Abstract: A major design feature of the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) is its ability to transit anywhere in the world in the required time frame. This means that the Single Base Units (SBU’s) of the ...

Abstract: In the synchronized switching damping (SSD) techniques, the voltage on the piezoelectric element is switched synchronously with the vibration to be controlled using an inductive shunt circuit ...

Abstract: A 193.5-m high concrete tube-shaped TV tower in the city of Nantong, China, was founded on short piled–raft footing, whose safety was threatened by implementation of four 10.9–26.5-m-deep excavations for an interchange ...

Abstract: Creep, shrinkage, and temperature drops will shorten the main girder and create additional internal forces in the piers of continuous rigid-frame bridges. Horizontal jacking forces can be applied at the ends of a closure ...

Abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) finite-element analysis of a 106 × 200 × 106-m concrete box girder was conducted to study the effect of solar temperature gradients on long-span bridges during construction. Segments over the internal ...