Recently added articles from Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering:
Conception sismique des murs de refend couples, selon la norme canadienne Calcul des ouvrages en beton 2004 et le Code national du batiment-Canada 2005.(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Introduction L'efficacite des systemes de murs de refend couples (MRC) comme systemes de resistance aux forces sismiques (SRFS) est desormais etablie. Elle resulte de la conjonction des proprietes mecaniques de deux systemes structuraux efficaces : (i) la rigidite laterale ...
Photocatalytic decolourization of the X3B textile dye in aqueous solutions using iron-rich montmorillonite.(Technical report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Introduction The large quantity of aqueous waste generated by textile industries has become a significant environmental problem. At present, a number of different methods have been developed to remove dye from wastewater including membrane separation, precipitation, ...
Optimization of growth media for enhanced production of laccase by Cryptococcus albidus and its application for bioremediation of chemicals.(Technical report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Introduction Laccase (EC 1.10.3.2, p-diphenol:dioxygen oxidoreductase), a copper-containing glycoprotein, has been successfully used for bioremediation of contaminated sites and effluent. It can decolourize a variety of dyes like orange G, congo red, amido black, bromophenol ...
Smoothed particle hydrodynamics hybrid model of ice-jam formation and release.(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Introduction Simulating the increase in water level and discharge in the event of a dam break is important for public safety. For example, in Canada, according to the dam safety act regulations of Quebec (Centre d'Expertise Hydrique du Quebec 2007), dam owners are legally ...
Simplified analysis of a low-rise building seismically isolated with stable unbonded fiber reinforced elastomeric isolators.(Technical report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... 1. Introduction Fiber reinforced elastomeric isolator (FREI) bearings use fiber fabric as reinforcement material instead of steel. A previous shake table study (Toopchi-Nezhad et al. 2008d) showed that FREI bearings can be employed effectively in an unbonded application where ...