Civil Engineering Thesis Topics

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Abstract Hydraulic structures in high dams of spillways, as one of the dependent hydraulic structures, have the important role of discharging the incoming floods into the dam reservoir with sufficient safety in free flow or under pressure downstream. In tunnel overflows where the flow is at a high speed and often under ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Marine Structures, Abstract: Tension-based platforms are among economic marine platforms for use in deep waters. The correct prediction of the platform's dynamic response to environmental loads is very important in its economic and safe design. In this research, the dynamic behavior of the tension base platform under the ...

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering, soil and foundation, today, due to the progress of the tunneling industry, the need to analyze and design underground structures in rocky environments is felt more than in the past. Although there are many numerical and practical software available in this field, none of them are complete and perfect in all fields, and each of ...

Master's thesis in the field of structural engineering. Abstract: The increase in vulnerability caused by earthquakes and the large number of earthquake casualties caused by structures and houses that are weak in terms of construction forces people to conduct studies to reduce these risks and damages. Studies such as severe earth movement and seismic hazards related to it play ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Earthquake Engineering Abstract The city of Birjand, as the capital of South Khorasan province, is located in the structural zone of Sistan, which is particularly sensitive due to its proximity to seismic and fundamental faults (Neh Khawri and Westi faults in the south, Ardkol fault in the northeast, Nawaz fault in the ...

Master's Thesis of Structures Abstract In the welding process, after a stage of cooling of the body, due to the uneven distribution of temperature, stresses remain in it, which are called residual stresses. To obtain these stresses, the temperature history of the object during the welding process must be available. For this purpose, first a thermal analysis is done to obtain the ...

Master's Thesis (M.Sc) in Civil Engineering majoring in Engineering and Construction Management Abstract: The transportation industry as a vital artery and an important economic, social, cultural and political connecting link has always been considered and the strategic role and sensitivity of this industry in providing services that meet the needs of various sectors of society ...

Master's Dissertation of Discontinuous Structure Abstract: In recent years, the use of composite material in the construction and strengthening of structures has expanded greatly. The structure of this material is such that there is a possibility of crack formation between the layers. Due to the increase in load, these cracks grow and cause a sharp drop in the strength and ...

Dissertation for receiving a master's degree in civil engineering, soil mechanics, and the abstract of the contents, one of the most important and at the same time the most difficult topics in soil mechanics is the problem of the stability of gables. Analyzing the stability of soil slopes in order to determine the most probable rupture process or in other words to find the ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Soil and Foundation Mechanics Abstract The purpose of this research is to improve the mechanical and geotechnical properties of windy sand soils. Because one of the major problems of windblown sand is its low resistance under natural and saturated moisture conditions, a laboratory study was conducted to investigate the ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Soil and Foundation Mechanics Abstract: Fine-grained clay soils have always caused problems in construction projects, one of the ways to improve the properties of problematic clay soils is to use lime to stabilize the soil. It swells. this

Dissertation for Master's Degree > Direction: Hydraulic Structures Abstract: One of the assumptions that is made to simplify the dynamic analysis of the existing weighted concrete dams is the uniformity of the foundation in terms of physical parameters such as modulus of elasticity and damping. This is despite the fact that, in practice, different geological conditions may ...

In order to obtain a master's degree in the field of civil engineering - soil and foundation orientation, Abstract Nowadays, circular foundations are more or less used for structures, especially structures that have axial symmetry. In this research, a numerical study was conducted on bearing capacity and settlement of annular foundation. PLAXIS software was used for modeling. ...

Master's Thesis of Civil Engineering - Water (M.Sc) Abstract Diagnosing the pattern of drought occurrence and its monitoring is important in determining the optimal approach to water resources management, especially regarding the water supply sources of big cities that are exposed to drought events from a climatic point of view. In the meantime, the city of Tehran is exposed to ...

Master's Thesis in Civil Engineering (Soil and Foundation) Abstract Dense sand piles have been used since 1950 in Japan and then in other countries of the world as one of the most effective and economical methods in strengthening soil in order to prevent liquefaction, increase bearing capacity and improve soils with different grain sizes. The process of implementing dense sand ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Abstract: Dams are always considered as infrastructure structures and have vital value. In the past, dams were mainly built for the purposes of providing drinking water and irrigation of agricultural fields, but today, due to the need for hydroelectric energy and other purposes, it has been ...

