Abstract: Traditionally, complex data models are developed to completely describe constructed facilities. These data models could be significantly simplified if the amount of information to be represented is reduced to basic or ...

Abstract: Nearly all commercial hydraulic fracture design models are based on the assumption that a single fracture is initiated and propagated identically and symmetrically about the wellbore, i.e., the ...

Abstract: In order to avoid contact between the vibrating rotor and the stator, annular seals are designed with a relatively large radial clearance (∼100 μm) and, therefore, have an important leakage. ...

Abstract: In recent years, the state departments of transportation have implemented a number of highway rehabilitation projects across the country. These projects differ fundamentally from new highway projects in that they require ...

Abstract: The relationships in ASCE 7 for the determination of roof snow drift size are functions of the ground snow load and the upwind fetch of the snow source area. In a 2019 paper, O’Rourke and Cocca propose a new relationship ...

Abstract: Due to the poor condition of the sewer and water networks in many communities across the United States, many rehabilitation projects are being undertaken to improve their condition. With limited availability of funds, early ...

Abstract: This paper presents a two-dimensional (2D) shallow-water numerical model, which is based on the resolution of the Saint–Venant equation using the unstructured finite-volumes method, combined with Green’s theorem technique. ...

Abstract: Relaxation modulus (RM) and creep compliance (CC) are two characteristic functions of a linear viscoelastic (LVE) material in the time domain, respectively defined as the responses of the stress and strain caused by the ...