Abstract: Using climatological pentad mean outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts analysis winds, the authors show that the Northern Hemisphere summer monsoon displays statistically ...

Abstract: The strength and failure behaviors of geomaterials, such as soils and rocks, are commonly anisotropic because of lamination and sedimentation. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of anisotropy on ...

Abstract: China Railway Track System (CRTS) II slab ballastless track is a sandwich multilayer structure, and cement emulsified asphalt mortar (CAM), as the middle bonding layer between the track slab and concrete bottom slab, is a ...