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Introduction
Published in Amithirigala Widhanelage Jayawardena, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Resources for Civil Engineers, 2021
Amithirigala Widhanelage Jayawardena
Civil engineering is a broad discipline encompassing key areas such as structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, transportation engineering, environmental engineering, etc. These are also core subject areas taught in any civil engineering curriculum in any university. The three components of water resources engineering are fluid mechanics, hydraulics and hydrology. The objective of this book is to combine all these three core areas into a single source of reference targeted towards civil engineering students and practicing civil engineers.
Communication
Published in Malcolm Thorpe, Brickwork Level 1, 2021
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.
Conclusion and Future Scope of Work
Published in Paresh Chra Deka, A Primer on Machine Learning Applications in Civil Engineering, 2019
According to the application requirements of civil engineering, practical engineering, the research and development of artificial intelligence technology in the civil engineering field have been carried out continually. Many questions in this area need artificial intelligence technology. Due to the characteristics of the civil engineering field, artificial intelligence technology has been used in many areas, such as building engineering, bridge engineering, Mathematical Problems in Engineering geotechnical engineering, underground engineering, road engineering, geological exploration and structure of health detection, and so forth.
Factors influencing civil engineering university students’ decision making
Published in European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
In contrast with other branches of engineering, civil engineering is primarily concerned with designing and executing structural works that serve the general public, such as dams, bridges, aqueducts, canals, highways, power plants, sewerage systems and other infrastructure (Watson 2021). Civil engineers are responsible for gathering project requirements, testing and evaluating building sites and materials, and managing the overall building process from start to finish, which means that civil engineers need to see and understand the big picture, and also be able to execute the tiniest of details (Doyle 2019). As Akyazi et al. (2020) also observe, the relentless trend in sophisticated automation, sensor deployment, monitoring and control in construction highly increases the potential for applications of information technology in the civil engineering sector. This enables construction equipment, machinery, structures, etc. to be connected through a central data platform and making in the analysis of massive data with tools such as Big Data, Data Analytics, Machine Learning increasingly common.
Measuring the benefits of civil systems connectivity and automation – a discussion in the context of highway transport
Published in Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 2022
In future work to assess the benefits of C/A initiatives to civil systems, it will be useful to view these benefits in the context of an overall integrated system that comprises the CE system, its wider environment, and the initiatives in question. Therefore, a definition the overall boundary of the integrated system will be a vital starting point. It will be important to also explicitly identify the affected stakeholders, temporal and spatial scopes of the C/A impact, target levels of the CE system management, and the elements of sustainable development (social, economic, environment) associated with the C/A impacts within the defined boundary. Also in future, major advances that are anticipated in information and communication technology, will continue to open up new horizons in civil engineering practice and will offer new opportunities for cost-effective development and operations, increased system longevity, enhanced safety and security, and increased economic productivity.