Abstract: The longitudinal reinforcement design was analyzed under current specifications of cement concrete pavement design for highway, considering the structural characteristics and limitations of existing studies on continuously ...

Abstract: Drought and flooding are recurrent and serious problems in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI). Given the agricultural and water-dependent characteristics of the USAPI economies, accurate forecasts of seasonal to ...

Abstract: To detect climate change in the Amazon Basin, as possibly induced by deforestation, time series of monthly mean outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), an index of tropical convection, and monthly rainfall totals at Belém Manaus ...

Abstract: To input a reasonable route choice set containing more routes of drivers’ real choices into the route choice model, a route choice set generation algorithm based on link penalty method was proposed. According to congestion ...

Abstract: Experimental and numerical studies were conducted to investigate the vertical load-carrying behavior and seismic performance of a composite frame structure with an innovative composite transfer beam, which was proposed to ...

Abstract: Equi-amplitude fatigue loading experiments on five reinforced concrete T-beams were conducted to observe the fatigue damage development. Three stages of fatigue damage were seen in the experiments. The damage rapidly ...

Abstract: This study calculated and analyzed the critical load position and influencing factors of interlaminar shear stress, with focus on the characteristics of and existing studies on continuously reinforced concrete and asphalt ...

Abstract: A novel self-centering cable brace (SCCB) with friction devices was developed to improve the seismic performance of existing frame structures. To investigate the enhancing effect of the SCCB on reinforced concrete (RC) ...