Abstract: At the early design stage of construction projects, designers often rely on rules of thumb to make critical decisions about the geometry, construction systems, and materials of their designs without evaluating construction ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach to improving our understanding of complicated slope failure mechanisms that can occur in strain-softening material as well as to evaluating the accompanying postfailure deformation of ...

Abstract: This paper considers the robust synchronization of chaotic systems in the presence of nonsymmetric input saturation constraints. The synchronization happens between two nonlinear master and slave systems in the face of ...

Abstract: Elastodynamic Green's function for anisotropic solids is required for wave propagation modeling in composites. Such modeling is needed for the interpretation of experimental results generated by ultrasonic excitation or ...

Abstract: Entropic pressure, a longstanding topic of interest in biophysics and biomechanics, has been studied for over four decades. Similar to an ideal gas, fluctuating surfaces can generate entropic pressure through thermally ...

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to propose a new geomorphologic method for deriving the complete shape of instantaneous unit hydrograph (IUH) in ungauged watersheds by calculating the mean travel time of excess rainfall in overland ...

Abstract: Reservoirs, as the largest water systems for controlling water and supply demands, have been particularly important due to their operational requirements. Applying practical tools to evaluate the performance of reservoir ...

Abstract: A series of reduced-scale model tests was conducted on helical soil-nailed walls (HSNWs) under vertical surface loading to evaluate the effect of length, pattern, and inclination of nails on lateral pressure distribution ...

Abstract: Abstract This study develops a national car ownership model for Belgium, addressing the significant factors influencing household vehicle ownership across various built densities. Using the multinomial logistic regression ...