CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA (CASE STUDY OF MIN...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The frequency of collapse of building structures in Nigeria in the previous several years and lately has been highly scary and worrisome. Many lives and assets have been lost in the collapse of buildings predominantly in Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos accordingly. Many property owners have acquired high blood pressure and others have been sent t...Continue Reading »

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• 2. COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN PROPOSAL AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE FOR THE ACAD...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study: A library is an organized collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. It provides physical or digital access to material, and may be a physical building or room, or a virtual space, or both. The term library has itself acquired a secondary meaning; a collection of us...Continue Reading »

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• 3. EFFECT OF REPROCESSED PURE WATER SACHET (PWS) ON THE PROPERTIES OF WOOD WOOL (A ...

  » CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY INTRODUCTION Right from when man stated to build, he has been compelled to use the locally available materials around him. Building has now become major construction material allover the world has necessitated a critical study of its constituent materials. More so, the present economic crunch calls for cost saving measures on the part of engineers/researchers in...Continue Reading »

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• 4. ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE TO THE STANDARD MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN B...

  » CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.0 Background of studyThe sources of ground water pollution are many and varied because in addition to natural processes practically every type of facility or structure installed by man and each and every one of his activities may eventually contribute to ground water quality problems. The quality of ground water is most commonly affected by waste disposal. Other major sour...Continue Reading »

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• 5. MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A FLY ASH AND GLASS FIBERS REINFORCED HYBRID EPOX...

  » Abstract Epoxy has versatile industrial applications due to its brilliant characteristics, but on the other hand due to the delamination, brittleness, low toughness of epoxy limited its usage. These constraints of epoxy can get over by inclusion with the help of reinforcement before their industrial and aerospace application. In recent days, glass fiber reinforced composites are in demand as struc...Continue Reading »

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• 6. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS SYSTEM WITH DIFF...

  » Abstract Excess unused solar radiation falling on the PV system rises its temperature and drops the electrical conversion efficiency. Phase change materials can be effectively used for the PV thermal management systems due to its high latent heat. In the current research work, effect of inclination angle on the thermal performance of PV PCM system is investigated. The inclination angle is increase...Continue Reading »

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• 7. ON THE SOLUTION OF NONLINEAR ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS FOLLOWING PERIODIC FORCED RESPO...

  » Abstract In periodic forced response analysis of nonlinear structures, most of the time analytical solutions cannot be obtained due to the complex behavior of the nonlinearity and/or due to the number of nonlinear equations to be solved. Therefore, numerical methods are widely used. For periodic forced response analysis of nonlinear systems, generally Harmonic Balance Method (HBM) or Describing Fu...Continue Reading »

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• 8. ANALYSIS OF THE BALANCE SHEET LIQUIDITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

  » Abstract The article examines the concept of balance sheet liquidity and proposes its improvement in modern financial analysis, which will facilitate the procedure of assessing the risks and prospects for improving the solvency and liquidity of the enterprise in the age of digital technologies. The opinions of well known world scientists analysts on the essence of balance sheet liquidity are refle...Continue Reading »

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• 9. DESIGN OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY HELMETS WITH IMPROVED STIFFNESS THROUGH FINITE ELEME...

  » Abstract An industrial safety helmet is used to protect our head from the objects that are falling on the helmet by absorbing mechanical energy. The number of workers getting head injuries in the construction and industries are increasing every year. The risk of injuries can be reduced significantly by wearing an appropriate safety helmet. At present, the helmet used in the industry has low stiffn...Continue Reading »

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• 10. IMAGE EXTRACTION USING IMAGE ATTRIBUTE CONCEPTION TECHNIQUE

  » Abstract Image extraction based on image attributes is one of the emerging fields in image processing. Today, most of the retrieval process is done with help of image attributes. Because of this popularity, today, most of the researchers are devoted the research activity in this domain. Through the help of image attribute, image extraction gives good results compared to text based retrieval proces...Continue Reading »

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• 11. NONLINEAR ANALYSIS OF LATERALLY LOADED PILE GROUP IN LAYERED SOIL–ASH DEPOSIT

