Updating regulatory framework for underlying soil bases and foundations on permafrost soils

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Andrey Alekseev ◽  
◽  
Mikhail Rabinovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
Permafrost Soils ◽  
Northern Territories ◽  
Underlying Soil ◽  
Modern Technologies

Prospects for the development of Russia’s northern territories requires active improvement of existing and development of new regulatory documents regulating the usage of permafrost soils as underlying soil bases for buildings and structures. The introduction of new materials and technologies, the arrival of modern technologies, machines and mechanisms to the construction industry, has exacerbated the need to revise the civil engineering regulatory framework concerning permafrost conditions.

Technical Note. Influence of Material Used for the Regenerator on the Properties of a Thermoacoustic Heat Pump

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bartłomiej Kruk
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Acoustic Wave ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Sound Wave ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Modern Technologies

Abstract Research in termoacoustics began with the observation of the heat transfer between gas and solids. Using this interaction the intense sound wave could be applied to create engines and heat pumps. The most important part of thermoacoustic devices is a regenerator, where press of conversion of sound energy into thermal or vice versa takes place. In a heat pump the acoustic wave produces the temperature difference at the two ends of the regenerator. The aim of the paper is to find the influence of the material used for the construction of a regenerator on the properties of a thermoacoustic heat pump. Modern technologies allow us to create new materials with physical properties necessary to increase the temperature gradient on the heat exchangers. The aim of this paper is to create a regenerator which strongly improves the efficiency of the heat pump.

Implementation of Digital Technologies Into the Educational Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 385-391
Author(s):  
Eva Panulinova ◽  
Slavka Harabinova ◽  
Renata Baskova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Planning Implementation

Revolutionary changes in society are linked to digital technologies and affect all areas of social life, not excluding construction industry. This requires not only knowledge reform, but above all skills reform. The current demand of practice is to increase the knowledge and competences of graduates of civil engineering faculties in the field of introduction and use of digital technologies in the process of planning, implementation, and maintenance of buildings, as well as to support the skills development of civil engineers in teamwork while using BIM technologies. The presented, currently implemented project contributes to meeting the above-described Practice Needs. The expected direct impact of the project is to increase the competitiveness, employability, and quality of life of graduates entering practice.

scholarly journals REVIEW OF USE OF NANO MATERIAL IN MODIFYING THE PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Irfan U. Jan
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Concrete Technology ◽  
Nano Material ◽  
Promising Area ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Electronic Chemical ◽  
Modern Technologies

Modern technologies have affected all fields of human activities. Traditionally nanotechnologies deal with material having a dimension in the range of one billionth of a meter or 100 Nano meter in size. It has been widely used in natural sciences and biomedical sciences in the fields like microbiology, medicine, electronic, chemical, and materials sciences. The application of nontechnology and Nano material in Civil Engineering is still under active research in the areas of Concrete Technology, Construction management, water purification systems, Properties of Concrete at early ages and use of modern polymers in producing High Performance Concrete (HPC). The use of Nano material to produce relatively sustainable concrete represents a promising area of research in Nano material. In this paper the State of the Art of application of Nanotechnologies to Civil Engineering and its future prospects with special reference to sustainability in construction.

scholarly journals Determinants of the Sustainability and Growth of Construction Contractors

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abimbola Windapo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Founding Team ◽  
Organisational Factors

The focus of research has mainly been on the life cycle approach to project development, while limited attention has been given to the ageing construction companies that make all these activities/processes happen. This paper examines the organisational factors determining the sustainability and growth of building and civil engineering contractors in South Africa. The paper explores whether there are specific organisational factors that aid the sustainable development and growth of contractors in the South African construction industry. The paper analyses data gathered from face-to-face interviews conducted with four established and twelve upgraded and successful building and civil engineering contractors listed on the Construction Industry Development Board’s (cidb) Register of Contractors. The aim of the study is to identify the organisational factors critical for sustainable contractor development and growth in South Africa. The study found that organizational factors responsible for the sustainable development and growth of construction contractors include the size of the founding team members, management capabilities, strategic decisions made by founders/leaders and the ability of the company to constantly evolve, adapt and respond effectively to threats/challenges whenever they surface, amongst other findings. Capacity to generalise the results of the study to the large cidb registered contractor group is limited by the smallness of the sample size. Future research should make use of a larger sample size to obtain more general findings. The results of the study imply that the founding team size, experience, entrepreneurial and managerial capabilities, capacities and organisational structures that enable the efficient response of companies to external and internal challenges are key components of the definable arrangements that will support the sustainability and growth of construction organisations. The paper is of value to government departments and agencies such as the cidb and contracting firms in the construction industry.

