Abstract: The modulus back-calculation of asphalt pavement layers using falling weight deflectometer (FWD) data has become one of the most important methods of evaluating pavement bearing capacity. Several back-calculation methods ...

Abstract: Extensive vehicle fires threatening suspension bridges in the last decade have aroused an emerging demand to estimate the fire safety of hanger systems. One of the paramount tasks for evaluating the fire resistance of ...

Abstract: Although spatially varying quantities in real life (e.g., mechanical properties of soils) often contain a linear or nonlinear trend, stationary random fields with zero trend are often used to model these quantities ...

Abstract: Spatial uncertainty is a critical challenge in many engineering fields. To date, probabilistic methods have been applied to describe the uncertainty of engineering parameters with considerable achievements. However, they ...

Abstract: In this paper, the authors study the properties of cement-based bolt-grouting mortar that has been modified by adding mineral bauxite and gypsum. The results showed that when the bolt-grouting mortar consisted of approximately ...

Abstract: Although the properties of geomaterials vary spatially, geotechnical site investigations often take sparse measurements from a limited number of locations. To estimate geotechnical properties at unsampled locations, ...