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Mechanism of the Mudstone Tunnel Failures Induced by Expansive Clay Minerals
Expansive clay minerals can be a serious threat to underground rock structure because of their swelling behavior when absorbing water. Roof and wall collapse as well as large deformation were observed in **aot...
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Condition assessment of wood structural members at Yu Tomb of the Ming Dynasty, China
A detailed survey and inspection of the wood members at Yu Tomb of the Ming Dynasty in Bei**g, China, was conducted during a structure renovation project. Visual classification and nondestructive inspection p...
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A Singularly Perturbed System Approach to Adaptive Neural Back-step** Control Design of Hypersonic Vehicles
This paper presents the design of neural adaptive flight control systems for the longitudinal dynamics of hypersonic vehicle. By considering the coupling between thrust and pitch moment, the proposed control s...