Including microbial health risk in flood risk assessment: A case study: Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho City in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Summary research: <br/>Assessing microbial health risks related to floodwater is a complex undertaking, hindered by factors like the intricate nature of the microorganisms involved and the susceptibility of those exposed to them. This research contributes a framework and application that combines health risk assessment, disease burden...

Generating 2D Building Floors from 3D Point Clouds

Laser scanning (LS) is an effective technology for accurately capturing point clouds of visible surfaces of objects in 3D scenes. The point clouds were subsequently used for various applications, for example, generating 2D drawings of the floor or building information models (BIM) and structural inspection. However, in practice, the products...

Estimating disease burden of rotavirus in floodwater through traffic in the urban areas: A case study of Can Tho city, Vietnam

Microbial pathogens in urban floodwaters pose risks to human health, potentially causing diseases such as diarrhea. However, the disease burden related to urban traffic exposure from citizens passing through floodwaters is not easily quantified and therefore not included in many studies. Notably, this problem has received little attention in...

Constructing a Mesh Model of the Construction for Finite Element Method (FEM) Simulation from the Point Cloud Data Collected by Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS)

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in inspecting and evaluating transport infrastructure. Traditionally, these structural data were collected manually by measuring and redrawing the construction against design documents. In recent decades, laser scanning technology can help collect 3D data rapidly and accurately. The 3D...

Towards a digital twin of a storage tank using laser scan data

This paper proposes a methodology to automatically extract components of an oil storage tank from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) point clouds, and subsequently to create a three-dimensional (3D) solid model of the tank for numerical simulation. The proposed method is integrated into a smart analysis layer of a digital twin platform...

Experimental testing and analysis of the axial behaviour of intermeshed steel connections

This paper presents the work carried out on a collaborative tripartite project between the USA, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to create and investigate the design, development and testing of a new class of intermeshed steel connections (ISCs) that do not rely on field welding and minimise bolting, thus targeting the facilitation of...

Amass: Advanced manufacturing for the assembly of structural steel

This paper describes an investigation into the use of advanced manufacturing techniques for the creation of a new class of intermeshed steel connections that rely on neither welding nor bolting. The project detailed herein lays the groundwork to transform the steel building construction industry by advancing the underlying science and...

Challenges and the Road Ahead for Intermodal Freight Terminals

Project Portfolio Management: Business Strategy Realisation Through Projects

Project portfolio management is the act of maintaining control over a variety of projects, balancing conflicting requirements of projects, and coordinate the portfolio to ensure optimal organizational benefits. It is a manner for companies to analyse and manage a group of projects to harvest benefits that would not be available if projects are...

Some longitudinal handling qualities design guidelines for active control technology transport aircraft

This report contains a summary of the main conclusions and recommendations from extensive work performed by the Flight Mechanics Action Group on Handling Qualities (FM/AGOl) of the Group for Aeronautical Research and Technology in Europe (GARTEUR). The work of this Action Group, which involved cooperation between research institutes of France ...