Abstract: Latent class analysis (LCA) is a well-established research method in social science for explaining observed correlations or variance by identifying latent classes, but it has rarely been applied in urban studies. This paper ...

Abstract: he cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning data being detected by the China Lightning Detection Network between 2010 and 2013 are employed to gain insight into the spatial and temporal distribution of CG lightning in China. There ...

Abstract: The measurement and description of the three-dimensional (3D) parameters of bridge surface defects are common technical problems in the field of bridge defect detection. These problems are difficult to solve through ...

Abstract: Cracking is a typical kind of defect present in cement concrete bridges. Image-based bridge crack detection is a new technology for the lossless digital detection of bridge defects. An image-based method is proposed for ...

Abstract: The dynamic interaction between pipeline vibration and local scour is investigated numerically. The sediment scour model is adopted to calculate the local scour below pipeline. The general moving objects (GMO) model fully ...