Dissertation for receiving a master's degree in the field of Civil Engineering (M.Sc) Major: Structure Abstract: The retrofitting of important government buildings, infrastructure facilities and vital arteries due to the increase in terrorist attacks around the world and the possibility of bombings near buildings and urban places is one of the most important discussions in the ...

Master's thesis in the field of civil and environmental engineering. Abstract The main problem in using landfill biogas is the presence of pollutants such as hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide gas is colorless, toxic, flammable, and has an unpleasant odor. It is highly toxic and produces SO2 when biogas is burned. In addition, hydrogen sulfide has a corrosive effect. It costs a ...

A master's thesis in the field of civil engineering - hydraulic structures Abstract Liquid storage air tanks are used not only to store water, but also to store chemicals and toxic substances in different forms. Considering the use of these structures in civil and urban development and industrial networks, their importance is determined before and after the earthquake. The ...

Dissertation for receiving the master's degree ""M.Sc"" orientation: abstract structure In today's reinforced concrete buildings, the use of interframe separators is very common. Intermediate frames with building materials are the main types of separators that are used in this type of buildings. In previous research, these interframe separators are usually considered as ...

Dissertation for receiving a master's degree in the field of civil engineering, structure orientation. Abstract: Today, many reinforced concrete structures that are in operation are more than 75 years old and have been damaged due to natural disasters such as earthquakes and wind, or due to material fatigue or corrosive factors. Maintenance of structures is very important due to ...

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering ""M.Sc. » Orientation: Engineering and Construction Management Abstract: The main goal of this research was to determine the prioritization of the most important factors affecting the productivity of human resources in the implementation phase of the life cycle of urban construction projects. After the investigations, 100 factors ...

Master's thesis in the field of road, building and environmental engineering - hydraulic structures Abstract In this research, nonlinear wave differential equations are solved by the local RBF-DQ numerical method. These differential equations are in the form of Laplace's equation (as a governing equation) and nonlinear boundary conditions on the free surface; The basis of the ...

Introduction In today's era, the presence of waste materials resulting from various physical and chemical processes is one of the important problems of industrialized and developing countries. So that extensive research is being carried out for methods of recycling or disposing of them to minimize the damage to the environment. In this regard, construction researchers, like ...

Doctoral Dissertation in the field of Civil Engineering - Water and Environment Abstract Network methods are among the most widely used groundwater modeling tools that have been widely spread and accepted in the last two decades. On the other hand, the advancement of computing power of computers and the ease of access to them have led to the rapid development of numerical ...

Dissertation of the master's degree in the field: civil engineering - structure, page 1-1-problem definition: In the science of structural engineering, there has always been an attempt to predict a set of events that will have a significant effect on the efficiency and endurance of the structure during its useful life. These factors should be considered by the design engineer ...

Dissertation for master's degree in the field: civil engineering, structural orientation. Abstract One of the phenomena that can occur during the design, implementation and operation of buildings is the phenomenon of progressive rupture. This phenomenon is defined as the spread of failure in a structure from one element to another in such a way that it eventually leads to the ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Structural Orientation Abstract: The most basic goal in the seismic design of structures is to prevent the structure from collapsing during severe earthquakes, which is the basis of the governing theory of seismic behavior, the result of investigating the nonlinear behavior of the structure during an earthquake and the ...

Dissertation for receiving a master's degree (Sc..M) field: civil engineering, specialization: structure, abstract: In recent years, the subject of seismic isolation has been particularly focused on the seismic design of buildings. The main purpose of this work is to isolate the structure from the ground instead of using conventional retrofitting methods The equipment used in ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Structures, Abstract: It is obvious that water resources are essential for the life of living organisms and especially for human life. Drainers are a set of structures that are used to transfer water from the dam lake to the discharge point downstream. Therefore, due to the importance of this part of the dam, the ...

Master's thesis in the field of road, building and environmental engineering - hydraulic structures. In this research, the effect of geobags on the scour control of bridge piers has been studied using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. Geobags are geotextile bags that are filled with materials such as sand, concrete or materials from river dredging. Due to the ...

Master's Thesis in Civil Engineering - Remote Sensing Tendency Mapping Abstract Urban land cover classification has always been important due to the ability to communicate human elements with physical environments and use in better resource management. The need for up-to-date, accurate and detailed knowledge of urban land cover information derived from remote sensing data is ...

Master's thesis in the field of structural civil engineering Abstract: Steel-reinforced concrete is a material that is widely used in civil engineering structures due to reasons such as suitable compressive strength, low cost of preparation and availability of raw materials. But reinforced concrete prepared from cement paste, ordinary aggregates, and steel rebars has weaknesses ...

