Structural Engineering: Recent submissions

  • Confinement of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Welded Wire Reinforcement (WWR) 
    Syed Noman Khalid (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2011)
    Construction of high rise buildings and use of high strength concrete require confinement of concrete to cater for the strength and ductility. In seismic regions, adequate confinement of columns for greater ductility is ...
  • Impact Resistance Design Of RC Protection Shelters Under Falling Weight Impact Loading 
    Aamir Mehmood (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2010)
    In engineering practice, there are many situations in which structures undergoes impact or dynamic loading such as during an explosion, impact of ice load on pile structures, snow avalanches, accidental falling loads, ...
  • Non Linear Dynamic Analysis Of High Rise Buildings In Islamabad Pakistan 
    Syed Zamir Ul Hassan (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2010)
  • Use of Local Secondary Raw Materials for the Production of Self Consolidating Concrete 
    Raja Aftab Ali Akbat (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2010)
  • Impact Resistance Design Of RC Girder Under Falling Weight Impact Loading 
    Abid Dastgir (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2010)
    Natural disasters are events that cause immense damage and sufferings which happen unexpectedly. To mitigate the damage to infrastructures due to natural disasters such as avalanches, falling rocks, earthquakes and Blasts; ...
  • A Study of Self Compacting Cementitious Systems using Bagasse Ash and Bentonite 
    Bilal Sulaman Niazi (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2010)
    Self Compacting Cementitious Systems (SCCS) fall in the domain of modern concrete technology which has been used successfully through out the world. The major applications of such systems involve massive placements with ...
  • Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of RC Buildings In Islamabad 
    M. Hamza Saeed Virk (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2010)
    Moderate to high levels of seismic hazard are present through out the Pakistan and numerous collapsed by Oct. 8, 2005 Earthquake verified the seismic vulnerability of building type present in the country. Seismic retrofitting ...
  • An Alternative Approach towards the Analysis of Slab-Column Joint 
    Hina Mumtaz (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2010)
    A proposal for determining effective concrete strength within the slab column joint when there is a considerable difference in strength of slab and column is made in this study. The concept is based on simple theory of ...
  • Prediction of Shear Strength In Higher Strength Concrete Beams With Moderate Web Reinforcement 
    Jamil Ahmad (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2010)
    An experimental investigation of shear strength of high strength concrete beams with moderate web reinforcement was conducted. Tests on six beams were performed. All beams were designed in accordance with the provision of ...
  • Prediction of Shear Strength in Higher Strength Concrete Beams 
    Karamat Ullah (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2009)
    A methodical investigation of the shear strength of high strength concrete beams was conducted. A database of 245 reinforced concrete beams failing in shear was collected, having 84 beams without web reinforcement and 161 ...
  • Prediction of Shear Strength In Higher Strength Concrete Beams With out Web Reinforcement 
    Ahmad Khursheed (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2008)
    An experimental investigation of the shear strength of Higher – Strength concrete beams was conducted. Six beams without web reinforcement were designed in accordance with provision of ACI 318-05. The beams were designed ...
  • Prediction of Shear Strength In Higher Strength Concrete Beams With Higher Web Reinforcement 
    Raja Mustensir Javaid (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2008)
    Recent development in concrete technology, especially during the last decade, has made it possible to produce the Higher Strength Concrete on commercial scale. The advantages of using higher strength concrete are numerous ...
  • High Strength Concrete Columns Capacity Through Lower Strength Concrete Floors 
    Ahsan Ali (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2008)
    Nine sandwich column specimens were tested to study difference in behavior of columns in presence of lower strength slab concrete in column-slab joint region. Column portions were made of higher strength concrete as ...
  • Investigation of Slab-Column Connection by Finite Element Analysis 
    Muhammad Ali Shaikh (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2016)
    In the flat slab-on-column construction, high transverse stresses are concentrated at the slab-column connection, which lead to a non-ductile, sudden failure and results in the accidental collapse of flat slab buildings. ...
  • Development of High Strength Concrete with Locally Available Materials 
    Arshad Mahmood (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2006)
    Recent developments in concrete technology, especially during the last decade have made it possible to produce the High Strength Concrete (HSC) on commercial scale. The advantages of using high strength concrete are ...
  • Utilization of Jehangira Bentonite as Partial Replacement of Cement 
    Mudassar Nawaz Khan (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2006)
    Jehangira bentonite deposits occur at 33o59’56” latitude and 72o12’47” longitude in the Survey of Pakistan topographic sheet 43 C/1. These deposits are spread over an area of 26 Sq. km and average depth of the bed is ...
  • Production of Low Cost Foam Concrete Using Indigenous Materials 
    Roz-ud-Din Nassar (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2006)
    Foam concrete is regarded by many experts and researchers as an excellent construction material because of its unique properties. However, the use of Foam concrete is limited in general construction, due to its higher ...
  • The Bond Behavior of Indigenously Manufactured Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars 
    Imran Raza Jafri (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2006)
    There is trend of using Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) rods as reinforcing bars in reinforced concrete. This type of rebar provides a solution to the problem of durability of ordinary steel bars in reinforced concrete, ...
  • Strength Enhancement of Brick Masonry Column With Ferrocement 
    Muhammad Manzoor Alam Shah (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2006)
    Prior to concrete becoming a widely used building material, brick masonry walls and columns were mainly provided in buildings in most parts of the Indo-Pak Sub-Continent. Quite a large number of these old brick masonry ...
  • Development of High Early Strength Concrete Using Indeginious Materials 
    Arslan Zahoor (NICE SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, 2006)
    For accelerated production of concrete, while maintaining durability, High Early Strength (HES) concrete is increasingly finding its use in construction industry worldwide. However, its use in Pakistan is limited due to ...

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