Abstract: To study the mechanical properties of segregated asphalt mixtures, a novel method was developed to generate three-dimensional finite element models for segregated asphalt mixtures. The virtual uniaxial compression tests ...

Abstract: Railroad ballast supports heavy rail loading, prevents track deformation, and provides drainage of water from the track structure. However, over time, ballast is fouled by the breakdown of ballast aggregate and/or the ...

Abstract: Freeze–thaw-cycle damage is one of the main aging problems of concrete engineering in cold regions, and the analysis of its damage mechanism has become a focus in the field of concrete aging. In this paper, on the basis ...

Abstract: AbstractAtmospheric rivers (ARs), conduits of intense water vapor transport in the midlatitudes, are critically important for water resources and heavy rainfall events over the west coast of North America, Europe, and ...

Abstract: Land-use change has significant impacts on hydrologic processes at the watershed level; thus, quantitative assessment on the impacts of land-use change is vital for basin environment protection and water resources sustainable ...

Abstract: The flow regime of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) has been altered to some extent by intensified human activities over the past decades, particularly dam construction. To assess the impacts of dam building on the flow ...

Abstract: Both strain hardening and indenter elastic deformation are unavoidable in most engineering contacts. By the finite element (FE) method, this paper investigates the unloading behavior of elasticpowerlaw strain hardening ...