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How Can Collaborative Circular Economy Practices in Modular Construction Help Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup Qatar 2022 to Achieve Its Quest for Sustainable Development and Ecological Systems?
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Frontiers
, 2021 , Article)
Embarking on the World Cup journey with circular collaborative strategies can positively impact the environment and socioeconomic outcomes to prosper development at the center of sustainability. World Cup mega-events are ...
Assessment of preconstruction factors in sustainable project management performance
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: The construction sector has a global reach, and construction professionals worldwide often encounter challenges in delivering a project on time and within the assigned budget. Hence, this paper aims to investigate ...
Application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for sustainable pavement performance management in Qatar
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
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Pavement is one of the main elements of the roads network. It is extremely essential to study and understand the factors affecting its performance and highlight the most important ones for decision-makers and ...
Shear behavior of basalt FRC beams reinforced with basalt FRP bars and glass FRP stirrups: Experimental and analytical investigations
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This study investigated the shear behavior of basalt fiber reinforced concrete (BFRC) beams reinforced with basalt (B) and glass (G) fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) bars and stirrups, respectively. Fourteen beams were ...
Prediction of seismic damage spectra using computational intelligence methods
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Predicting seismic damage spectra, capturing both structural and earthquake features, is useful in performance-based seismic design and quantifying the potential seismic damage of structures. The objective of this paper ...
Structural performance and moment redistribution of basalt FRC continuous beams reinforced with basalt FRP bars
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This study investigated the structural performance and moment redistribution of basalt fiber reinforced concrete (BFRC) continuous beams reinforced with basalt fiber reinforced polymers (BFRP) bars. A total of 10 reinforced ...
Calculating the response of waveguides to base excitation using the wave and finite element method
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SAGE
, 2021 , Article)
The prediction of the response of waveguides to time-harmonic base excitations has many applications in mechanical, aerospace and civil engineering. The response to base excitations can be obtained analytically for simple ...
Autonomous vehicles between anticipation and apprehension: Investigations through safety and security perceptions
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Due to the ongoing enormous infrastructural developments and car ownership culture in Qatar, it could be one of those countries to introduce Autonomous Vehicles (AV) technology at the early stages. Therefore, this study ...
Interactions between autonomous vehicles and pedestrians at unsignalized mid-block crosswalks considering occlusions by opposing vehicles
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Visibility can be identified as one of the critical determinants for the safety performance of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on unsignalized mid-block crosswalks (UMC), which may be significantly influenced by build-up environment ...
Driving simulation sickness and the sense of presence: Correlation and contributing factors
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Driving simulators are useful and effective tools for conducting studies in the field of traffic safety. Simulation sickness (SS) and the sense of presence (SP) are two well-known factors that could affect the results of ...