Abstract: The anchor trapdoor provides a simple and economical system widely used to study the stability of similar geotechnical engineering structures, such as foundations and tunnels. In this study, the passive and active failure ...

Abstract: The aim of this work is to develop an efficient method for computing pulsed laser bending. During pulsed laser bending, thousands of laser pulses are irradiated onto the target. Simulations ...

Abstract: The structural behavior of welded hollow structural sections (HSS) connections in which one member is laterally offset from the plane of a connection is investigated experimentally and compared with corresponding planar ...

Abstract: In this paper, a solar water heater using supercritical carbon dioxide as working fluid is proposed and experimentally studied. For supercritical carbon dioxide, a small change in temperature ...

Abstract: Northern Hemisphere (NH) snow cover extent (SCE) has diminished in spring and early summer since the 1960s. Historical simulations from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) estimated about half as ...

Abstract: Leakage or pipe burst detection, often carried out by using the pressure sensor systems (PSSs) within a water distribution network (WDN), is critical to enable such networks to operate in a safe manner. The majority of ...

Abstract: The cube is considered the best shape for high-quality ballast aggregates. However, the presence of flaky and elongated aggregates (misshapen particles) caused during ballast production is unavoidable. In this regard, the ...