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering, structure orientation Alkaline Aggregate Reaction [1] (AAR), is a chemical reaction that occurs in some concrete structures. (AAR) is a reaction between alkaline fluids in the pores and silica aggregates. Concrete failure, including expansion and cracking due to the alkaline reaction of aggregates, is of particular importance. ...

Master's Thesis of Civil-Environmental Engineering Abstract Garbage is one of the environmental pollutants that cause many problems such as the spread of pollution in water, air and soil and transmission to humans and animals directly or indirectly. Today, with the ever-increasing expansion of urban and industrial societies, we are witnessing the widening of the amount of these ...

Civil Engineering Master's Thesis - Soil and Foundation Mechanics Abstract From the past until now, one of the most economical methods to improve the mechanical properties of clay soils has been stabilization by means of additives such as lime and cement in construction projects such as road construction and consolidation of building foundations. Also, with the passage of time ...

Education Level: Master's Degree, Field: Civil Engineering, Major: Structures Abstract: In this thesis, the effect of nanosilica on the mechanical properties and durability of concrete containing polypropylene fibers was investigated. Polypropylene fibers with a length of 18 mm and a ratio of length to diameter of 0.9 mµ were used. The effect of fibers and nanosilica in three ...

Dissertation for receiving M.SC Master's degree Major: Water Engineering Abstract: Dams are the largest man-made structures. Their design often stems from their unique nature and the consequence of failure, which is certainly greater than the collapse of other types of structures. The stability of dam body and foundation structures can be analyzed and checked in various ways. ...

Abstract Babol-Babolsar study area, with an area of ??1817 square kilometers, is under the Babol-Amol area, which is located in Mazandaran province. About 898 square kilometers of the area is the plain and 919 square kilometers are the heights of the northern slopes of Alborz. Babolrud river is the main source of surface water in the area. The climate of Babol-Babolsar plain is ...

Abstract Underground facilities are an integral part of modern society and are used for many applications, including subways and railway lines, highways, material storage and water and sewage transportation. is used Underground facilities built in areas affected by earthquake activity must withstand both earthquake and static loading. By reviewing the historical cases of ...

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering, soil and foundation, in this research, the bearing capacity of the conical pile group and the cylindrical pile group with the same volume are calculated and compared. Due to the lack of numerical studies and modeling by software for conical piles compared to laboratory tests in this field, in this research, the modeling of the ...

M.SC Master's Thesis in Civil Engineering, specialization: hydraulic structures. Abstract Due to its special geographical location, Bandar Lange has been operating as a cargo and passenger transit station since the distant past. During the past years, this activity has raised expectations from it, so that its development plan has been implemented. Foresight in the development of ...

Master's thesis abstract shows the necessity of having a healthy environment and raising the health level of the society, the need to have proper planning to reduce the sources of air pollutants production and predicting these pollutants to prevent its harmful effects is inevitable. Prediction of pollutants can be useful in air pollution management and control. In this research, ...

Master's Thesis of Water Engineering - Water Resources Management Abstract The advance of salt water in fresh water aquifers is not limited to the islands and coasts of oceans, seas and salt lakes, but it is possible for salt water aquifers to advance through deserts, swamps and salt water pits in the adjacent fresh water aquifers, making it salty and unusable in critical ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Structures Chapter 1: Introduction-1-Introduction In recent years, the philosophy of traditional methods, which were based on the design of structures against natural hazards, has undergone major changes. Extensive destruction of structures designed on the basis of old regulations in recent earthquakes, advances in analysis ...

Master's Thesis in Accidents Abstract: Vehicle traffic safety is one of the most basic principles in traffic engineering and transportation planning in the world. Non-observance of safety principles in the design of roads, maintenance and planning of transportation and traffic in the country has caused heavy damages to the society. Slip resistance[1] is considered as one of the ...

Dissertation for master's degree in civil engineering, structural orientation. Abstract Good bond strength between the old and new concrete surface is a key factor in the performance of concrete repairs. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and evaluate the bond strength between the surface of the old concrete and the added concrete. In this thesis, a laboratory research ...

Master's Thesis in Civil Engineering (M.Sc) Major: Project Management and Construction Abstract: Seismic improvement of educational buildings is one of the main priorities of the government after the Bam earthquake. This incident drew the attention of the statesmen to the fact that the improvement of educational buildings in Iran is a historical necessity, and if a proper ...

