Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology: Volume 17 Issue 1

Selection guide of multi-objective optimization for ergonomic design

Masatoshi Muramatsu, Takeo Kato

The purpose of this paper is to propose the selection guide of the multi-objective optimization methods for the ergonomic design. The proposed guide enables designers to select an…

Fatigue life prediction of upper arm suspension using strain life approach

Hafida Kahoul, Samira Belhour, Ahmed Bellaouar, Jean Paul Dron

This paper aims to present the fatigue life behaviour of upper arm suspension. The main objectives are to predict the fatigue life of the component and to identify the critical…

Design and optimization of heating, cooling and lightening systems for a residential villa at Saman city, Iran

Javad Riahi Zaniani, Shahab Taghipour Ghahfarokhi, Mehdi Jahangiri, Akbar Alidadi Shamsabadi

This paper, using energy softwares, designed of Iran and optimized a residential villa in Saman city located in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province.

Seismic damage of gravity abutment in liquefied ground

Haitao Wang, Jiayu Shen, Da Gao

Abutment damage in liquefied ground is an important form of seismic damage of bridge structure. This paper aims to further research the effect of beam restriction on seismic…

Navigating the engineering literacy divide: design report collaboration practice realities

Marcelle Harran, Howard William Theunissen

In 2004, the Council for Higher Education (CHE) required a curriculum responsiveness to the teaching and learning of literacies at the programme level, which needed to be…

Contractors’ opportunism: construction professionals’ awareness of influencing factors

Matthew Osivue Ikuabe, Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke

Construction contractors serve as economic partners to owners of construction projects, but often times, they could depict opportunistic tendencies which are to the detriment of…

A modified approach to estimating thermodynamic impact on buildings: A case study of poor urban setting in Lagos state

Moses Eterigho Emetere

Managing the urban housing plan of a very fast-growing city may be difficult if the scientific input, i.e. thermodynamic architecture and the climate change challenges, is not…

Risk factors associated with procuring university hostel facilities through build-operate-transfer model

Akintayo Opawole, Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu, Oluwaseyi Olalekan Alao, Chinanu Patience Ogbaje

The build-operate-transfer (BOT) model is fast becoming a sustainable tool for remedying the deficiencies of public financing of hostel facilities in Nigeria. Being a new concept…

Chinese construction worker reluctance toward vocational skill training

Xiaoli Wang, Xincheng Wang, Yu Huang

Though most construction workers in China possess minimal skillset, they are reluctant to attend vocational skill training sponsored by the government or enterprises. This paper…

Nuclear battery: a source of environmentally friendly energy

Olukayode Lawrence Ayodele, Kazeem Oladele Sanusi, Mohamed Tariq Kahn

The nuclear battery technology depends on the spontaneous decay of the atomic nuclei of radioactive isotopes to generate electricity. One of the merits of a nuclear battery is its…

Integrated cost, quality, risk and schedule control through earned value management (EVM)

Tahereh Khesal, Abbas Saghaei, Mohammad Khalilzadeh, Masoud Rahiminezhad Galankashi, Roya Soltani

The purpose of this paper is to propose an integrated earned value management (EVM) approach to control quality, cost, schedule and risk of projects.

TIS condition monitoring using ANN integration: an overview

Koorosh Gharehbaghi, Kerry McManus

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of condition monitoring using artificial neural network (ANN) integration as a part of transportation infrastructure systems.

Identification of effective safety risk mitigating factors for well control drilling operation: An explanatory research approach

Muhammad Mujtaba Asad, Razali Bin Hassan, Fahad Sherwani, Zaheer Abbas, Muhammad Saeed Shahbaz, Qadir Mehmood Soomro

Every year, hundreds of people have died and thousands have been injured because of insufficient management of well control at oil and gas drilling and production sites. Major…

A preliminary mechanical design evaluation of the Wikispeed car: for light-weighting implications

Siddharth Kulkarni, David John Edwards, Craig Chapman, M. Reza Hosseini, De-Graft Owusu-Manu

Road passenger transportation faces a global challenge of reducing environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions because of the vehicle weight increases needed to enhance…

Critical drivers (CDs) of value management adoption in the Nigerian construction industry: A Delphi study

Lekan Damilola Ojo, Deji Rufus Ogunsemi

This paper aims to assess the drivers of value management (VM) in the Nigerian construction industry with a view to identify the critical ones through Delphi study.