Abstract: Existing two-stage bottom-up optimization (TSBUO) approaches have a simple combination of optimization paths at the first stage, leading to the possibility of missing the optimal plan at the second stage with complex network ...

Abstract: Based on an advanced dust devil?scale large-eddy simulation (LES) model, the atmosphere flow of a modeled dust devil in a quasi?steady state was first simulated to illustrate the characteristics of the gas phase field in ...

Abstract: Since being pioneered in France in 1986, prestressed concrete girder bridges with corrugated steel webs have emerged as one of the most promising forms of steel-concrete composite bridges. Considerable theoretical and ...

Abstract: he present study investigates the year-to-year variations of September?October rainfall in Hainan, China, for the period 1965?2010. The dominant circulation anomalies feature a cyclone (an anticyclone) over the Indochina ...

Abstract: Most existing pavement maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) decision-making approaches ignore the length constraint of preventive maintenance (PM). This study proposed a practical optimization-based decision-making ...

Abstract: The quality of data in a pavement management system (PMS) has a direct impact on pavement maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) decisions and management. However, pavement performance data and M&R action data often ...

Abstract: Latent heat storage systems can improve the energy use efficiency and conserve limited energy resources. Microcapsules of lauric acid (LA) as the core and melamineformaldehyde (MF) resin as the shell were prepared as phase ...