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Embankment Dam Design with Dispersive Soil: Solutions and Challenges
The configuration and safety factor of rockfill dams design depend on materials used in construction of the dam. In some regions, the available...
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Engineering geological characteristics and failures of dispersive clays in Northeast China
Dispersive clays are a type of clay in which clay particles are dispersed in low-salt water. Dispersive clays are widely distributed in Northeast...
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Dispersion characteristics of MgO-treated dispersive clay
The improper use of dispersive base soils has had far-reaching consequences in geotechnical structures but most significantly the cores of earth...
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Effects of Wall Topology on Statistics of Cube-Roughened Wall Turbulence
In this work, we carried out roughness-resolved direct numerical simulations of cube-roughened turbulent channel flows to investigate the effects of...
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Bridging the Urban Canopy Sublayer to Aerodynamic Parameters of the Atmospheric Surface Layer
Within the roughness sublayer (RSL) of dense urban canopies composed of uniformly distributed cuboids, the time and planar-averaged mean velocity...
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Impact of Climatic Stresses and Volcanism on the Tendencies of the Cultural Process in the North Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene
AbstractMultidisciplinary investigations into Paleolithic sites make it possible to identify all the main stadials in the Late Pleistocene history of...
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Shear layer over floodplain vegetation with a view on bending and streamlining effects
AbstractShrubby and woody vegetation growing on floodplains profoundly influences hydrodynamic and transport processes in riverine systems. Existing...
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Numerical Simulations of Boundary-Layer Airflow Over Pitched-Roof Buildings
Arrays of buildings with pitched roofs are common in urban and suburban areas of European cities. Large-eddy simulations are performed to predict the...
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Conservation equations for open-channel flow: effects of bed roughness and secondary currents
Time-averaged velocity fields in uniform open-channel flows over rough beds may exhibit spatial heterogeneities due to the effects of bed roughness...
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Budgets of Second-Order Turbulence Moments over a Real Urban Canopy
This study analyses budgets of second-order turbulence moments over a real urban canopy using large-eddy simulation. The urban canopy is...
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High-resolution tsunami hazard assessment for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area based on a non-hydrostatic tsunami model
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) is threatened by potential tsunami hazards from the Littoral Fault Zone (LFZ) and the Manila...
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On asymmetric compound open channel flows with two distinct width floodplains: revisiting interfacial mixing layer and flow structures
In high-flow events, inland surface flow cross sections are defined as compound staged channels with irregular and asymmetric nature of floodplains....
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The Role of a Rock Discontinuity’s Micro-structure and Aperture on the Detection of Seismic Precursors to Shear Failure
Whether shear failure will occur along a fracture or joint depends on the nature of the two fractures surfaces, matched or mismatched, the asperity...
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Flow and Turbulence Statistics of a Two-Height Canopy Model in a Wind Tunnel
Modelling the flow and mass transport in canopies requires knowledge of how roughness heterogeneity impacts them. We present wind-tunnel experiments...
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Mechanical damage evolution and mechanism of sandstone with prefabricated parallel double fissures under high-humidity condition
To explore deeply high-humidity effects on mechanical properties of fractured pillars, sandstone pillar in the -750 m room of the Wengfu phosphate...
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Determination of the Unloading Modulus of Deformation in Dispersive Soils and Its Accounting in Designing
The aspects of determining the moduli of unloading and reloading of dispersed soils were considered. Sample tests involving triaxial compression...
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Mechanical Behavior of Clayey Soil Reinforced with Recycled Tire Rubber Using Chips and Fibers
The volume of discarded tires continues to increase each year, becoming a major topic of concern for society. Motivated by this environmental issue,...
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Experimental investigation on strength behavior and microstructure of unsaturated net-like red soil
The relationships between matric suction, microstructure, mineral composition, and shear strength of unsaturated net-like red soils are important for...
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Effect of Discontinuities on Elastic Wave Velocities in High-Stress Rock Samples: Experimental Research Using Ultrasonic Interferometry
AbstractThe scope of the experimental research embraces velocities of elastic waves in rock samples before and after formation of a horizontal main...
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Geological and geotechnical investigation on the origin of ground cracks across road section between Butajira and Worabe towns and at Ureb Kebele in the western part of Central Main Ethiopian Rift
This study aims to identify the possible causes of ground cracks south of Butajira town (ground crack 2) and at Ureb Kebele (ground crack 1) using...
