Abstract: In recent years wireless sensors are becoming more widely used to monitor water distribution systems in the water supply industry. When sensors are installed in areas where electric power supply is lacking and/or battery ...

Abstract: This study proposes a novel optimal isolation valve placement method for water distribution networks (WDNs) using dynamic programming. The proposed method automatically finds the best places to install isolation valves ...

Abstract: Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) using ureolytic bacteria shows promise in the field of geotechnical engineering for several different applications, such as ground improvement and groundwater control. ...

Abstract: A soil testing system for measuring wave propagation through soils using a pulse transmission method has been developed. By mounting very sensitive

Abstract: Pullout of plate anchors from granular sands is investigated using a novel computational multiscale approach. We employ the material point method (MPM) to solve a large deformation boundary value problem and adopt the ...

Abstract: Groundwater seepage and an increased lateral earth pressure coefficient at rest (K0) increase the potential for triggering large-scale landslides in sensitive clays. After the failure is triggered, the successive retrogressive ...

Abstract: An optical fiber strain-sensing technique, on the basis of Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry (BOTDR), was used to monitor the performance of a secant pile wall subjected to multiple props during construction of ...