Structural Engineering: Recent submissions

  • Effect of Seashell Waste on Thermal and Mechanical Properties of High Strength Concrete 
    M Hamza Ahsan; Supervisor Dr M Shahid Siddique (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    Seashells are one of the numerous wastes that are quickly accumulating onshore coasts on the Arabian Sea, Karachi, Pakistan causing pollution for the environment. The seashell (SS) waste that causes various diseases and ...
  • Behaviour of High Strength Rubberized Concrete under Compression Loading 
    M Asher Ul Aleem; Supervisor Dr M Shahid Siddique (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    vi ABSTRACT The process of rubber decomposition is extremely slow and time consuming, the disposal of wasted tire causes environmental issue and very dangerous for public health. The addition of wasted rubber to make ...
  • Seismic Performance of Masonry Structures Using Abaqus 
    Abdul Rehman Tariq; Supervisor Dr Muhammad Rizwan (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2022)
    Brick masonry is the most prevalent method of construction in all of Pakistan and almost all of South East Asia. It is also employed extensively throughout the rest of the world. Pakistan is among the most earthquake prone ...
  • Performance Based Seismic Evaluation of Low to Mid Rise RC Building Under Sequential Earthquakes 
    Musaddiq Afzal; Supervisor Dr Adeel Zafar (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    In design practice, seismic design of buildings is carried out considering single site specific earthquake, assuming an initially undamaged building condition. However, in real time scenario, earthquakes occur ...
  • Application of Tuned Liquid Column Ball Damper (TLCBD) on Multi-Storey Steel Structures for Improved Dynamic Response 
    Syed Waiz Shah; Farhan Ullah; Faizan Ur Raheem; Muhammad Anwaar Khan; Fawaz Mushtaq; Supervisor Dr Syed Hassan Farooq (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    Due to modern demands and limited land resources, the construction of high-rise buildings has increased in recent decades. As a structure's height grows, it becomes more susceptible to earthquake and ...
  • Comparative Study of Earthen Bricks and Mechanically Compressed Fly Ash Bricks 
    Umair Nisar; Mohammad Quyyim Khakwani; Zeeshan Sajid; Ishtiaq Mazhar; Muhammad Shoaib; Burhan ud din Khan; Supervisor Dr Muhammad Jawed Iqbal (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    In Pakistan, coal share in power generation has risen to 25% but lack of disposal arrangements of it’s waste byproduct remains a serious concern. Fly Ash is a waste byproduct when coal is burnt which, if not disposed of ...
  • Study of Impact of Coal Slurry as a Substitute of Cement in Concrete 
    Muhammad Behram Hamza; Muhammad Raqib Qaiser; Muhammad Osama Shoaib; Muhammad Umer Farooq; Usama Hassan Shah; Supervisor Dr Salah Ud Din Azad (2021)
    Coal slurry is a waste product of coal mining which exists both in powdered and liquid form. After coal is mined, it comes out as big boulders and these boulders are then refined into industrial coal and coal slurry ...
  • Reliability of Core Testing 
    Hassan Nawaz; Muhammad Umar Sharif; Ameer Hamza; Sammar Ameer; Ali Haider Mumtaz; Supervisor Dr Muhammad Rizwan (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    Concrete, being the most broadly utilized material in current designs around the world. It plays out a critical job in strengthening construction when joined with reinforcement. In any case, poor work or workmanship with ...
  • Behaviour of PCC and RCC Cylinders Unconfined and Confined by UPVC & High Pressure UPVC 
    Muhammad Qasim; Abdul Naeem; Ahad Mustafa; Asfar Nasir Khan; Muhammad Talha Ayyaz; Supervisor Dr Hassan Farooq (Military College of Engineering (NUST ) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    The construction industry is always looking for cost effective ways to increase strength and durability of a structure. Steel and FRP based confinement have been used in the past but steel has a risk of strength ...
  • Microbial Self-Healing of Concrete Using Expanded Perlite as a carrier 
    Usama Bin Amjad; Roa Talha Javed; Muhammad Bilal Dar; Taha Shahid; Muhammad Hamza; Supervisor Dr Shahid Siddique (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    Self-healing is most commonly defined as the ability of concrete to fix cracks on its own. Concrete cracks are a regular occurrence due to the material's poor tensile strength. Immobilization has been shown ...
