Smart Technologies for Sustainable Development: Select Proceedings of SMTS 2019 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Book 78)

This book presents select papers from the International Conference on Smart Materials and Techniques for Sustainable Development (SMTS) 2019. The contents focus on a wide range of methods and techniques related to sustainable development fields like smart structures and materials, innovation in water resource development, optical fiber communication, green construction materials, optimization and innovation in structural design, structural dynamics and earthquake engineering, structural health monitoring, nanomaterials, nanotechnology and sensors, smart biomaterials and medical devices, materials for energy conversion and storage devices, and IoT in sustainable development. This book aims to provide up-to-date and authoritative knowledge from both industrial and academic worlds, sharing best practice in the field of smart materials analysis. The contents of this book will be beneficial to students, researchers, and professionals working in the field of smart materials and sustainable development. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Comparative Study of Pedestrian Vibration for Design of Steel Arch Bridge (Rahul Suresh, A. Sofi, K. Ganesh)....Pages 1-17 Lateral Load Analyses of Multi-storeyed Frames with and Without Shear Walls (Akash John Koshy, A. Sofi, A. R. Santhakumar)....Pages 19-35 The Diagnosis for the Lack of Remote Village Electrification Using Sustainable Energy in Labranzagrande (Alan Achenkunju John, P. Venkatesh Kumar)....Pages 37-44 Experimental Studies on the Suitability of Coconut Shell as a Filler Material in Concrete Cubes (Renuka Sai Gadekari, Sreevalsa Kolatayar, Rajesh Kumar Chitrachedu)....Pages 45-53 A Sustainable Approach to Turn Plastic Waste into Useful Construction Blocks (K. Monish, J. John Jesuran, Sreevalsa Kolathayar)....Pages 55-62 Study on Mechanical Properties of M30 Grade Concrete with Replacement of Cement by Wollastonite (D. Saranyadevi, P. Sabareeswaran, P. Paramaguru, M. Surya Prakash)....Pages 63-70 Flexural Behaviour of Auxetic Core Sandwich Beam (Ruby Vaguez, Simon Jayasingh)....Pages 71-82 Correlation Between Surface Absorption and Chloride Ion Penetration of Concrete with Nano Silica (R. Vandhiyan, E. B. Perumal Pillai, S. Lingeswari)....Pages 83-94 Prediction of Setting Time and Strength of Mortar Using Soft Computing Technique (Kiran Devi, Babita Saini, Paratibha Aggarwal)....Pages 95-102 A Study on Dynamic Behaviour of Monoblock Concrete Sleepers Using SAP2000 (P. S. Rao, A. K. Desai, C. H. Solanki)....Pages 103-109 Spatial Machines for Heterogeneous MRI Data—A Critical Review (Zabiha Khan, R. Loganathan)....Pages 111-115 Influence of Fineness of Mineral Admixtures on the Degree of Atmospheric Mineral Carbonation (C. Farsana, Bibhuti Bhusan Das, K. Snehal)....Pages 117-136 Experimental Setup for Thermal Performance Study of Phase Change Material Admixed Cement Composites—A Review (K. Snehal, Bibhuti Bhusan Das)....Pages 137-149 The Behavior of Ambad Earth Dam Under Change in Water Level and Earthquake (B. M. Bhosale, Rohan Deshmukh)....Pages 151-166 A Review on the Properties of Steel-Concrete Interface and Characterization Methods (E. P. Sumukh, Sharan Kumar Goudar, Bibhuti Bhusan Das)....Pages 167-203 Prediction of Compressive Strength and Electrical Resistivity of Mortar Mixes Containing Industrial Waste Products (Maninder Singh, Babita Saini, H. D. Chalak)....Pages 205-212 An Overview on Waste Materials Used in Engineered Cementitious Composite (Maninder Singh, Babita Saini, H. D. Chalak)....Pages 213-222 Studies on Modeling and Control of RCC Frame with MR Damper (R. Rakshita, C. Daniel, G. Hemalatha, L. Sarala, D. Tensing, S. Sundar Manoharan)....Pages 223-234 Detection of Defects in Concrete Structures by Using Infrared Thermography (Madhuraj Naik, Varadmurti Gaonkar, Ganesh Hegde, Lalat Indu Giri)....Pages 235-246 DSP-Based Implementation of MPPT Tracking and Sliding Mode Control for Photo-Voltaic Systems (Subramanya Bhat, H. N. Nagaraja)....Pages 247-259 Analysis of Resilience Performance of Water Distribution Network (A. Ariffa Parakath, T. R. Neelakantan)....Pages 261-267 Influence of Steel Fibers on Enhancing the Toughness Property on Concrete: A Simplified Approach (Meyyappan Palaniappan, Jemimah Carmichael Milton, Sathya Soroopan Ramasubramaniam, Hariharan Palvannan, Hariharasudan Sundararaj)....Pages 269-275 Behavior of Zero-Cement Mortar: An Experimental Study (Jagan Sivamani, Mohammed Sulaiman)....Pages 277-287 An Efficient Fire Detection System Using Support Vector Machine and Deep Neural Network (Archana Venugopal, Febi Justin, Linju Santhosh, Riya Binny, NG Resmi)....Pages 289-296 Engineering Properties of Heavyweight Concrete—A Review (B. P. Sharath, Bibhuti Bhusan Das)....Pages 297-314 Experimental Study on Lightweight Concrete with Copper Slag and Pumice Stone, Leca as a Partial Replacement of Aggregates (V. Praveen Jesuraj, V. Sreevidya)....Pages 315-325 Influence of Magnetic Water on Properties of Concrete Paver Blocks (R. Malathy, N. Karuppasamy, V. Adithya, P. Gokulapriya)....Pages 327-336 Floor Response Spectra: An Investigation on Hospital Building (H. D. Karthik Nadig, R. Sreekala, K. Sathish Kumar, J. Simon)....Pages 337-345 Behavior of Rectangular Footing on Geosynthetic Reinforced Crusher Dust (Bandita Paikaray, Sarat Kumar Das, Benu Gopal Mohapatra, Sweta Sarangi)....Pages 347-357 Evaluation of Pozzolanic Performance of Treated and Untreated Bagasse Ash (S. Sindhu, S. Praveenkumar, G. Sankarasubramanian)....Pages 359-367 Experimental Study on Bubble Deck Slab Using Palm Seeds (M. Iswarya, V. S. Tamilarasan)....Pages 369-376 Self-compacting Concrete: A Review (J. Abdul Bari, K. S. Krithiga)....Pages 377-386 Strength Characteristics of Red Mud and Silica Fume Based Concrete (Chava Venkatesh, Madduru Sri Rama Chand, Nerella Ruben, Chereddy Sonali Sri Durga)....Pages 387-393 Effect of Green Corrosion Inhibitors on the Properties of Mortar and Concrete (K. Kavya, S. Keerthana, T. Pradeep)....Pages 395-405 Utilizing and Optimizing Waste Resources in Paver Block (S. Janaki Raman, Shanmugasundaram)....Pages 407-416 Prediction of Strength Characteristics of Soil Using Neural Network Techniques (Amit Kumar, D. K. Soni)....Pages 417-424