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Calibration of Accelerated Corrosion Regime for Short Square RC Columns Reinforced with Polypropylene and/or Steel Fibers
The impressed current technique, commonly used in laboratory studies on corroded reinforced concrete, predicts mass loss via Faraday’s law. Although...
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Study on Seismic Damage Performance of Aeolian Sand Concrete Shear Walls with Hidden Bracings
To evaluate the seismic performance of aeolian sand concrete shear walls with hidden bracings, a total of 6 specimens were designed and constructed....
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Statistical modeling for long-term meteorological forecasting: a case study in Van Lake Basin
Predicting environmental variables for a sustainable environment is vital for effective resource management and regional development, especially in...
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Improved Multi-objective Butterfly Optimization Algorithm and its Application in Cascade Reservoirs Optimal Operation Considering Ecological Flow
Traditional reservoir operations often take power production as the main purpose. However, blindly maximizing power production will prompt the...
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Challenges of transdisciplinary approach in disaster recovery management
Disaster risk reduction is critical in building a sustainable, resilient and inclusive society. Achieving such a society necessitates a...
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Numerical investigation of the effects of soil-structure and granular material-structure interaction on the seismic response of a flat-bottom reinforced concrete silo
In this work, a numerical study of the effects of soil-structure interaction (SSI) and granular material-structure interaction (GSI) on the nonlinear...
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Co-seismic and rainfall-triggered landslide hazard susceptibility assessment for Uganda derived using fuzzy logic and geospatial modelling techniques
Uganda has suffered from many damaging landslides like the 1966 Rwenzori, 1994 Kisomoro and 2010 Bududa events. Despite escalating landslide risks...
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Storm-induced marine flooding on Morocco’s Atlantic Coast — case of El Jadida Bay
Coastal regions are often exposed to marine floods, usually generated by storm surge events. Each year, they are responsible for major losses in...
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Wave propagation of a functionally graded plate via integral variables with a hyperbolic arcsine function
Several studies on functionally graded materials (FGMs) have been done by researchers, but few studies have dealt with the impact of the modification...
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Single-station microtremor surveys for site characterization: A case study in Erzurum city, eastern Turkey
The single-station microtremor method is one of the fastest, most reliable, and cheapest methods used to identify dynamic soil properties. This study...
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Evaluation of the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete structures with flat slab-column gravity frame and shear walls through nonlinear analysis methods
This paper presents an investigation of the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) structures in which shear walls are the main lateral...
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Nonlinear vibration of Timoshenko FG porous sandwich beams subjected to a harmonic axial load
In this study, the instability and bifurcation diagrams of a functionally graded (FG) porous sandwich beam on an elastic, viscous foundation which is...
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Physics-based seismic analysis of ancient wood structure: fault-to-structure simulation
Based on the domain reduction method, this study employs an SEM-FEM hybrid workflow which integrates the advantages of the spectral element method...
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HVSR analysis of pumice sands for sediment depth characterization: A case study for Guadalajara, Mexico
The horizontal to vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) methodology is used here to characterize pumice soils and to image the three-dimensional surface...
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An integrated approach to the spatial distribution of the coastal infrastructure vulnerability by using coastal vulnerability index and hot spot analysis: a case study of Kusadasi-Selcuk
In this study, a new methodology integrating spatial coastal vulnerability index (CVI) and hot spot analysis was proposed for a comprehensive and...
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Modeling wave-surge effects on barrier-island breaching in St. Joseph Peninsula during Hurricane Michael
Better understanding the effects of hurricane waves and storm surges on barrier-island breaching is important for both scientific research and...
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Landslide susceptibility, ensemble machine learning, and accuracy methods in the southern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt: Assessment and Map**
Each year, thousands of tourists visit Egypt’s Wadi Feiran region, which is one of the most popular tourist sites in the Sinai Peninsula. The...
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Economic impacts of an urban gully are driven by land degradation
This study carries out the first evaluation of the impacts of ravines and gullies in urban areas in Brazil considering environmental damage, such as...
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Analysis of Strain Transfer Efficiency Coefficient of a Novel High-strength Steel Wire FBG Sensor
Accurately measuring cable forces is crucial for reliable bridge condition evaluation, yet it remains a challenging task. This study proposes the use...
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Optimal design for rubber concrete layered periodic foundations based on the analytical approximations of band gaps and map** relations
The seismic performance of rubber concrete-layered periodic foundations are significantly influenced by their design, in which the band gaps play a...