Abstract: Surface erosion, which removes the surficial soil grains from the streambeds, slopes, and earthen embankments, is one of the major causes of geohazards and engineering failures. At present, there is no acceptable model ...

Abstract: To enhance the learning for graduate students to understand legal issues and dispute resolution in the construction industry, students can be provided with a learning platform for exchanging and sharing knowledge and ...

Abstract: Lignin, an abundant biopolymer derived from plants, is a green binder for stabilizing soil. This study investigates the thermal conductivity of lignin [e.g., sodium ignosulfonate (SL), calcium lignosulfonate (CL), and ...

Abstract: Conventional pick-and-place technology platform in handling microscale component assembly processes has technical limitations in terms of capacity, efficiency, and accuracy. The fluidic self-assembly ...

Abstract: This part of the paper is aimed at the development of models for the drill tip’s transverse and angular motions, the definition of models for establishing the drilled hole’s profile and, by ...

Abstract: This two-part paper is aimed at developing a theoretical and numerical simulation basis for initial penetration phenomena that profoundly influence hole tolerances and shape. In Part 1, dynamic ...

Abstract: Production and disposal of sewage sludge have raised increasing concerns due to their poor mechanical properties and negative environmental effect. Cement-based solidification/stabilization can improve the properties of ...

Abstract: Regulations on relevant design specifications are comparatively analyzed to expediently calculate the carrying capacity of the cross section of the bending member of a bridge reinforced with an enlarged section. Five ...

Abstract: This work presents the formulation of the pickup probability for sediment entrainment under the log-normally distributed instantaneous velocity. Herein two mathematical approaches, namely the analytical method and the ...