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Zhiquan Yang, Xuguang Zhao, Mao Chen, Jie Zhang, Yi Yang, Wentao Chen, Xianfu Bai, Miaomiao Wang and Qi Wu
Niumiangou valley, the epicenter of the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (MS 8.0), became an area with frequent and dense debris flow disasters post-earthquake. Based on the in situ investigations after the earthquake on 14 August 2010 and a series of gat...
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Lei Liu, Guozhan Li, Ban Wang and Shaofeng Wu
This study presents a numerical investigation of suction control in an aggressive S-shaped air intake with large boundary ingestion. The results show that the variation of suction control parameters such as suction location, suction pipe diameter, and su...
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Donato Ciampa and Saverio Olita
Mountainous roads often have to overcome considerable differences in height, which is why hairpin bends find a valid and common use. Despite this, there is a lack of specific international standards. Given the absence of a national standard governing the...
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Shaofeng Xu, Jinxi Song, Weiwei Jiang, Guotao Zhang, Ming Wen, Junlong Zhang and Ying Xue
Channel bends are one of the most important characteristic features of natural streams. These bends often create the conditions for a hyporheic zone, which has been recognized as a critical component of stream ecosystems. The streambed vertical hydraulic...
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Tien Van Truong, Quoc-Viet Nguyen and Heow Pueh Lee
Over the last decades, there has been great interest in understanding the aerodynamics of flapping flight and development of flapping wing Micro Air Vehicles (FWMAVs). The camber deformation and twisting has been demonstrated quantitatively in a number o...
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Rosalinde J.A. Klein Woolthuis
This article discusses the strategies that sustainable entrepreneurs use to interact with their environment in the Dutch construction industry. The Dutch construction industry is under great pressure to move towards sustainability, and entrepreneurs are ...
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Timothy J. Folkerts, physics instructor, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS
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