Abstract: This study investigated the influence of large water inflow from the excavation face on segmental lining damage when the earth-pressure balance (EPB) method was used in shield tunneling in a saturated silty sand layer. A ...

Abstract: In proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), the gas diffusion layer (GDL) plays an important role in the transport of reactants, water, heat, and electrons. Microstructure manipulation of porous media via a nonuniform ...

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: A large number of laboratory triaxial experiments were performed to evaluate the likely cumulative settlement of a low embankment road on soft subsoil due to the traffic loads, for the purpose of determining the undrained ...

Abstract: Evaluating the fire performance of bridges is necessary for damage mitigation as more fire-related accidents occurred on bridge structures. Current solutions adopting temperature curves can result in significant inaccuracy ...

Abstract: The danger of high-strength steel wire (HSSW) under high temperatures is twofold. One is the significant degradation of the material properties of high-strength steel (HSS), which has been extensively studied. The other, ...

Abstract: High-strength steels (HSSs) have been gaining increasing attention in recent years because of their potential application for lightweight structures. Hybrid structural steel I-sections, featured by dissimilar strength ...