Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive investigation on viscous wall dampers (VWD) used for seismic response mitigation of reinforced concrete (RC) frames. First, a shaking table test on a large-scaled three-story RC frame ...

Abstract: An experimental and numerical study was conducted to investigate the effects of dimple shapes on the heat transfer and flow friction of a turbulent flow over dimpled surfaces with different dimple shapes: spherical, teardrop, ...

Abstract: AbstractFuture projections of evapotranspiration (ET) are of critical importance for agricultural and freshwater management and for predicting land?atmosphere feedbacks on the climate system. However, ET from phase 5 of ...

Abstract: This study proposes a through-beam composite joint system to connect square concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns and concrete-filled U-shaped steel (CFUS) beams. In the joint system, channel-shaped holes in the ...

Abstract: To improve the vehicle detection accuracy under the condition of low light and long-distance detection requirements on expressway, a radar–camera fusion vehicle target detection method based on visual enhancement and feature ...

Abstract: Large eddy simulation (LES) was conducted to better understand the evolution of the flow field and vortex structures near a single spur dike. The fixed-bed boundaries used in the simulations were reconstructed from the ...

Abstract: The existing theoretical models for the analysis of concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns are mainly limited to circular specimens. This paper is aimed at developing a unified theoretical model which is applicable to ...

Abstract: The determination of an accurate quantitative understanding of the role of tropospheric aerosols in the earth's radiation budget is extremely important because forcing by anthropogenic aerosols presently represents one of ...