Abstract: Finding an optimum reinforcement layout for underground excavation can result in a safer and more economical design, and is therefore highly desirable. Some works in the literature have applied topology optimization in ...

Abstract: Six full-scale nonseismically detailed reinforced concrete interior beam-wide column joints were tested to investigate the seismic behavior of the joints. Axial compression loads varying from zero to high magnitude, as ...

Abstract: A significant number of petroleum reservoirs and almost all geothermal reservoirs are characterized by high in situ stress and fractures, and fractures act as major flow paths for fluids. An integrated tensor model is ...