Abstract: Tornadoes create a threat to human life. Knowing the conditions that make people vulnerable to this threat is vitally important. Yet, socioeconomic and demographic data are not consistently available at the tornado level, ...

Abstract: Single-railcar freight shipments that move in multiple freight trains and are sorted at several classification yards between origin and destination remain an important source of traffic and revenue for North American ...

Abstract: Standards of practice or recommended procedures in land surveying, often including statements concerning the accuracy or positional tolerance of surveyed points, are currently being established in many parts of the country. ...

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Abstract: AbstractDairy farm wash water is generated during the cleaning of milking pipelines, which involves a four-step cycle: prerinse, detergent rinse, acid rinse, and sanitizer rinse. This water contains various organic and ...

Abstract: Abstract This study investigates the behavior of compositely connected wood–wood lumber T-beams in flexure to characterize the applicability of two analytical approaches in predicting the bending stiffness and assess the ...

Abstract: This work used electrical resistivity over the first 72 h of hydration to measure the impact of air, sealed, and wet curing on mortar samples at different depths. The resistivity measurements provide new insights that ...

Abstract: The apparent diffusion coefficient (Dic) is important for modeling the service life of concrete. Most diffusion-based tests require the sample to be ponded for at least 28 days, and significant labor is required to ...