Abstract: Microwave technology has been used in asphalt pavement for years, but microwave heating efficiency of asphalt mixtures needs to be improved. In this paper, steel slag particles were modified by a coprecipitation method for ...

Abstract: In aircraft engine control, replacing linear regulators by sliding mode control (SMC) regulators is considered as an effective approach to reducing the conservatism in the traditional treatment for limit protection. However, ...

Abstract: The engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) method is gaining more acceptance worldwide as a project delivery strategy due to the construction efficiencies gained through making one organization responsible for integration ...

Abstract: Urban renewal is one of the most important topics in urban studies. However, this topic still does not receive a systematic review by bibliometrics to reveal the current situation. Therefore, the study collected data from ...

Abstract: Design coordination in hydropower projects is both complex and challenging due to their scale, environmental impact, or technological complexity. The current understanding of how to effectively enhance it is limited and ...

Abstract: Interface management has been viewed as one of the important organizational capabilities to promote coordination and integration among stakeholders in construction project delivery, especially for large-scale projects. ...

Abstract: The resistance of sandwich cylinders with density-graded foam cores to internal blast loadings is investigated theoretically and numerically. Four kinds of density-graded foam core are designed, such as positive, negative, ...

Abstract: Failure risk assessment of pressure vessels and piping systems is an important part of their integrity management. Obviously, there are many shortcomings in risk analysis using only traditional procedures, which are mostly ...