Abstract: he contrast of vegetation cover in urban and surrounding areas modulates the magnitude of the urban heat island (UHI). This paper examines the seasonal variations of the UHI using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ...

Abstract: Train wheel failures account for disruptions of train operations and even a large portion of train derailments. Remaining useful life (RUL) of a wheelset measures how soon the next failure will arrive, and the failure type ...

Abstract: In recent years, the constructions of pile-supported ballastless track-bed have been developed rapidly in China. It appears important to assess the accumulative settlement of this kind of track-bed after years of operation, ...

Abstract: Effects of controllable vortex slotted bluff body parameters (position of a bluff body, slit size, and controllable flow ratio) on the combustion characteristics of hydrogen/air in a micro-combustor with a bluff body were ...

Abstract: Abstract In this study, a novel approach for the active earth pressure on retaining wall with unsaturated backfill is proposed based on the nonlinear shear strength envelope shell model and classical Rankine theory. This ...

Abstract: In the French conventional railway substructure, the interpenetration of ballast grains and subgrade fine soils that occurred over years of operation has created a new layer, namely, an interlayer. The in situ investigation ...