Master's Thesis Field: Civil Engineering Abstract Bridges are inseparable members of the means of communication and are very influential in economic and social conditions. The passage of time and random loads are among the things that threaten the health of bridges. Abnormal loads caused by natural accidents, execution errors and some other issues can cause progressive collapse ...

Master thesis M.Sc. Discipline: Civil Engineering, Orientation: Hydraulic Structures. Abstract River containment is generally done by dams and similar structures. The flow passing through these structures has a significant potential for erosion and scouring of susceptible beds. Relaxation ponds are designed and built mainly for the purpose of depleting flow energy and ...

Master's Thesis (Civil Engineering - Water and Wastewater Engineering) Abstract: In this study, ram impact pump modeling was done by the software that was prepared. This software finds the outputs of the HAMMER software as input and by obtaining other information (including the pumping height, etc.) it calculates the amount of pumped water every time the valve is suddenly turned ...

Master's Thesis in Civil Engineering, Earthquake Orientation Abstract: Bridge structures are affected by various loads and are designed according to the level of risk that is considered for them. Explosive loading is one of the loads that threaten the health of bridges. It is necessary to evaluate the amount of damage and performance of bridges under the effect of this loading ...

Dissertation for Master's degree (M.S) Chapter 1 History of dynamic analysis of liquid storage tanks and regulatory orders in this regard Abstract The main goal of this research is to investigate the effect of the presence of seismic isolators on the dynamic performance of liquid storage tanks during an earthquake. In this regard, it is necessary to first know the dynamic ...

Dissertation of Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Structure Abstract In metal structures, one of the most important places of stress concentration is the joint. In form cutting, the shear force at the connection point is so high that a part of the beam or its reinforcement is broken and separated in pieces, and this is due to negligence in the design of the connection or ...

Master's Thesis Farsi Abstract Today, urban squares are one of the most common types of intersections that have grown a lot around the world and especially in Iran. Therefore, the precise design and engineering of this type of intersections has a significant effect on improving their traffic performance. In the design of the squares, one should pay attention to the geometric ...

Dissertation for master's degree in civil engineering, structural orientation. Abstract: Today, in earthquake-prone countries, it is recommended to use a variety of energy-depleting tools in order to dissipate the energy of earthquakes on the structure. One of these tools is rotational friction dampers. Because the current regulations do not provide a value for the coefficient ...

Dissertation to receive the master's degree in civil engineering ""M. Sc"" Major: Water. Abstract The aim of this thesis is to investigate the trend of annual rainfall changes in 37 selected stations in the whole of Iran using non-parametric method. The two Mann-Kendall tests and the age estimator, which are among the most common non-parametric methods, were used for the trend ...

To obtain a master's degree in the field of civil engineering - structural orientation. Abstract: The subject of this research is to investigate the level of performance and accuracy of methods based on non-linear static analysis and the need to retrofit steel buildings with a dual system of bending frame with cross brace and convergent 7-shaped brace designed with the 2800 Iran ...

Master's Thesis in Civil Engineering-Earthquake Abstract Using braces as a lateral resistance system in steel structures is one of the most common methods to withstand the forces caused by earthquakes. One of the weak points of this system is the compression resistance of the bracing member and its buckling as a result of reducing the member's load. Today, this problem has been ...

Master's Thesis in Civil-Structural Engineering Today, domes and arches have found wide applications in architectural and industrial structures due to their suitable coverage of large openings. The use of today's technologies in styling and optimizing energy consumption in these types of structures is one of the important challenges facing engineers. Therefore, the need to ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering with Earthquake Orientation Abstract: Semi-rigid joints [1] are joints whose hardness is between the two states of grip and joint and transmit a part of the anchor, in other words, its degree of rigidity is between 20% and 90%. In this thesis

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Structures, Abstract: This thesis is the results of a numerical and parametric study on the effect of reinforcing reinforced concrete shear wall with FRP composite and applying the results of the finite element method. The finite element program is compared and calibrated against experimental data. Then, the numerical ...

