Encyclopedia of engineering research / Filippo A. Pasqualli, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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""REFERENCES""""Chapter 4: BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING (BIM) FOR CONSTRUCTION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. BACKGROUND""; ""1.1. BIM for Lifecycle Evaluation""; ""1.2. Digital Construction through BIM Systems""; ""2. LESSONS LEARNT FROM BIM IMPLEMENTATIONS""; ""3. BIM INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS PROCESSES""; ""3.1. Implementation issues with IFC based Model Servers""; ""3.2. IFC based BIM Systems for Supporting Construction Lifecycle""; ""3.3. Advantageous and Benefits of Using BIM Systems""; ""4. CURRENT ACCEPTANCE OF BIMS IN THE INDUSTRY""

""ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH""; ""ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Volume 1""; ""Volume 2""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: CRITERIA FOR LABORATORY STUDIES ON FINE SOILS TREATED WITH LIME""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. FINE-GRAINED SOILS TREATED WITH LIMEOR WITH LIME AND CEMENT ""; ""Immediate Effects""; ""Long-Term Effects""; ""2. PLANNING OF THE STUDY OF A LIME TREATMENT""; ""Pre-Design Stage""; ""Schematic Design Stage""; ""Design Development Stage""; ""Construction Documents Phase""

""3. SOIL SUITABILITY CRITERIA""""4. SUITABILITY CRITERIA FOR TREATMENT PRODUCTS""; ""Quick Lime""; ""Hydrated Lime""; ""Cement""; ""Supply Water""; ""5. MIX DESIGN AND REQUIRED PERFORMANCES""; ""Use for the Construction of Embankments""; ""Use for Capping Layer""; ""Investigation of Immediate Performances""; ""Investigation of Long-Term Performances""; ""6. SPECIFIC STUDY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE""; ""7. SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT AND EXECUTION OF THE WORKS""; ""Equipments and Construction Machineries""; ""Fundamental Operations""; ""8. QUALITY CONTROL OF THE WORKS""

""Quality Control/Quality Assurance Program (QCP)""""Controls During Execution and on the Final Products""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: CHARACTERIZATION OF ADVANCED STRUCTURAL MATERIALS BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION INDICES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. AE PARAMETERS""; ""3. Acoustic Emission in Concrete""; ""3.1. Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete""; ""3.2. Experimental Details""; ""3. 3. Mechanical Behavior""; ""4. AE RESULTS""; ""4.1. Total AE Hit Activity""; ""4.2. AE Indices""; ""5. APPLICATION OF AE INDICES IN FIBER COMPOSITES""

""5.1. Failure of Laminated Composites""""5.2. Experimental Details""; ""5.3. AE results""; ""6. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: APPLICATIONS OF POLYMERIC TREATMENTS IN IMPROVING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS DURABILITY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SURFACE TREATMENTS CLASSIFICATION""; ""PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SURFACE TREATMENTS""; ""Concrete Protection. Effect of the Type of Polymeric Resin""; ""Concrete Protection. Effect of the Substrate Characteristics""; ""Stone Protection""; ""Durability of Surface Treatments""; ""Nanocomposite Surface Treatments""; ""CONCLUSION""

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