...SeyedReza RazaviAlavi; Simaan AbouRizk Purpose Integrating construction and site layout planning in mechanized tunnel infrastructure projects is essential due to the mutual impacts of construction planning and site layout decisions. Simulation can incorporate site layout planning and construction...

... the Green Star of South Africa, as well as other references found in literature. Design/methodology/approach Indoor thermal conditions were monitored to evaluate prevailing indoor conditions. Using a simulation application, various options were probed based on the Green recommendations and others found...

...Moeti Masiane; Eric Jacques; Wuchun Feng; Chris North Purpose The purpose of this paper is to collect data from humans as they generate insights from the visualised results of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) scientific simulation. The authors hypothesise the behaviour of their insight errors...

...Naga Vamsi Krishna Jasti; Srinivas Kota; Venkataraman P.B. Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of simulation laboratory on continuing education engineering students’ academic performance. Design/methodology/approach The investigation consists of establishing the student learning...

... may deepen our understanding of the design process as a CAS. In this respect, the key complexity drivers of the design process are discussed and an organizational decomposition for the simulation of the design process as CAS is conducted. Design/methodology/approach The proposed methodology...

.... This study aims to build a model to replicate the performance of forklifts during real operations and estimate fuel consumption without building a real prototype. Design/methodology/approach AVL Cruise has been used to simulate forklift powertrain and hydraulic circuit. The driving cycles used...

... significant difference was recorded in the participants’ task scores. Overall, it appeared that participants performed better in the simulation-based labs with expository instructions. Originality/value The current study contributes to the body of knowledge on the effect of lab format and instructional...

..., and Run 3” for the first, second and third attempt, respectively. 01 08 2018 27 10 2018 27 11 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Simulation Experimental mechanics Accident analysis Low-cost anthropomorphic...

... monthly daily heating and cooling loads of the room were computed with and without a solar chimney by using hourly meteorological data from nine different weather sites at low, medium and high latitudes. The chimney was implemented with and without airflow control, and simulated by using the ESP-r...

... = Duration of the negative phase of the blast Yasser Sharifi can be contacted at: yasser_sharifi@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Building technology Simulation Software engineering Design strategies Simulation modeling for construction System engineering Blast load...

...-mechanical simulator. Simulation studies have been conducted mainly to observe the microstructural changes for various strain rate and deformation temperatures at a constant strain of 0.5 and a cooling rate of 20°C s−1. Design/methodology/approach – The project begins with simulation of a hot rolling...

...Pengfei Zheng; Gonglian Dai Purpose This paper aims to obtain the further and overall generation about the static characteristics of the structure for the better application of the structure. Design/methodology/approach Through nonlinear finite element simulation, serials of comparative...