  • Performance Evaluation of Interlocking Economic-Friendly Bricks 
    Saad Bin Abi Khabab; Usama Moazzam; Syed Basit Ali Shah; Zarak Ahmed Khan; Ossama Jalil; Supervisor Momina Rauf (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    The burnt clay bricks are conventional and being used in the industry for any major and minor construction, for too long. However, it was the necessity of the time and resources that we should find some other ...
  • Structural Evaluation, Retrofitting & BIM Modelling of a typical Reinforced Concrete Structure 
    Muhammad Sheheryar Nadir; Hassan Taimur Anees; Aashan Iqbal Qureshi; Muhammad Suleman Hamid; Arslan Khan; Supervisor Dr Adeel Zafar (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    We live in a developing nation, which is excelling day by day with the advent of new buildings and roads. The construction sector – considered as the backbone of a nation in its economy, is appraised with loads of ...
  • Characterization of Distresses in the Soft Foundation Soil Caused by Highway Embankment to Formulate Remedial Measures 
    Muhammad Amjad, Supervisor Dr Sarfraz Ali (NUST-Military College of Engineering Risalpur Campus, 2017)
    Soft foundation soils under highway embankments are susceptible to distresses due to varying loads and climatic conditions. Their behavior is unpredictable, they have greater affinity to high compressibility and low ...
  • Forecasting Compressive Strength of Fly-Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete using Gene Expression Programming (GEP) 
    Mohsin Ali Khan; Supervisor Dr Adeel Zafar (NUST-Military College of Engineering Risalpur Campus, 2021)
    To produce geopolymer concrete (GPC), fly-ash (FA) like waste material has been effectively utilized by various researchers. The laboratory methods to find the compressive strength (𝑓𝑐′) of fly-ash based geopolymer ...
  • Efficacy of Different Retrofitting Techniques used in Pakistan 
    Muhammad Asad; Muhammad Ahmad Abid; Ehtisham Altaf; Saleem Ullah; Supervisor Dr. Muhammad Shahid Siddique (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    Building codes and construction practices plays a vital role in structure performance. Pakistan suffered a heavy loss of both life and property in the earthquake of 8 oct 2005. The main reasons were ...
  • Comparative Study on Fly Ash Bricks and Burnt Clay Bricks 
    Areeb Arshad; Zoorain Abbas; Muhammad Zarak Jahangir; Abdul Samad; Supervisor Sarmad Sonyal (Military College of Engineering (NUST) Risalpur Cantt, 2021)
    In the today’s world, every nation is spending the major portion of its treasury on building infrastructure and maintaining pre-existing groundwork. Attention to economic aspects is given prior to the initiation ...
  • Analysis and Design of Truss and Rafter Roofing System at Peshawar Services Club 
    Jamal, Muhammad Omer; Yasar Jan; Mohsin Mukhtiar; Bukhari, Syed Ali Akhter; Usama Jamal; Nayab Masood; Supervisor Dr Adeel Zafar (MCE, 2021)
    Steel as a building material, is of vital importance for industrial progression, infrastructural developments and construction related projects. Steel market growth is greatly associated with the GDP of ...
  • Mechanical Properties of Concrete at Elevated temperature and fire rating of RCC Columns 
    Sardar Farhan Mushtaq; Babar Ayoob; Ihtisham Khan; Muhammad Baqir; Naimat Rasool; Project Advisor Dr Shahid Iqbal (NUST Military College of Engineering Risalpur Cantt, 2015)
  • Structural Health Monitoring using Pressure Sensitive Properties of Carbon Microfiber Reinforced Concrete Matrix 
    Muhammad Imran Shahid; Muhammad Affan; Ali Zain Iqbal; Uzair Mahmood; Project Advisor Dr. Muhammad Sadiq Awan (NUST Military College of Engineering Risalpur Cantt, 2015)
  • Geometric and Structural Design of a Road Section with Coast Analysis using Relevant Softwares 
    Faisal Rasheed; Rizwan Ali Sarwar; Khaliq Ur Rehman; Muhammad Faisal Basheer; Muhammad Abdullah; Project Advisor Ayub Jan (NUST Military College of Engineering Risalpur Cantt, 2015)

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