scholarly journals William Henry Glanville, 1 February 1900 - 30 June 1976

1977 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 91-113
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineer ◽  
World War I ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
New Materials ◽  
World War ◽  
Queen Mary College ◽  
Wrought Iron ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
Army Service

Sir William Glanville, who died on 30 June 1976, was a pioneer in the modern age of civil engineering which developed after World War I. Before that, apart from the introduction of new materials, cast iron, wrought iron, mild steel and reinforced concrete, all of which in their turn, in the hands of brilliant and daring designers, made new forms of structure possible, there had been little advance in the basic art of the civil engineer for a hundred years. Truly empirical methods, which were so valuable in the development of mechanical and electrical engineering, were ruled out by the magnitude of the products—roads, bridges, dams, sea defences and the like—of what is now classed as civil engineering, while the dearth of suitable instruments had made full-scale testing impossible. William Henry Glanville, who was born on 1 February 1900, was the only son of a London builder of Cornish extraction. He was educated at Kilburn Grammar School and after a brief period of army service at the end of World War I he became a student at East London College (Queen Mary College), University of London, from which he graduated in 1922 with a first class honours degree in civil engineering. Instead of seeking practical experience on site or in the office of a practising civil engineer he took what was then the unusual step of going straight into a research establishment.

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission: Readiness to Regulate SMRs in Canada

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Herstead ◽  
M. de Vos ◽  
S. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Power Plants ◽  
Safety Analysis ◽  
Reactor Power ◽  
Nuclear Safety ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Plant Design ◽  
Regulatory Documents

The success of any new build project is reliant upon all stakeholders — applicants, vendors, contractors and regulatory agencies — being ready to do their part. Over the past several years, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has been working to ensure that it has the appropriate regulatory framework and internal processes in place for the timely and efficient licensing of all types of reactor, regardless of size. This effort has resulted in several new regulatory documents and internal processes including pre-project vendor design reviews. The CNSC’s general nuclear safety objective requires that nuclear facilities be designed and operated in a manner that will protect the health, safety and security of persons and the environment from unreasonable risk, and to implement Canada’s international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. To achieve this objective, the regulatory approach strikes a balance between pure performance-based regulation and prescriptive-based regulation. By utilizing this approach, CNSC seeks to ensure a regulatory environment exists that encourages innovation within the nuclear industry without compromising the high standards necessary for safety. The CNSC is applying a technology neutral approach as part of its continuing work to update its regulatory framework and achieve clarity of its requirements. A reactor power threshold of approximately 200 MW(th) has been chosen to distinguish between large and small reactors. It is recognized that some Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) will be larger than 200 MW(th), so a graded approach to achieving safety is still possible even though Nuclear Power Plant design and safety requirements will apply. Design requirements for large reactors are established through two main regulatory documents. These are RD-337 Design for New Nuclear Power Plants, and RD-310 Safety Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants. For reactors below 200 MW(th), the CNSC allows additional flexibility in the use of a graded approach to achieving safety in two new regulatory documents: RD-367 Design of Small Reactors and RD-308 Deterministic Safety Analysis for Small Reactors. The CNSC offers a pre-licensing vendor design review as an optional service for reactor facility designs. This review process is intended to provide early identification and resolution of potential regulatory or technical issues in the design process, particularly those that could result in significant changes to the design or analysis. The process aims to increase regulatory certainty and ultimately contribute to public safety. This paper outlines the CNSC’s expectations for applicant and vendor readiness and discusses the process for pre-licensing reviews which allows vendors and applicants to understand their readiness for licensing.

