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Bofu Zheng, Dan Wang, Yuxin Chen, Yihui Jiang, Fangqing Hu, Liliang Xu, Jihong Zhang and Jinqi Zhu
Background: Vegetation roots are considered to play an effective role in controlling soil erosion by benefiting soil hydrology and mechanical properties. However, the correlation between soil hydrology and the mechanical features associated with the vari...
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Shu-Rong Yang and Li-Jie Huang
Slope disasters often include soil erosion and shallow landslides. These types of slope failure can occur in unsaturated soil. In this study, artificial rainfall is applied to a compacted soil slope in a laboratory to investigate the effects of rainfall ...
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Demetra Cristaudo, Benedict M. Gross and Jack A. Puleo
Military activity has resulted in unexploded ordnance (UXO) existing in the nearshore. Understanding and predicting UXO behavior is important for object identification, and management. Here, two studies (laboratory and fieldwork) have been conducted to o...
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Nengliang Huang, Ye Tian, Rui Yang, Tonghu Xiao, Hua Li and Xiuyong Chen
In this study, a nanocrystalline layer composed primarily of martensite phase was prepared on the surface of 304 stainless steel. Furthermore, the martensite phase content in the nanocrystalline layer was adjusted by heat treatment at 500 °C and 550 °C, ...
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Aïssata Thiam, David Baratoux, Makhoudia Fall, Gayane Faye and Gbele Ouattara
In geological mapping, maps of K, Th, and U concentrations provided by airborne radiometric surveys are widely used to delineate geological units in tropical regions from the few rare outcrops. Indeed, thanks to their specific geochemical properties and ...
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Shagang Li, Xiaotong Yu, Wentao Zhou, Yingdi Liao and Da Chen
Sulfate and chloride in the marine environment threaten the lifespan of concrete structures. Predicting the strength of concrete under different degrees of ion erosion is essential for marine structure design and maintenance. In this paper, a novel metho...
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Seongjin Song and Sunho Park
In this paper, numerical studies were carried out on scour around a subsea pipeline. A coupled solver between computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and discrete element method (DEM) was selected to simulate fluid flow and particle interactions. To select an...
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Yuzheng Li, Jintao Du, Yijun Lan, Heng Du and Hui Huang
Aiming at the problem of valve port erosion caused by contaminated particles, a three-dimensional prediction model of valve orifice erosion was established based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and erosion theory, considering the influence of the v...
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Elisa Baioni, Giovanni Michele Porta, Nelly Cattaneo and Alberto Guadagnini
This study investigates the surface processes taking place in an ungauged catchment in the Foro region in Eritrea (East Africa). We focus on estimating river discharge, sediment transport, and surface runoff to characterize hydrological fluxes in the are...
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Xueli Ju, Linjian Wu, Mingwei Liu, Han Jiang and Wenxiao Zhang
The corrosion of reinforcement induced by chloride ions is one of the most significant causes of durability deterioration for reinforced concrete (RC) buildings. The concrete material factors, including the water-to-cement ratio (w/c) of concrete, as wel...
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