Dissertation for receiving a master's degree in the field of civil engineering with a focus on soil and foundation. Abstract: The compressibility behavior of soils has become an important concern in geotechnical engineering. As buildings, embankments and roads are implemented, significant settlements often occur. Since long-term settlements occur due to creep, therefore, the ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Transportation Planning Abstract Ramp control is one of the most effective highway management strategies and has created many benefits in terms of increasing output in bottlenecks, reducing travel time, number of accidents, etc. Ramp control consists of two competing constraints: freeway capacity and ramp queue. The ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Orientation Abstract: Today, due to the increasing space limitations and economic savings, it is inevitable to use diagonal bridges to avoid lengthening the route and increase road safety. The diagonal issue of the bridge will cause a different and sometimes complex behavior in the bridge under the effect of the ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree Abstract: Dealing with external forces such as earthquakes is one of the most important missions of civil engineers. In order to achieve this goal, the light metal frame system, which has advantages such as the possibility of industrial production, prefabrication and lightness, can be considered as a suitable alternative to traditional systems. ...

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering, structural orientation. Abstract In this study, the evaluation and comparison of nonlinear and numerical analysis of deep reinforced concrete beams with openings without reinforcement with deep concrete beams with openings reinforced with FRP sheets and deep reinforced concrete beams without openings by Abaqus finite element ...

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering, structural orientation. Abstract: Investigating the effect of span length on bridge behavior under the simultaneous effect of horizontal and vertical components. Among all types of structures, bridges are one of the pillars of vital arteries that need to be used after an earthquake to provide access to hospitals, fire stations, ...

The effect of fiber and pozzolanic materials on the mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced concrete Master's Thesis of Civil-Structural Engineering Abstract The failure and destruction of concrete is highly dependent on the formation of cracks and microcracks. With increasing loading, microcracks are connected and form cracks. In order to solve this problem and also to ...

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering, structure orientation. Abstract: In this study, the effect of some effective parameters on the strength of polymer concrete based on epoxy resin, including hardener, filler, and solvent, has been investigated. Rice husk ash and broom stalk ash were used as fillers and acetone-toluene mixture with a ratio of 50-50% was used as a ...

Dissertation to receive a master's degree, specialization: civil engineering-water engineering Abstract: In this research, the effect of land slope, difference in height of pressure booster stations, height above sea level on the characteristics of the length of the water transmission systems in order to verify the feasibility and facilitate the prediction of its use and optimal ...

Master's Thesis in Civil-Structural Engineering Abstract In order to estimate the capacity of buildings, it will be much easier and less expensive to use static methods instead of incremental dynamic methods. Although the incremental dynamic method gives more accurate and closer answers to the real behavior of the structure, its high cost and time has increased the desire to use ...

Master's thesis in the field of civil engineering (environmental engineering) is an abstract of the surface absorption method, one of the effective methods for removing metals, including nickel metal. In this research, modified rice paddy has been used as absorbent material. Since this adsorbent is a natural material with a high contact surface, in addition to its high ability ...

To receive a master's degree in civil engineering - water Abstract: Relaxation ponds should be designed in such a way that they can depreciate the potential energy stored in the reservoir water of dams and dams in such a way as to transfer it to the natural bed so as not to cause the loss of the bed and in critical conditions to destroy the pond and dam itself. In different ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Soil and Foundation Mechanics Abstract: Since many structures are built in dense urban areas, there is an increasing need to build buildings and geotechnical structures on soft clay soils. Clay soils usually show significant creep deformation. Although a lot of research has been done on the creep behavior of natural clay, ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Structures Abstract: One of the important problems in seismic design and implementation of buildings is the significant dead weight used in it. Therefore, in the case of using lightweight concrete that has favorable mechanical properties, significant benefits can be obtained, including a reduction in dead load and ...

Abstract: Hydraulic jump is one of the amazing hydraulic phenomena that consumes the kinetic energy of water. Hydraulic structures such as relaxation ponds mainly use this important property of hydraulic jump to consume energy downstream of overflows, rapids and valves. The dimensions of these structures are directly dependent on the characteristics of hydraulic jump, therefore, ...

Master's Thesis on Hydraulic Structures Abstract: Washing water around the existing structures in the flow path is one of the important issues that should be considered in the design of such structures. For this purpose, the investigation of this phenomenon around the circular bases in the condition of clear water was carried out in laboratory physical modeling. For this ...

Master's Thesis in Civil-Soil Field Abstract Dense clay layers are used as one of the most common impermeable layers in most geotechnical structures such as earthen dams and municipal and radioactive waste disposal centers. Due to special geotechnical characteristics, these layers are damaged by cracking during their lifetime, these cracks increase the permeability of the layer ...

Dissertation for Master's Degree in Civil-Structural Engineering Abstract In our country, most of the structures and maybe all the conventional buildings are analyzed and designed independently, which means that these structures are mainly analyzed and designed by conventional software and considering a rigid or articulated support, and then the forces obtained at the base of ...