Abstract: The management of long-lived radionuclides in spent fuel is a key issue to achieve the closed nuclear fuel cycle and the sustainable development of nuclear energy. The partitioning-transmutation method is supposed to ...

Abstract: The biomechanical process of childbirth is necessary to usher in new lives—but it can also result in trauma. This physically intense process can put both the mother and the child at risk of injuries and complications that ...

Abstract: Abstract This work develops a rigorous semianalytical solution for evaluating the stability of an impermeable wellbore in a rock formation that obeys the Hoek–Brown failure criterion in a nonhydrostatic stress field. The ...

Abstract: The maximum upsurge (MU) and the maximum air chamber pressure (MACP) are critical parameters for the design of air cushion surge chamber (ACSC) in hydropower stations. In this paper, the existence of the MU and the MACP ...

Abstract: This work aimed to gain insight into the influence of the dynamic component of vehicle load (caused by pavement roughness) on the dynamic stress responses in saturated subsoil. The analytical solutions for the three-dimensional ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical solution for the wave-induced dynamic response in a poroelastic seabed. The water waves are described by linear wave theory. The seabed was modeled using Biot theory, where the inertia ...

Abstract: This paper theoretically analyzed the design and operating parameters of a pipe-shaped air-cushion surge chamber (PS-ACSC). A mathematical model for a small load disturbance (SLD) in a hydropower plant containing the PS-ACSC ...