Abstract: In fires, concrete structures sometimes suffer blasting loads. This paper investigated the effect of high temperature on the dynamic mechanical properties of concrete. The specimens were cored from 10-year-old concrete ...

Abstract: Self-compacting rubberized concrete (SCRC), as the primary material of road construction, is produced by adding rubber particles instead of sand to self-compacting concrete (SCC). Four kinds of concrete with different ...

Abstract: Maritime Continent (MC) rainfall plays an important role in global climate variability, but its prediction remains extremely challenging. Based on a long-term state-of-the-art hindcast product recently completed by the ...

Abstract: In this study, we investigate both the decadal variation of the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) prediction skill and possible sources of this decadal variation. We use an ensemble long-term retrospective forecast experiment ...