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The self-organized criticality and periodicity of temporal sequences of earthquakes
A new cellular automaton model is developed to examine the nature of temporal sequences of earthquakes. The model takes the space dependence of fault...
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Criticality of Isolation Valves in Water Distribution Networks with Hydraulics and Topology
Occasional, random pipe bursts are inevitable in water distribution networks; thus, properly operating isolation valves is critical. During a...
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Probabilistic Evaluation of Susceptibility to Fluid Injection-Induced Seismicity Based on Statistics of Fracture Criticality
Fault reactivation and associated microseismicity pose a potential threat to industrial processes involving fluid injection into the subsurface. In...
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Integrating criticality concepts into road network disruption assessments for volcanic eruptions
Road networks in volcanically active regions can be exposed to various volcanic hazards from multiple volcanoes. Exposure assessments are often used...
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Systemic criticality—a new assessment concept improving the evidence basis for CI protection
With high certainty, extreme weather events will intensify in their impact within the next 10 years due to climate change-induced increases in hazard...
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Self-Organized Criticality of Solar Magnetism
AbstractSelf-organization is a property of any nonlinear, dynamic, dissipative system that evolves under the influence of external forces and...
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Criticality analysis of 3-year-long VLF subionospheric propagation data possibly related to significant earthquake events in Japan
Ionospheric anomalies possibly related to significant earthquakes (EQs) have been extensively investigated in recent years and could be considered...
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A multi-aggregator graph neural network for backbone exaction of fracture networks
Accurately analyzing the flow and transport behavior in a large discrete fracture network is computationally expensive. Fortunately, recent research...
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Optimization of rainfall thresholds for landslide early warning through false alarm reduction and a multi-source validation
This study proposes an innovative approach to develop a regional-scale landslide forecasting model based on rainfall thresholds optimized for...
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Integrated Sustainability Index for Assessing the Performance of Water Distribution Network
A novel integrated sustainability index (ISI) and a related criticality index (CI) are proposed to assess the performance of nodes in a water...
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Improvements in the genetic algorithm inversion of receiver functions using extinction and a new selection approach
Despite the robustness of standard genetic algorithms in receiver functions inversion for crustal and uppermost mantle velocity-depth structure, one...
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Introduction
This chapter introduces the reader to the world of aggregates. Data on the worldwide consumption of aggregates are discussed as well as their main...
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Identifying the Occurrence Time of a Mainshock by Means of the Minimum of the Seismicity Order Parameter Fluctuations
Natural time analysis of seismicity in a candidate area constitutes the cornerstone for the identification of the occurrence time of an impending...
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Increasing the Local Road Network Resilience from Natural Hazards in Municipalities in Serbia
This work is exampling a strategy for increasing climate resilience on local roads infrastructure in the Republic of Serbia, under the World Bank...
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Failure analysis of spar buoy floating offshore wind turbine systems
Floating offshore wind energy is a new form of marine renewable energy which is attracting a great deal of attention worldwide. However, the concepts...
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4 Maximum Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Over the last 30 years empirical evidence in favour of the Maximum Entropy Production (MEP) principle for non-equilibrium systems has been...
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A Distress-Based Condition Assessment Approach of Urban Water Assets Using Novel Deterioration Indices
This paper aims at proposing and demonstrating the application of a novel distress-based condition assessment approach to evaluate the physical...
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Submeso Motions and Intermittent Turbulence Across a Nocturnal Low-Level Jet: A Self-Organized Criticality Analogy
One of the hallmarks of the stable boundary layer is the switching between turbulent (active) and non-turbulent (passive) states. In very stable...
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Identifying the Occurrence Time of a Mainshock by Means of the Fluctuations of the Seismicity Entropy Change Under Time Reversal
Here, we show that in naturalNatural time analysis of seismicity time analysis, the complexity measure...
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Identification of Critical Pipes for Water Distribution Network Rehabilitation
The water distribution network needs to be rehabilitated when the network is unable to perform the desired function. In this study, a methodology is...
