Abstract: Building information modeling (BIM)-based collaboration may be associated with peer pressure in educational settings. Peer pressure creates a challenge for educators to foster students’ BIM skills and prepare them for a ...

Abstract: When the thermal stress in the concrete lining of a spillway tunnel is computed using the finite-element method, the wall rock in the numerical model is generally taken to be a finite size. The selection of the thickness ...

Abstract: The traditional linear generation fuzzy fractional differential equation parameter identification algorithm lacks the update of the parameter identification process, has a large amount of calculation, slow convergence speed ...

Abstract: The construction of diaphragm wall panels inevitably changes the initial stress condition and causes movements in the surrounding soil mass, which may also cause settlement and damages to adjacent buildings. Majority of ...

Abstract: Self-boring pressuremeter (SBPM) tests are widely used in situ investigations, due to their distinct advantage to measure the shear stress–strain–strength properties of the surrounding soil with minimum disturbance. The ...

Abstract: The coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs) of fiber reinforced composites play an important role in the design and analysis of composite structures. Since the thermal expansion coefficients of ...

Abstract: An uncertainty study for fiber permeability measurement is presented in this paper. The sources of uncertainty were identified. This paper focuses on the instrument and environmental uncertainties. ...

Abstract: In this paper, a permeability measurement method using hybrid fiber preforms is presented. The hybrid fiber preform can be composed of different fiber mat types, different numbers of fiber mats ...

Abstract: A novel method is proposed to obtain the optimum configuration of dynamic vibration absorber (i.e., DVA) attached to an undamped or damped primary structure. The performance index, i.e., the ...