Abstract: Law forms a core part of most engineering and construction programs. The way that law subjects are taught varies dramatically, and too often focuses on trying to teach students complex aspects of the law, such as contract, ...

Abstract: Adaptive multilevel methods allow full coupling of atmospheric and land surface hydrological models by preserving consistency between the large-scale (atmospheric) and the regional (land) components. The methodology was ...

Abstract: The hydraulic conductivity of three

Abstract: The use of ocean wave data in new data assimilation techniques prompted the development of a real-time quality control system for wave height and wave period observations. Over the North Sea, a relatively large number of ...

Abstract: Building design is a strategic stage for meeting sustainability requirements. Many decisions that have impact on building performance are made in this stage. Hence, research about design firms’ management and their processes ...

Abstract: A new approach to describe the maximum strength criterion of concretes with different strength capacities is formulated. The proposed failure criterion incorporates the so-called “performance parameter”

Abstract: In this paper, the necessary and sufficient conditions for fulfilling the thermodynamic consistency of computational homogenization schemes in the framework of hierarchical multiscale theories are defined. The proposal is ...

Abstract: Hourly dewpoint temperature data for the 1951?2006 period at 10 stations in the contiguous United States were investigated to determine if inhomogeneities in their records could be detected. At least three instrument changes ...