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Barbara Casentini, Marco Lazzazzara, Stefano Amalfitano, Rosamaria Salvatori, Daniela Guglietta, Daniele Passeri, Girolamo Belardi and Francesca Trapasso
The worldwide mining industry produces millions of tons of rock wastes, raising a considerable burden for managing both economic and environmental issues. The possible reuse of Fe/Mn-rich materials for arsenic removal in water filtration units, along wit...
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Bright Kwakye-Awuah, Baah Sefa-Ntiri, Elizabeth Von-Kiti, Isaac Nkrumah and Craig Williams
Ground water samples from residential homes in three Regions of Ghana: Central, Greater Accra and Ashanti, were analyzed for iron and manganese contamination. The samples were exposed to characterized zeolite Y by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron mic...
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Fang Dong, Zhongqi Shi, Rumian Zhong and Nan Jin
In this paper, A high-order response surface method is proposed for finite element model updating of continuous beam bridges. Firstly, based on visual inspection and environmental vibration testing, the peak picking (PP) method and random subspace identi...
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Carlo Boursier Niutta, Pierpaolo Padula, Andrea Tridello, Marco Boccaccio, Francesco Acerra and Davide S. Paolino
This paper deals with an innovative nondestructive technique for composites (local-IET), which is based on the Impulse Excitation Technique (IET) and, in the presence of damage, assesses the degradation of the elastic properties of a local region of the ...
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F. Necati Catbas, Jacob Anthony Cano, Furkan Luleci, Lori C. Walters and Robert Michlowitz
This study investigates the capture of digital data and the development of models for structures with incomplete documentation and plans. LiDAR technology is utilized to obtain the point clouds of a pedestrian bridge structure. Two different point clouds...
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Mohamed Ben Rhouma, Azer Maazoun, Aldjabar Aminou, Bachir Belkassem, Ignaas Vandenbruwane, Tine Tysmans and David Lecompte
Reinforced concrete (RC) columns, being axial-bearing components in buildings, are susceptible to damage and failure when subjected to blast loading. The failure of these columns can trigger a progressive collapse in targeted buildings. The primary objec...
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Seyed Fathollah Sajedi, Iman Saffarian, Masoud Pourbaba and Jung Heum Yeon
This paper presents experimental and theoretical assessments of the structural behavior of circular steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) columns reinforced with glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars subjected to a concentric axial compressive load...
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Balavignesh Vemparala, Wadi H. Imseeh, Salil Pai, Anand Nagarajan, Timothy Truster and Soheil Soghrati
A new algorithm named PolyCISAMR is introduced to automatically generate high-fidelity conforming finite element (FE) meshes for two-dimensional polycrystalline microstructures. PolyCISAMR extends the capabilities of the Conforming to Interface Structure...
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Maksym Diachuk and Said M. Easa
The paper presents a technique of motion planning for autonomous vehicles (AV) based on simultaneous trajectory and speed optimization. The method includes representing the trajectory by a finite element (FE), determining trajectory parameters in Frenet ...
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Xianquan Wang, Yong Qiu, Jie Yuan, Dongyan Liu, Peiyu Shi, Chenchen Zhao, Shanyuan Xu and Tengfei Zhao
Spatial truss structures (STSs), serving as the bottom support structure of a cooling tower, effectively harness the superior load-bearing capacity offered by lattice-type truss structures. STSs are composed of main bars, diagonal bars, and horizontal ba...
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