Showing papers in "Procedia Engineering in 2017"

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of different solvents on the structure and electrical properties of graphene oxide was studied by using modified hummers method in which different from conventional hummer's method.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present some "smart" solutions which could be recognized as innovative solutions in both areas: technology and organisation, which are implemented by logistics, which, in the era of globalization, plays a very important role.

TL;DR: A new paradigm called Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution has recently emerged in the manufacturing sector as mentioned in this paper, which allows creating a smart network of machines, products, components, properties, individuals and ICT systems in the entire value chain to have an intelligent factory.

TL;DR: It is concluded that blockchain provides solutions to many current problems in construction information management, but it is more likely that it will be built into generic IT infrastructure on top of which construction applications are built, rather than used directly by authors of construction related software.

TL;DR: The evolution of the “smart city” term and the most representative characteristics of it are presented and various alternative terms that were proposed to describe the multiple characteristics of the future cities are analyzed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review examines the main properties of biopolymers, as well as the potential of different biopolymer, including polylactic acid (PLA), silk and chitosan, for application in implantable medical devices.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive analysis of the use of cutting fluids and main alternatives in machining is carried out focusing on the economic, environmental and technical points, and the analysis was done focusing on different types of cutting fluid formulations.

TL;DR: In this article, the correlation between powder layer thickness and relative density, microstructure and mechanical properties of nickel-based superalloy produced by selective laser melting is presented, and it is shown that the size of columnar dendritic cells depends on the layer thickness used during SLM.

TL;DR: Promising results were obtained with mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 10 between observed and predicted flows and this indicates the suitability of the proposed prediction scheme for traffic flow forecasting in ITS applications.

TL;DR: This paper proposes several ideas on how to define the concept of Smart City, including its own, and introduces the definition of a Safe City, which provides the reader with an insight into the importance and use of the modelling and simulations in a safe city.

TL;DR: To better understand this newly expanded field of spatial information, previous works in the field are reviewed from the perspective of research and relevant application platform and directions of future research are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main problems of construction management were identified and possibilities to solve them are discussed and a model for decision making in construction management by using multi-criteria methods was created and applied to real case study.

TL;DR: This article proposes an implementation of traffic signs recognition algorithm using a convolution neural network, implemented using the TensorFlow library and massively parallel architecture for multithreaded programming CUDA.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive literature review is given, analysis and synthesis of most interesting material is made, and applicable practical guidelines are defined, and a special accent on present situation in context of project management in Croatia.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the factors that may cause overrun of the planned cost, allocated resources and scheduled time of infrastructure engineering projects in Jordan, and found that delay and cost overrun of infrastructure projects were caused by 20 factors according to the records in the collected final reports of projects.

TL;DR: In this article, the typical causes of delay at different stages of construction and its effect in the Ethiopian construction projects are investigated using a questionnaire with 52 causes and 5 effects of delay, data were collected from 77 participants' selected based on purposive sampling from the different contracting organizations.

TL;DR: This paper compares Ridge and LASSO estimators using the R software for statistical computing to analyze advantages of each of the two regression analysis methods.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of different configurations of continuous banana fibre reinforcement on mechanical properties of the composite materials were investigated, which enabled ranking of different banana fibre configurations towards mechanical properties.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored and analyzed the various barriers hindering the widespread adoption of BIM throughout the industry as well as proposed methods for addressing them and then answered the question of who should be responsible for driving the adoption and how to effectively do it.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the significant factors that lead to construction cost overruns in Afghanistan and find that the key critical causes that potentially result in construction cost overheads in Afghanistan are corruption, delay in progress payment by owner, difficulties in financing project by contractors, security, change the order by the owner during construction and market inflation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report current management issues of C&DW recycling plants in the literature and reveal their pros and cons in a covering manner, which can help researchers who will investigate construction and demolition waste recycling plants from different perspectives.

TL;DR: The understanding of Big Data, methods used for Big Data analysis and the main problems with Big Data in the field of energy are reviewed.

TL;DR: A GIS-BIM based urban energy planning system including the database construction and analysis by GIS, the optimal energy system design aided by BIM and 3D visualization with user-friendly interface is proposed to encourage the smart city concept in Japan.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the total carbon footprint of the construction sector in Australia from 2009 to 2013, identifying the key contributing supply chains, industries and products, and suggested mitigation options for electricity supply and materials use in the Australian construction sector.

TL;DR: The MOBNET system, that is currently under development, is described, which will use combined DCT – EGNSS technology to track victims and is a tailor-made solution supporting traditional activities of USAR teams.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the properties of polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) and glass-fiber reinforced PETG with and without the addition of glass fiber.

TL;DR: In this article, a field investigation was conducted at three temporary transfer stations, over 10 days, during one major pilgrimage event in Kerbala, Iraq, and 60 samples of unprocessed solid waste were collected and manually sorted into six different categories: organics, plastics, paper, metals, glass and miscellaneous wastes.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of reinforcement particle's types, shape, size and volume fractions on the machinability issues like the cutting force, tool wear, chip formation and surface roughness are critically reviewed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the role of life cycle cost (LCC) analysis in the feasibility study of construction projects, especially in the public sector, and summarize the experience of assessing building designs in terms of LCC.

TL;DR: In this paper, a sensitivity program is carried out in order to assess the influence of micro-mechanic parameters on the macroscopic response of the numerical simulation of rock samples, and it sheds light on which are most relevant parameters and how they control the main macro-properties of the simulated rocks.