Abstract: This paper investigates a new and simplified nonlinear approach considering the softening effect of the soil–pile interface to predict the settlement of a single pile and a pile group. The approach adopts a nonlinear model ...

Abstract: Bridges are indispensable components of the infrastructure of modern society, and their assessment via techniques of structural dynamics is assuming greater importance. This assessment concerns performance of the as-built ...

Abstract: The structural condition assessment of highway bridges is largely based on visual observations described by subjective indices, and it is necessary to develop a methodology for an accurate and reliable condition assessment ...

Abstract: The effects of the cetane number (CN) and latent heat of vaporization (LHV) of diesel/n-butanol fuel on the hydrocarbon (HC) emission and combustion process at various oxygen intake concentrations (Coxy) were studied in a ...

Abstract: Monitoring data of civil structures mainly include load- and temperature-induced structural responses. Traditional damage-detection methods use vibration-based structure responses by eliminating temperature effects from ...

Abstract: Thermal performance analysis of long-span bridges is important for structural design and safety evaluation; however, its experimental investigation using measured field test data is still insufficient. In this article, ...

Abstract: This paper tested one cylinder of a modified light-duty 4-cylinder diesel engine to study the coupling effect of 1.8-bar pressure and oxygen concentration (Coxy) on the combustion process of diesel (B00), diesel/n-butanol ...