Abstract: Wind-driven rain (WDR) refers to raindrops that have a horizontal velocity in the wind field. The WDR intensity on building envelopes as well as other issues such as wind–rain-induced vibration of stay cable has been ...

Abstract: This paper examines the ultimate bearing capacity of a strip footing located at the surface of a homogeneous soil. The approach adopted involves a numerical solution of the equations governing elastic-plastic soils with a ...

Abstract: To study the influence of the coexistence condition of acidic and alkalic additives on the mechanical performance of stabilized clay based on the processes for obtaining the basic physical parameters of soil and analyzing ...

Abstract: Rural households are mainly heated using kangs in northern China. In this study, elevated kangs (EK) were constructed in six rural houses in Zhuanglang County. Indoor and outdoor temperatures were monitored hourly in houses ...

Abstract: A thin, flexible plate electrode was adopted to generate both ionic wind and vibration in our previous study. The design contains a metal inductor placed next to the plate electrode so that it is attracted to vibrate by ...

Abstract: To study a detour scheme after failure of an urban transit station, an urban transit network model is constructed by considering the reciprocal of urban transit line departure time interval as the weight. In accordance ...

Abstract: Hydraulic quadruped robots can adapt to very complex ground conditions, as they have good maneuverability and high load capacity and, therefore, have received great attention in military research fields all over the world. ...

Abstract: Stable supercooling of phase change materials benefits the long-term latent heat storage. Various crystallization inhibitors were adopted to improve the stability of the supercooled sodium acetate trihydrate (SAT) solution, ...