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Structural Dynamic Analysis of Huqiu Pagoda Under the Influence of Earthquake
As an important masonry structure, the ancient masonry pagoda represents the history and culture of a country. Damage to the pagoda is mainly caused by earthquakes. Many experts and scholars have proposed lots...
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Decision-Making Factors Influencing Bundling Strategies in Educational PPP Projects
The continuous expansion of the education infrastructure industry has introduced the Public–Private Partnership (PPP), project bundling in educational PPP is an increasingly mature engineering model in infrast...
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Crack’s Influence on the Vibration Control Ability of Mass Concrete Layer
Mass concrete layer is one of the most effective methods to control ground vibration in high-precision facilities. Since it is inevitable for the appearance of the crack in mass concrete layer, this paper pres...
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Advances in Research and Developments on Offshore Aquaculture and Renewable Energy Production
This paper is concerned with advances in research and developments on offshore aquaculture and renewable energy production. We first discuss the motivation and challenges for moving offshore in these two blue ...
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Design Innovation of the Liu-Heng Highway Bridge
The Liu-Heng Highway Bridge is located in the Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang Province, China with two main bridges
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Numerical Study on the Temperature Field of a High Geothermal Tunnel with PCM-Modified Support Structure
High geothermal environment brings challenges to the construction and maintenance of the support structure of tunnels. This motivates the proposal of an innovative PCM (phase change material) modified support ...
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Dimensionless Continuum Model of Vertical Free Vibration of Spatial Self-anchored Suspension Bridge
Due to the spatial coupling of main cable-hanger and the internal self-balance between subsystems, the free vibration continuum model of spatial self-anchored suspension bridge is difficult to establish, which...
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Effects of Temperature and NaCl Concentration on the Adsorption of C-S-H Gel in Cement Paste: A Multi-fidelity Molecular Dynamics Simulation
The durability and compressive strength of concrete will vary with the material components, ambient temperature, external intrusion. Using molecular dynamics (MD) methods to study the dynamic behavior of parti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Assembly Fault-Tolerant Interval Inversion Method for Cable-Stayed Bridge Based on Bilayer Surrogate Model
Focusing on the assembly accuracy control problem of practical engineering and installation tolerance ability under uncertain interference, this paper presents an interval inversion method derived from reliabi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design Method on Flexural Behaviour of Singly-Reinforced PVA-ECC Beams
Polyvinyl alcohol-engineered cementitious composite (PVA-ECC) is superior to normal concrete in terms of tensile strain capacity and crack mitigation. On account of the significant strain-hardening behaviour, ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Research on Quality Management of Feasibility Study Report: A Case Study of Mekong River Delta, Vietnam
Projects in Can Tho, one out of five biggest cities in Vietnam and becomes the most developed city in Mekong River Delta, that reach better outcomes usually derive from private sector whilst most of public pro...
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Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties and Response Control Effects of Low-Cost Scrap Tire Pads by Tire Type, Shape Factor and Surface Pressure
The rural buildings in develo** countries are built with locally available stone, brick, or adobe. These buildings are constructed based on the experience and traditional knowledge of local people without pr...
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Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Technology on Damage Inspection of Reinforced Concrete Structures
As for the damaged buildings that suffered a destructive earthquake, or old buildings after a long time of service, damage inspection is essential to evaluate the building condition as well as assess the long-...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Numerical Analysis of High-Speed Train Induced Aerodynamic Load on Noise Barrier Considering Wind Effect
Along the high-speed railway lines, the noise barriers need to be installed to protect nearby inhabitants from noise pollution caused by the running trains. When a high-speed train passes through the noise bar...
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A Dynamic Model of Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Shield Tunneling Parameters Prediction
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) is widely utilized in large cross-section tunnel excavation with high permeability soil conditions. During the shield tunneling process of TBM, dynamic prediction of driving paramet...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Hybrid Model for Predicting Average Cutter Wear in TBM Excavation
The complex interaction between soil and TBM cutters makes it hard to estimate the cutter wear precisely and reliably, especially for the composite strata (inhomogeneous geology). In this study, a tunnel that ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multi-physics Modelling of Moisture Diffusion in the FRP-Concrete Adhesive Joints
FRP-to-concrete adhesive joints are being used increasingly often across a wide range of structural problems, as they provide the possibilities to overcome the uneven stress transfer and stress concentration o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Shake-Table Test to Evaluate Fiber Optic Vibration Monitoring of Offshore Wind Turbines
This paper presents the results of a large scale laboratory test that employed two Rayleigh-based distributed fiber optic sensing technologies to monitor dynamic strain profiles in a wind turbine that was subj...
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Ultra-long Large-Capacity FBG Sensing for Long-Haul Powerlines Monitoring
Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) as one of the most popular optical fiber sensing elements has the advantages of excellent networking ability, high measurement accuracy, good operation stability, insensitivity to ele...
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Damage Evaluation in Earthquake Events by Nonlinearity Extraction from Video Data: Experiment Verification
Disaster events, such as devastating earthquakes, often have a severe impact on the serviceability and even reduce or lose the safety of civil structures. This study aims to simulate the structural nonlinearit...