Abstract: Defective designs have been acknowledged as important risks in construction projects. For effective management of these risks, it is important to understand how and why the defects happen. Part of an ongoing research ...

Abstract: Power transformers are major elements of the electric power transmission and distribution infrastructure. Transformer failure has severe economical impacts from the utility industry and customers. ...

Abstract: Design analyses are presented to demonstrate the technical advantages of substituting ultralightweight slab materials like cross-laminated-timber (CLT) for reinforced concrete (RC) floors and roofs of low-rise and high-rise ...

Abstract: A laboratory technique for the determination of the lateral swelling pressure of expansive clays is described. The method uses a hydraulic triaxial cell fitted with a lateral strain belt, and is based on the ``Method of ...

Abstract: Analysis of model test results was carried out to investigate the hydrodynamic interaction between pairs of fixed or elastically supported rigid cylinders of dissimilar diameters in a water flume. The two cylinders are ...

Abstract: Flash floods in ephemeral rivers are characterized by pronounced runoff dynamics, rapidly rising hydrographs, and infiltration through permeable river beds. In numerous countries, this infiltration—which is commonly referred ...

Abstract: This paper discusses connections between Cross-Laminated-Timber (CLT) floor slabs and steel framework of hybrid tall buildings. Using the example of a 24-story building analysis, it is shown that such connections can be ...