Abstract: A polymeric gel contains a crosslinked polymer network and solvent. Gels can swell or shrink in response to external stimuli. Two typical kinetic processes are involved during the deformation of gels: the viscoelastic and ...

Abstract: Urban gas transmission and distribution system mainly consists of three subsystems: storage station, gas network, and users. The subsystem fault trees are established on the basis of the investigations of the subsystem ...

Abstract: First, a methodology was proposed for predicting the remaining life of buried gas pipelines subject to corrosion and cyclic loads. Variation in corrosion-defect depth was considered an exponential function of pipeline ...

Abstract: The soil water retention curve (SWRC) is significant for predicting soil physical properties and solute processes. However, the existing methods for obtaining SWRC are mainly focused on laboratory measurements and have ...

Abstract: This article summarizes land subsidence and groundwater level changes that have occurred in the Houston metropolitan area during an eight-year period (2005–2012). The Chicot and Evangeline aquifers are the major aquifers ...