Latest 2017 Innovative topics of Civil Engineering
There are plenty of topics in Civil Engineering to give as a seminar. some of the innovative topics are presented here so that it may help students to work on the topic and give their seminar presentation well.
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1) A Major Civil Engineering related issue/new government reform or initiative/traffic studies in your city or state.
It is the duty of every citizen of a country especially a budding engineer of a country to look after the problems arising in the nation. So, choose a civil engineering related problem like traffic in your city, Effect of Rains on your city infrastructure, Heritage Preservation in your city, Illegal or Unsanctioned constructions, etc., for the seminar.
2) Intelligent Transport System (ITS).
An efficient transport system is essential for sustainable economic development of the country and plays a significant role in promoting national and global integration.
Efficient transport is indispensable to the economic development of nation.
From past few years Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are copiously deployed in the modern transportation systems to efficiently control and manage transportation.
By using certain ITS techniques like Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS), Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), Variable Message Service (VMS), etc., real-time information about travel, traffic, cautionary measures are provided.
So, explaining how these technologies work will be more interesting.
3) Geosynthetics and their applications
Usage of Geosynthetics has grown manyfold these days in geotechnological field in number of ways as of reinforcement of soils, drainage enhancement, filtration,containment i.e geomembranes as shields for solid wastes and liquids, etc.,
As the name itself is self explanatory, it is made up of materials made by man(SYNTHETICS) from earth(GEO). It is not exactly a modern invention, the use of geo materials to reinforce soil and in other cases was dated back to 4000 B.C., where Corduroy Roads are laid with use of timber as reinforcing material to soil to strengthen the roads.
4) Trenchless Technology
Have you ever seen laying of pipes without digging earth or disturbing roads. The Revolutionary concept of Trenchless Technology is the one with which you can achieve the latter.
The conventional methods used to lay pipes,other transmission materials and for repair or replace works consumes a lot of time, money, and traffic congestion. This is because these methods involves the framework like managing the traffic flow, trench excavation and shoring, back filling and compaction operations, bypass pumping systems, and reinstatement of the surface.
5) Repair, Retrofitting and Rehabilitation
Many structures may need repair and rehabilitation for one of the following reasons :-
1. Deterioration due to environmental effect
2. New functional or loading requirements
3. Damage due to Accidents
There is a need for rehabilitation and repair works.
6) Green Concrete
Green Concrete is a type of concrete which has less impact on environment. CEMENT, a major constituent of the concrete which is responsible for the release of green house gas Carbon dioxide is confined to fewer amounts in green concrete replaced by its counterparts industrial wastes.
7) Preservance of historical Structures
To preserve the heritage of a nation, all the historic structure are to be protected from external effects.
8) Nano Technology Advancements
9) Self Compacting Concrete
10) Civil Engineering Machinery Advancements in past 50 years
11) Earth 2050-A CE point of view
12) Advancement in Concrete Technology
13) Sky bus and Mass Rapid Transit System
14) Recycling of construction waste
15) Fiber Reinforced Concrete
16) Smart and energy efficient building
17) Permeable concrete/Asphalt
18) GIS and its applications
19) Pre Stressed Concrete
20) Construction strategies in Hilly areas
21) Shotcrete
22) High Performance Concrete
23) Earthquake resistant design
24)Solid/Hazardous waste management & Disposal
25) Quality Protocol
26) Green Building
27) Augmented reality in Civil Engineering
28) Special Concretes
29) Superadobe Technology
Superadobe (sandbag and barbed wire) technology is a large, long adobe. It is a simple adobe, an instant and flexible line generator. It uses the materials of war for peaceful ends, integrating traditional earth architecture with contemporary global safety requirements. Long or short sandbags are filled with on-site earth and arranged in layers or long coils (compression) with strands of barbed wire placed between them to act as both mortar and reinforcement (tension). Stabilizers such as cement, lime, or asphalt emulsion may be added. This patented and trademarked (U.S. patent #5,934,027, #3,195,445) technology is offered free to the needy of the world, and licensed for commercial use.
30) Pre casted walls
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31) Green Pavements
Nowadays, the disposal of plastic waste is an issue of major concern worldwide because of its considerable volume and growth. An option to tackle this problem is to recycle this waste. This alternative reduces the quantity of net discards, conserves both material and energy and provides a comparatively simple way to make a substantial reduction in the overall volume of solid waste.
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