Abstract: The COVID-19 virus emerged abruptly in early 2020 and disseminated swiftly, resulting in a substantial impact on public health. This paper aims to forecast the evolution of large-scale and sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, ...

Abstract: Steel fiber (SF) has been widely used in asphalt mixtures to provide efficient induction heating and improve performance. However, the application of SF in asphalt mixtures still faces the issues of mixing difficulty, ...

Abstract: This paper analyzes the decomposition of finite deformation into elastic and plastic parts. The analysis argues that Lee’s multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient is not the real ...

Abstract: This paper presents a series of field snap-back experiments of a soil-footing-structure system equipped with rocking foundation on a cohesive soil. The objective was to investigate the nonlinear dynamic behavior of the ...

Abstract: It is well known that the variability and complexity of projection proportionality factors of dual projective synchronization (DPS) can effectively enhance signal confidentiality. However, in most literatures, the ...

Abstract: Marginal hard asphalt possesses high stiffness and modulus; however, due to poor ductility at low temperature, it was seldom applied into road structures. Increasing asphalt content seemed to be an effective way to minimize ...

Abstract: To predict the performance of three-dimensional (3D) finite-length noise barriers, a simplified method is presented to calculate the acoustic pressure of noise barriers by a theoretical approach. Based on noise diffraction ...

Abstract: This study is an experimental investigation of impulsively started, linearly stratified flow over long ridges of triangular and cosine-squared cross sections. The experiments employ a rigid-lid boundary confining the fluid ...