has been subjected to cyclic stress. Monotonic triaxial tests are conducted to ascertain the initial shear strength characteristics of the soil. Cyclic triaxial tests are performed with half of their maximum deviator stress to simulate the behaviour of peat soil under various effective stresses and frequencies of loading that are applied with 100 number of cycles. After applying various numbers of cycles of dynamic loading, the post-cyclic monotonic shear strengths were subsequently evaluated. It has been noted that irregular behaviour tends to occur more frequently at higher frequencies, particularly between 2 and 3 Hz. With higher frequencies being applied, the reduction in cohesion and friction angle becomes more evident. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2023-09-04-010 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85995308","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":"Concept of an Intelligent Parking System; Efforts to Resolve Traffic Conflicts Regulations","authors":"L. Caroles, S. Adisasmita, Pramudyo Bayu Pamungkas","doi":"10.28991/cej-sp2023-09-05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-sp2023-09-05","url":null,"abstract":"Makassar, an Indonesian city, is situated on the south-western coast of Sulawesi Island. It is the largest commercial centre in eastern Indonesia, and traffic congestion is a problem there. Movement management must establish sufficient and well-organized parking areas, as well as a good and transparent system to eliminate unmonitored restitution funds, in order to address these issues. To address parking issues in Makassar, a legal and technical strategy is developed, with an emphasis on inclusiveness and including both legal and illegal parking spaces. The integrated parking concept is comprised of a mobile, everywhere-accessible parking area reservation system, a vehicle registration system based on licence plate numbers, and an effective data management system. 180 million Indonesian Rupiah are spent on all equipment and activity installations (IDR). At least 50 locations utilising this system will be required for a minimum vehicle range of 250,000 units, resulting in an approximate capital cost of 9 billion rupiah. The first clause describes the application of minimum parking fees to flat parking fees (generally 2 thousand rupiah). During a single parking period, it is anticipated that 250,000 vehicles will utilise this parking system if all parking spaces are occupied simultaneously. Government and investors can raise 250 million rupiah in investment capital assuming a 50:50 profit split. Revenue can reach billions of rupiah with just four iterations. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-SP2023-09-05 Full Text: PDF","PeriodicalId":53612,"journal":{"name":"Open Civil Engineering Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86127543","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}