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Weiqin Liu, Qilu Zou, Yaqiang Zhang, Yong Nie and Xuemin Song
Large waves cause a great number of collapsed-ship accidents, resulting in the loss of many lives and properties. It has been found that most of these collapses are caused by encountering oblique waves. As a result, the ship structure experiences a compl...
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Liang Dai, Chaojun Jia, Lei Chen, Qiang Zhang and Wei Chen
The intricate geological conditions of reservoir banks render them highly susceptible to destabilization and damage from fluctuations in water levels. The study area, the Cheyipin section of the Huangdeng Hydroelectric Station, is characterized by numero...
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Sipho G. Thango, Georgios E. Stavroulakis and Georgios A. Drosopoulos
A numerical investigation of masonry walls subjected to blast loads is presented in this article. A non-linear finite element model is proposed to describe the structural response of the walls. A unilateral contact?friction law is used in the interfaces ...
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Zhenyu Xu and Shen Yan
This article proposes an progressive-collapse mechanism for suspended-dome structures subjected to cable rupture, based on experimental and finite element results. The anti-collapse mechanism can be succinctly described as a node-buckling mechanism: the ...
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Shengxiang Li, Yongwei Li and Linrong Xu
The prediction of railway embankment failure is still a global challenge for the railway industry due to the complexity of embankment failure mechanisms. In this work, the pre-failure deformation and the settlement from abnormal deformation to the final ...
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Bin Wang, Shan Gao, Yan Qu, Haoyang Yin and Zhenju Chuang
This paper addresses a detailed analysis of the ice?structure interaction process of the phase-locked ice crushing (PLC) against offshore structures. Directly measured ice load, structure response data, and in situ observation from the field measurements...
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Qiao-Ling Fu, Liang Tan, Bin Long and Shao-Bo Kang
This paper presents numerical simulations of multi-storey reinforced concrete frames under progressive collapse scenarios. Reinforced concrete frames with different storeys are modelled using DIANA. The load resistance and failure mode of frames are obta...
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Huan Wang, Ling Zhou and Deyou Liu
In this study, the phenomenon of column separation that occurs in the downstream pipeline of a rapid closure valve is experimentally investigated. Special attention is paid to the dynamic behavior of the formation, growth, and collapse processes of cavit...
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Aftab Ur Rahman, Guangcheng Zhang, Salman A. AlQahtani, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Irshad Hussain, Habib Ur Rehman and Liaqat Ali Shah
The purpose of this study is to identify the leading causes of slope instability along a local highway in Anhui, People?s Republic of China. As part of the east expansion project, the mountain range will be excavated to create a two-way, nearly 30 m wide...
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Youngkuk Yoon and Seung Jin Song
Cavitation instabilities can induce axial and circumferential vibrations, as well as noise in turbopump inducers. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the mechanism of cavitation instability. The flow field near the two-bladed in...
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