scholarly journals The impact of VAM on goodwill impairment —Based on civil engineering construction industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 198 ◽  
pp. 03033
Author(s):  
Ping Yi
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Merger And Acquisition ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Goodwill Impairment ◽  
Risk Warning ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

Based on the background of the Ministry of Finance’s concern about the issue of goodwill impairment and the frequent outbreak of goodwill impairment risk, this paper analyzes the difference in the proportion of goodwill impairment during the valuation adjustment mechanism ( VAM ) period and after the VAM period, with a view to providing theoretical and data reference suggestions for the standard-setters and regulators on preventing goodwill impairment risk and improving the relevant regime of VAM, and also providing theoretical support and risk warning for stakeholders in M&A. Combining the normative research method and the empirical research method, this paper takes the merger and acquisition event completed by the A-share listed companies of civil engineering construction industry in 2014-2016 as the initial sample, and studies the difference in the proportion of goodwill impairment during the VAM period and after the VAM period. The conclusion of this paper is: In the merger and acquisition transaction with VAM, the proportion of goodwill impairment of listed companies after the VAM period are greater than that of the VAM period.

Commodity science and examination of meat products. Laboratory workshop

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Юлия Данильчук ◽  
YUliya Danilchuk
Keyword(s):  
Meat Products ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Laboratory Work ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Chemical Parameters ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
Physical And Chemical Parameters ◽  
Physical And Chemical

In this workshop the work on the study of the classification, assortment and expertise of the quality of meat and meat products. Each Chapter provides an overview of the relevant types of products and a list of the main regulatory documents required for their examination. The latest changes in the regulatory framework have been taken into account. Laboratory work on the examination of products include tasks for the study of defects, acceptance rules and methods of sampling, marking analysis, evaluation of the quality of goods by organoleptic and physical and chemical parameters. For students of higher educational institutions studying in the direction of preparation 38.03.07 "commodity science".

Utilization of Recycled Fine-Ground Concrete from Railway Sleepers for Production of Cement-Based Binder

2013 ◽  
Vol 486 ◽  
pp. 323-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Lidmila ◽  
Pavel Tesárek ◽  
Tomáš Plachy ◽  
Zuzana Rácová ◽  
Pavel Padevět ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Material Properties ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Bending Strength ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Potential Cost ◽  
Curing Conditions ◽  
Secondary Use

The environmental awareness and potential cost reduction have promoted the recycling of materials in civil engineering. This paper is dealing with the recycling and secondary use of old concrete railway sleepers for reconstruction of old railway lines. In particular, it is focused on the investigation of material properties of a binder prepared from finely crushed old concrete sleepers. This material could be used for strengthening of subsoil and embankments supporting the railway structures. The study shows that the compressive and bending strength of the investigated material is sufficient for this purpose and that the strength can be further increased by suitable curing conditions. These findings could contribute to the utilization of old concrete sleepers during railway reconstructions and safe money spent for the purchase of new materials and disposal of old sleepers.

scholarly journals THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON THE BASES AND FOUNDATIONS FOR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES DESIGN

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (49) ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
Yu. S. Slyusarenko ◽  
V. A. Titarenko ◽  
Yu. B. Melashenko ◽  
V. D. Shuminskiy ◽  
М. L. Zotsenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Foundation Design ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
Design Construction

The main document of the regulatory framework for the bases and foundations of buildings and structures design is DBN V.2.1-10-2009 (with Amendments No. 1 and No. 2). For the replacement of existing DBN it is proposed to develop a system of regulatory documents that will include DBN V.2.1-10:201Х «Bases and foundations of buildings and structures. Main provisions» and standards for its development. The project provides the principles (general provisions) and requirements regarding the design, construction and reconstruction of bases and foundations for the buildings and structures of all types and classes of consequences (responsibility). The attention is focused on the peculiarities of foundations calculations according to design features and interactions with the base and various depth foundation design.

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