Abstract: Water distribution systems (WDSs) are crucial urban infrastructures playing major roles in maintaining the social and economic functions of modern cities. Understanding the operation condition contributes to daily maintenance, ...

Abstract: With the increase in the operation risks of water distribution networks (WDNs), the prediction of pipe failures is of great significance in developing efficient maintenance strategies. This study used a residual network ...

Abstract: The effect of saline on the shear strength of compacted bentonite is important to investigate the safety assessment of engineering barriers of deep geological repositories. Different methods used for saturating compacted ...