Abstract: Many older water reclamation plants (WRPs) are implementing model-based process control to satisfy increasingly stringent effluent requirements while they lower energy costs, but these methods require reliable process ...

Abstract: Thermal errors are among the most significant contributors to machine tool errors. Successful reduction in thermal errors has been realized through thermal error compensation techniques in the ...

Abstract: Process control at older water reclamation plants (WRPs) can be challenging as operators work to balance higher energy costs and more stringent effluent limitations while managing fluctuating loads. To better understand ...

Abstract: The margin of safety (MOS) accounts for uncertainties in the total maximum daily load (TMDL) development process and the variabilities involved in simulating systems, providing a complete description of the degree of ...

Abstract: Hurricane Ida recently became one of the strongest hurricanes to hit Louisiana on record, with an estimated landfalling maximum sustained wind of 130 kt (1 kt ≈ 0.51 m s

Abstract: Generally, creep rupture data of a heat-resistant steel can be compressed into a narrow band by using a temperature-time parametric method such as the Larson–Miller or Manson–Haferd method. In ...

Abstract: The borehole pressure of the rock mass under blasting under consideration is essentially the pressure of the transmitted shock wave acting on the borehole wall. Its value directly affects the fragmentation degree and damage ...

Abstract: A novel biaxial finite-element (FE) model is proposed and validated by a total of 32 reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls with aspect ratio below 1.5. First, a biaxial concrete model package, which was previously developed ...

Abstract: This study examines risk perceptions and evacuation planning for those residents affected by Hurricane Laura—the first major hurricane evacuation during the COVID-19 pandemic—and Hurricane Sally, prior to the widespread ...