Abstract: Abstract Owing to its wind-deposited origin, loess exhibits pronounced water sensitivity and collapsibility. Under extreme environmental conditions, including fluctuations in groundwater levels and rainfall infiltration ...

Abstract: Abstract Recently, the thermodynamic behavior of unsaturated soils has received increasing attention because of the requirements of energy geotechnical structures and climate evolution. Nonisothermal conditions have rarely ...

Abstract: A comprehensive wind tunnel experimental study for 4∶12-sloped hip roofs of L- and T-shaped low buildings was carried out in a simulated open terrain exposure to examine wind load characteristics and assess the applicability ...

Abstract: The key issue of microseismic (MS) monitoring technology is to detect MS events and accurately locate the MS source. On the basis of the traditional short-term average/long-term average (STA/LTA) algorithm, a new characteristic ...

Abstract: Recently, microchannel heat sinks have been emerged as a kind of high performance cooling scheme to meet the heat dissipation requirement of electronics packaging and integration. In this study, an experimental investigation ...