  » Abstract The current scenario for the geotechnical engineering is not only to take care of vertical load of superstructure impending to the soil but also the lateral load subjected to the structure must be taken into consideration for the safe design of foundation. For designing pile foundation, knowledge of load–deflection behavior of pile under moderate to heavy load is necessary. In the p...Continue Reading »

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• 12. PREDICTING THE TIME LEFT TO EARTHQUAKE USING DEEP LEARNING MODELS

  » Abstract Predicting the earthquake is an important problem in the earth science community. Several models have been proposed to predict the time for next earthquake. However, all those methods are based on traditional machine learning algorithms. Recently, deep learning based models have obtained breakthrough achievements over traditional machine learning models in various data processing tasks. H...Continue Reading »

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• 13. ASPECTS IN MANAGING THE LIFE CYCLE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

  » Abstract Goal: The problem of accounting and reporting net assets and the procedure for their formation, taking into account the specifics of the economic and legal status of property, is one of the cardinal aspects of managing the life cycle of construction projects. Methods: The purpose of the study is to substantiate the rules for reflecting net assets in accounting using method statements for ...Continue Reading »

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• 14. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT OF ALUMINUM ELECTROLYSIS AT SUPER LOW VOLTAGE

  » Abstract A new integrated energy saving technology characteristic with protruding cathode blocks and high conductivity cathode collector bars was tested in 300 kA electrolysis cells. In order to maintain the normal operation at super low voltage, the technical parameters and operation management were optimized. Gauging was improved in anode changing and appropriate energy compensation was carried ...Continue Reading »

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• 15. EFFECT OF POWER LEVEL ON THE PROCESSING OF NI-BASED CASTING THROUGH MICROWAVE HE...

  » Abstract In the present research, Ni based powder casting was developed using a domestic microwave oven with a variable power level of 180–900 W at 2.45 GHz frequency. The power level and exposure time were optimized using a set of experiments. It was found that with increase in power level the exposure time for the development of casting was reduced. The casting was developed within 25 min ...Continue Reading »

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• 16. GENERIC REPORTING TOOL USING MODERN USER INTERFACE DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES

  » Abstract This chapter explores questions about the software, the interface system for Internet applications, GWT in the context of the development of complex Internet applications based on AJAX technology. In addition, work briefly shows web applications—the interface available from the web browser level. At the same time, it points to the Nielsen heuristics interaction, which represents the...Continue Reading »

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• 17. SLIDING MODE CONTROL BASED TRACKING OF NON-DIFFERENTIABLE REFERENCE FUNCTIONS

  » Abstract This chapter gives an insight into the class of tracking problems in nonlinear systems for which the first order derivative of the reference function does not exist. Using classical sliding mode control, only a restricted class of reference functions can be tracked. A solution to this problem by using fractional order operators is proposed. The technique works provided the reference funct...Continue Reading »

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• 18. MEASURING STRAIN DISTRIBUTION OF KNEE CARTILAGE USING DIGITAL VOLUME CORRELATION

  » Abstract The purpose of this study is to measure three dimensional deformation of the porcine knee joint articular cartilage under compressive load by using digital volume correlation. The compression tester is construed for collecting the micro CT images before and after the loading. The compressive load is applied to the test sample, and the compressive load is measured by a load cell. The micro...Continue Reading »

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• 19. EMPIRICAL STUDY OF COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACHES FOR THE EARLY DETECTION...

  » Abstract The objective of the research is to develop a predictive model that can significantly enhance the detection and monitoring performance of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) using four supervised learning techniques. In this study, we applied four supervised based classification techniques to the clinical ASD data obtained from 704 patients. Then, we compared the four machine learning (ML) alg...Continue Reading »

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• 20. THE COMPREHENSION OF MAQASID SHARIAH TOWARDS CASHLESS TOOLS AMONG MUSLIM ENTREPR...

  » Abstract This study is conducted to explore the exposure of cashless tools usage by entrepreneurs and to relate it is usage with the comprehension of Maqasid al Shariah. The main approach to fulfil the objectives of study is qualitative approach. This study has supported by seven Kelantan’s entrepreneurs from some of business background. The findings indicated that the cashless tools usage m...Continue Reading »

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