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Younes Baghaei Osgouei, Shahriar Tavousi Tafreshi and Masoud Pourbaba
Fabrication of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is costly, especially when commercial materials are used. Additionally, in contrast to conventional concrete, numerical procedures to simulate the behaviour of ultra-high-performance fibre-reinforced ...
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Hassan Al-Budairi, Zhiwei Gao and Andrew Steel
Low-energy rockfall catch fences are designed to protect infrastructure such as railways and roads wherein the kinetic energy of falling rocks is less than 100 kJ. The typical design consists of a double-twisted steel wire mesh supported by ground posts ...
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Roberto Valentino
Modelling the presence and the effect of a thin weak layer of soil or rock in a slope stability analysis performed through the finite element method (FEM) presents several problems of purely numerical nature. This paper deals with a parametric analysis o...
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Alfrendo Satyanaga, Gerarldo Davin Aventian, Yerkezhan Makenova, Aigerim Zhakiyeva, Zhuldyz Kamaliyeva, Sung-Woo Moon and Jong Kim
BIM (Building Information Modelling) is used to create and manage data during design, construction, and operation. It helps to effectively manage resources and optimize processes in the construction industry. Geotechnical engineering is one of the comple...
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Jonathan Sinclair and Paul John Taylor
This study examined the effects of minimal, maximal and conventional running footwear on tibial strains and stress fracture probability using finite element and probabilistic analyses. The current investigation examined fifteen males running in three foo...
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Dianwei Gao, Chunwei Zhang and Jianhua Zhang
The energy absorption capacity of materials with negative Poisson?s ratio (NPR) is attracting interest from both industry and academia due to the excellent impact resistance of the local shrinkage of materials. However, understanding the compressive beha...
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Anton Hadar, Andrei-Daniel Voicu, Florin Baciu, Daniel Vlasceanu, Daniela-Ioana Tudose and Stefan-Dan Pastrama
This paper describes the transition towards a composite structure, with the same overall aerodynamic characteristics, for a tail rotor blade of an IAR330 helicopter. The newly proposed structure of the composite blade is made of a carbon-roving spar embe...
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Mohammad Faraz Athar, Md Rehan Sadique, Abdullah H. Alsabhan and Shamshad Alam
By the year 2035 it is estimated that Delhi and Mumbai will become two of the most populous cities around the globe. The massive population growth rate has led to the rise of land scarcity, urbanization, and industrialization and developments for rapid t...
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Mucahit Atalan, Luke J. Prendergast, Athina Grizi and Nick Thom
Higher train speeds and heavier axle loads trigger elevated stresses and vibrations in the track, potentially increasing track deterioration rates and maintenance costs. Alternative track forms made of combinations of reinforced concrete and asphalt laye...
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Thomas Sharry, Hong Guan, Andy Nguyen, Erwin Oh and Nam Hoang
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Roberto Sañudo, Marina Miranda, Borja Alonso and Valeri Markine
Sleeper spacing has been a taboo subject throughout the railway?s history. Safety concerns related to the structural integrity have been the main causes of not addressing this matter. There are no specific and clear recommendations or guidelines in relat...
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Maryam Nasim and Sujeeva Setunge
The structural safety and serviceability during extreme weather, such as floods and storms, is critical. Due to global warming in the last decades, the increase in the intensity of natural disasters, i.e., flood loading and the durability of the road str...
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Hadee Mohammed Najm, Amer M. Ibrahim, Mohanad Muayad Sabri, Amer Hassan, Samadhan Morkhade, Nuha S. Mashaan, Moutaz Mustafa A. Eldirderi and Khaled Mohamed Khedher
In recent years, steel-concrete composite shear walls have been widely used in enormous high-rise buildings. Due to their high strength and ductility, enhanced stiffness, stable cycle characteristics and large energy absorption, such walls can be adopted...
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Gokhan Tunc, Mohammed Moatasem Othman and Halit Cenan Mertol
Structural frame systems that consists of concrete-encased-steel-embedded composite columns and reinforced concrete beams are typically used in mid-rise to tall buildings. In order to understand their overall structural behavior, a total of 12 frame mode...
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Christian Pommer, Michael Sinapius, Marco Brysch and Naser Al Natsheh
Controlling complex systems by traditional control systems can sometimes lead to sub-optimal results since mathematical models do often not completely describe physical processes. An alternative approach is the use of a neural network based control algor...
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Mohsen Saeedikhani and Daniel John Blackwood
Thin film corrosion is a serious issue in almost every sector. Thus, simulation of corrosion under thin electrolyte films has always been of high interest as experimental studies are often challenging. Thus far, progress has been made to model the effect...
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Xiaoyu Guan and Gopal S. P. Madabhushi
In an urban environment, it is often necessary to locate structures close to existing retaining walls due to congestion in space. When such structures are in seismically active zones, the dynamic loading attracted by the retaining wall can increase. In a...
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Heimir Tryggvason, Felix Starker, Christophe Lecomte and Fjola Jonsdottir
Variable stiffness in the force response of a prosthetic foot.
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Jan Dupal,Martin Zajícek,Vladimír Luke?
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The use of textiles in architecture can cover a wide set of solutions and functions, spanning from buildings, towards geotechnical, aeronautic or automotive fields, etc. Special applications involve textiles in the health care or dressing scenarios. A mu...
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