International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering– IJCSE Volume 2 : Issue 1 [ISSN : 2372-3971] Publication Date: 30 April, 2015 Table of Contents S.NO. 1 PAPER TITLE PG NO. CHARACTERISATION OF A NOVEL FOAM FILLED FLUID VIBRATION ISOLATOR 2. MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS CURVE (MACC) FOR CARBON EMISSIONS 1–6 7 – 15 REDUCTION FROM BUILDINGS: AN IMPLEMENTATION FOR OFFICE BUILDINGS IN COLOMBIA 3. STRUCTURAL CRACK DETECTION IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS USING NEURAL 16 – 22 NETWORKS 4. THE EFFECT OF FREEZE-THAWING ON STEEL FIBER-MATRIX BOND 23 – 27 CHARACTERISTICS OF CEMENT BASED COMPOSITES 5. FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF COLD RECYCLED BITUMINOUS EMULSION 28 – 36 MIXTURES USING THE NOTTINGHAM ASPHALT TESTER IN THE ITFT MODE OF TESTING 6. ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING PREFABRICATED RC RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS 37 – 41 IN BULGARIA AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR REHABILITATION AND STRENGTHENING 7. SEISMIC EFFECTS ON STRUCTURES LOCATED IN THE REGION OF PALESTINE 42 – 46 A CRITICAL REVIEW ON INTERNATIONAL BUILDING REGULATIONS 8. LONG-TERM BEHAVIOUR OF FIBRE REINFORCED CEMENT COMPOSITES 47 – 52 9. DETERMINING THE RATIONAL ENTRY MODE FOR INTERNATIONAL 53 – 57 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS : CASE STUDY OF SUPER LONG-SPAN BRIDGES 58 – 62 10. BALLISTIC LIMIT OF NON-FILLED ALUMINIUM TANK: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY 11. ALKALI-SILICA REACTION MITIGATION USING HIGH VOLUME CLASS C FLY ASH 63 – 66 12. EVALUATION OF STORY DRIFT RATIOS OF STEEL SPECIAL MOMENT FRAMES 67 – 71 UNDER GROUND MOTIONS SCALED TO APPROXIMATE A UNIFORM HAZARD SPECTRUM 13. MODIFIED WEIBULL APPROACH TO DETERIORATION MODELLING: AN 72 – 76 APPLICATION TO BRIDGE ELEMENTS 14. HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE USING RECYCLED AGGREGATE, MICROSILICA i 77 – 80 International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering– IJCSE Volume 2 : Issue 1 [ISSN : 2372-3971] Publication Date: 30 April, 2015 AND SYNTHETIC MACRO FIBRE 15. INELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF STEEL SPECIAL MOMENT FRAMES UNDER NEAR 81 – 84 FAULT GROUND MOTIONS 16. VALUE ENGINEERING IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN OMAN 85 – 89 17. SUPERFICIAL LAYER LANDSLIDE DEFORMATION FEATURES IN NORTHERN PART 90 – 94 OF LESSER KHINGAN REGION, CHINA 18. APPLICABILITY OF GRADE 550 MPA SHEAR BARS IN RC WALLS WITH ASPECT RATIO 95 – 99 OF 2.0 19. COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF CLAY BRICK AND STONE 100 – 103 AGGREGATE CONCRETE BUILDING 20. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVELOPED FIREFLY ALGORITHM IN MULTIRESERVOIR 104 – 108 OPTIMIZATION IN CONTINOUS DOMAIN 21. STRUCTURAL STRENGTH INVESTIGATION FOR CONCRETE SHIELD TUNNEL LININGS 109 – 116 IN CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL STRENGTH VS. STRUCTURAL STABILITY 22. HONG KONG EXPERIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT 117 – 120 23. HUMAN COMFORT EVALUATION OF COMPOSITE FLOORS AN INVESTIGATION OF 121 – 125 THE EFFECT OF HUMAN RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES MODELLING 24. ESTIMATION OF SHALLOW LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY USING GIS INTEGRATED 126 – 129 SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION 25. COMPARISON OF GDM AND LM ALGORITHMS IN ANN MODELING FOR THE 130 – 134 ESTIMATION OF GROUND WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS 26. COMPARISON OF DAYLIGHT AND VIEW’S OPENNESS ACCORDING TO APARTMENT 135 – 139 MASTER PLANS 27. PUMICE AGGREGATES FOR LIGHTWEIGHT CEMENT MORTARS 140 – 142 28. TUNNEL LINING ANALYSIS AND DESIGN USING STAAD PRO 143 – 146 29. EVALUATION OF THE USE OF STEEL SLAG AND PYROPHYLLITE MATERIALS IN THE 147 – 151 POROUS ASPHALT MIX 30. EVALUATION OF SHORT PILES BEARING CAPACITY SUBJECTED TO LATERAL LOADING 152 – 156 IN SANDY SOIL 31. YIELD LINE ANALYSIS OF RECTANGULAR SLABS BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD ii 157 – 161 International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering– IJCSE Volume 2 : Issue 1 [ISSN : 2372-3971] Publication Date: 30 April, 2015 32. DIRECT STRENGTH METHOD APPROCH FOR INDIAN COLD FORMED STEEL SECTIONS 162 – 166 WITH AND WITHOUT PERFORATION 33. DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CEMENT COMPOSITION ON ABRASION 167 – 170 RESISTANCE OF CEMENT MORTARS WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK 34. BEHAVIOR OF CASTELLATED BEAM COLUMN DUE TO CYCLIC LOADS 171 – 174 35. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF COLD-FORMED STEEL SCREW CONNECTION 175 – 179 36. APPLYING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS TO ESTIMATE THE ENERGY 180 – 185 PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS 37. SHEAR STRENGTH OF PRESTRESSED PRECAST CONCRETE AND CAST-IN-PLACE 186 – 191 CONCRETE COMPOSITE BEAMS 38. BASE ISOLATION FOR ARCHITECTURAL TEMPLES 192 – 195 39. SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE STRUCTURES WITH GBFS AS SUITABLE REPLACEMENT OF 196 – 199 FINE AGGREGATE : A STUDY ON MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR 40. CHARACTERIZATION OF RHEOLOGY OF FRESH CEMENT-BASED MATERIALS FOR 200 – 205 EXTRUSION VIA DIRECT SHEAR TEST 41. HORIZONTAL SHEAR STRENGTH OF FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE DECK SLABS 206 – 210 TESTED IN THE WEAK DIRECTION 42. RESISTANCE-DEMAND APPROACH FOR SHEAR OF HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE 211 – 215 SLENDER BEAMS 43. A NEW METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLICATION OF BONDED PRE-STRESSED FRP 216 – 220 LAMINATES 44. A TYPICAL ITALIAN PHENOMENON THE UNAUTHORIZED BUILDING 221 – 224 45. BEHAVIOR OF SELECTED MARTENSITIC STEELS IN SUPERCRITICAL WATER 225 – 229 46. SMART WINDOWS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF BUILDINGS 230 – 238 47. SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE WITH NON-DOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHM 239 – 242 FOR THE MONTHLY INFLOW PREDICTION IN HYDROPOWER RESERVOIR 48. STUDY OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GIANT REED AS A GREEN BUILDING 243 – 245 MATERIAL 49. ANALYZING SIMULTANEOUS HETEROTROPHIC NITRIFICATION AND AEROBIC 246 – 250 DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL OF A NEWLY ISOLATED BACTERIUM, BACILLUS CEREUS STRAIN GS5 SND BY NEWLY ISOLATED BACILLUS CEREUS GS5 STRAIN 50. CFD SIMULATION ON VENTILATION PERFORMANCE IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY iii 251 – 253 International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering– IJCSE Volume 2 : Issue 1 [ISSN : 2372-3971] Publication Date: 30 April, 2015 WITH MULTI BUILDING LAYOUTS 51. FLOW FIELD AND SCOURING AROUND CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE IN CHANNEL BED 254 – 258 52. THE EFFECTS OF WATER CONTENT AND MATERIAL COMPOSITION ON BEHAVIOR 259 – 263 OF ADOBES UNDER THE COMPRESSIVE LOAD 53. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON POLYPROPYLENE FIBRE REINFORCED GEOPOLYMER 264 – 269 CONCRETE SLABS 54. A SEISMIC-RESISTANT PRECAST R.C. SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH SHEAR LINK 270 – 275 DISSIPATORS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS 55. STOCHASTIC FORCED VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF STEEL-CONCRETE COMPOSITE 276 – 281 STRUCTURES WITH PR CONNECTIONS UNDER SEISMIC LOADS 56. STUDY ON IMPROVING THE THEORY OF PLATE BENDING 282 – 285 57. EFFECT OF OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A HORIZONTAL 286 – 289 SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND TREATING SECONDARY CHEESE WHEY AND CR(VI) WASTEWATER 58. HEADWAY COMPRESSION AND QUEUE DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS OF MIXED 290 – 293 TRAFFIC AT SIGNALISED INTERSECTIONS 59. EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF THE LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE-PROFILED SHEETING 294 – 298 COMPOSITE FLOOR SUPPORTED BY LIGHT GAUGE STEEL TUBES 60. IS DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR ROADS INCOMPLETE? 299 – 304 61. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A CEMENT MORTAR REINFORCED WITH ARUNDO 305 – 308 DONAX L. REEDS 62. EFFECT OF VERTICAL IRREGULARITY ON PERFORMANCE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE 309 – 313 FRAMED BUILDINGS 63. EFFECTS OF SODIUM SILICATE AND CITRATE ON MAGNESIUM OXYSULFATE CEMENT 314 – 317 64. EFFECT OF SPECIMEN PREPARATION METHODS FOR TENSION TEST ON DESIGN OF 318 – 322 COLD-FORMED STEEL MEMBERS 65. FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF ELASTIC CYLINDRICAL HELIX VIA A MIXED FINITE 323 – 326 ELEMENT METHOD 66. WASTE GENERATION IN AGATE PROCESSING: USE OF SIO2 AS A SUPPORT MATTERIA 327 - 331 L FOR FE3O4 67. AN APPRAISAL OF SANDCRETE BLOCKS QUALITY A CASE STUDY OF KATSINA, NIGERIA iv 332 – 336 International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering– IJCSE Volume 2 : Issue 1 [ISSN : 2372-3971] Publication Date: 30 April, 2015 68. DESIGN OF FRP/STEEL JOINTS BONDED BY THICK ADHESIVE LAYERS EXPERIMENTAL 337 – 341 CHARACHTERIZATION AND NUMERICAL MODELLING USING DAMAGE MECHANICS 69. COMPRESSIBILTY CHARACTEREISTIC OF IRBID CLAY, JORDAN 342 – 347 70. THE PROVISION OF RESCUE / SAFETY CORES IN MULTI-STOREYS BUILDINGS, 348 – 355 AGAINST MAJOR EARTHQUAKES 71. DESIGN ASSESSMENT FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDING FAÇADES TOWARDS 356 – 360 INTEGRATED TOWERS 72. CONTROL MECHANISM AND THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF AN INTEGRATED KINETIC FAÇADE SYSTEM 361 – 365 v