Abstract: A relatively new field, nanotechnology has seen an expansion onto almost every scientific sector since its origin in the 1980s. This work focuses on the potential of nanotechnology in batteries, in particular, with a review ...

Abstract: A project team, working on a short contract research assignment and with a large number of professionals, is led by a project manager, who is on a peer level with many coworkers but hierarchically below others. This ...

Abstract: The dynamics of convectively coupled gravity waves traveling over a precipitating region are analyzed in an idealized model for the large-scale atmospheric circulation. The model is composed of a shallow water system coupled ...

Abstract: Standard cost-benefit analysis is based on a static setting, allowing the decision to be made of whether or not a new infrastructure should be built, but not allowing the conclusion to be made of if it would be preferable ...

Abstract: The stability on a tunnel face is of great practical significance for safe construction in tunnel engineering. In this work, an advanced three-dimensional (3D) failure mechanism is extended to the face stability analysis ...

Abstract: A building entity is decomposed into systems (containing subsystems and elements), which correspond to the various disciplines associated with it. A set of exhaustive, nonintersecting primary elements are identified for ...

Abstract: This paper presents a traffic simulation approach to evaluating the relative benefits of transportation management strategies aimed at maximizing the utilization of road infrastructure. The approach is demonstrated using ...

Abstract: The stability on a tunnel face is of great practical significance for safe construction in tunnel engineering. In this work, an advanced three-dimensional (3D) failure mechanism is extended to the face stability analysis ...

Abstract: The polynomial chaos expansion method was used to perform probabilistic analysis on a tunnel face driven in rock masses. The generalized Hoek-Brown (HB) failure criterion was used to characterize the strength of rock masses. ...