Abstract: This paper considers the problem of modeling railway track substructure. The most commonly used methodology for designing the railway substructure cross section does not considerably differ from that proposed in the 1980s. ...

Abstract: AbstractA new index, the western North Pacific directional index (WNPDI), based on historical wind direction observations taken aboard sailing ships, has been developed to characterize the western North Pacific summer ...

Abstract: This article presents the application of the problem-based learning (PBL) methodology for introducing the civil engineering task of bridge design and construction to high school students with a multidisciplinary approach. ...