Abstract: Tunnel fires often cause huge damage to the lining structure. In order to avoid cracking and spalling of the lining in the case of large-scale tunnel fires and thus ensure the safety of the tunnel, a new tunnel-fire-resistance ...

Abstract: Using admixtures to replace part of cement can effectively reduce environmental pollution. Many concrete gravity dams have been planned for Tibet, where the resource of fly ash (FA) is scarce but the resource of tuff is ...

Abstract: Because greenfields available for new developments in congested urban areas are scarce in China, more and more excavations for building basements or other underground facilities (e.g., new metro lines, underground shopping ...

Abstract: Plastic pipe reinforced by cross helically wound steel wires, namely PSP, is a new plastic-matrix steel composite pipe developed in China recently. In order to understand the mechanical properties ...

Abstract: Many masonry structures have cracking problems after earthquake exposure. Rapid and reliable rehabilitation of such masonry structures is necessary for disaster relief purposes. To improve current methods for strengthening ...

Abstract: Collaborative optimization (CO) is a multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) method with bilevel computational structure, which decomposes the original optimization problem into one system-level ...

Abstract: This paper estimates the wind-resistance of a lightning-damaged transmission tower. The buckling cause of a tower member under lightning excitation is reexamined through an overall tower model, and the modelling method of ...

Abstract: Dynamic control of the flood limiting water level (FLWL) is a valuable and effective way to maximize the benefits from reservoir operation without exceeding the design risk. In order to analyze the impacts of input ...