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S. Saad-Eldeen and Yordan Garbatov
This study presents experimental and numerical analyses of compressive collapse tests of initially corroded steel-stiffened plates with multiple circular openings, which may be used as tank wash plates. The ultimate load-carrying capacity and the relevan...
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Mengbing Cao, Qianying Yi, Kaiying Wang, Jiangong Li and Xiaoshuai Wang
Precise ventilation rate estimation of a naturally ventilated livestock building can benefit the control of the indoor environment. Machine learning has become a useful technique in many research fields and might be applied to ventilation rate prediction...
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Anna Linhoss, Paul Mickle and Raúl J. Osorio
The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a large flood control structure that diverts Mississippi River floodwaters into Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi Sound to prevent flooding in southern Louisiana and New Orleans. When operating at full capacity, the Spil...
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Yohei Endo and Takaharu Yasue
Experimental and numerical studies were conducted to examine the resistance of a newly developed residential building to inundations. Natural disasters including inundations have occurred frequently in recent decades. Once inundations submerge urban area...
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Han-Soo Kim, Yi-Tao Huang and Hui-Jing Jin
The reinforced concrete outrigger wall with multiple openings can be used to replace the conventional steel outrigger trusses in tall building structures.
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Jun Zhang, Jingwen Weng, Tiannian Zhou, Dongxu Ouyang, Qinpei Chen, Ruichao Wei and Jian Wang
The aim of this study was to evaluate the transport phenomena of smoke flow and vertical temperature distribution in a 21-story stairwell with multiple fire locations and openings. A large eddy simulation (LES) method was used to model the smoke flow in ...
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Sen Yang, Nong Zhang, Xiaowei Feng and Jiaguang Kan
Time-dependent deformation of coal is a major concern for deep coal mining. When experiencing high stress conditions, the enhanced time-dependent deformation of coal will become a very possible factor to trigger the violent failure of underground opening...
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K. David Coates, Erin C. Hall and Charles D. Canham
In Canada and elsewhere, logging practices in natural-origin forests have shifted toward retention systems where variable levels of mature trees are retained post-logging to promote a diversity of values. We examine multiple sites that experienced a wide...
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Isabelle Tritsch, Plinio Sist, Igor Da Silva Narvaes, Lucas Mazzei, Lilian Blanc, Clément Bourgoin, Guillaume Cornu and Valery Gond
In the Brazilian Amazon, multiple logging activities are undergoing, involving different actors and interests. They shape a disturbance gradient bound to the intensity and frequency of logging, and forest management techniques. However, until now, few st...
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Mohammad Zounemat-Kermani and Miklas Scholz
An adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) was developed using the subtractive clustering technique to study the air demand in low-level outlet works. The ANFIS model was employed to calculate vent air discharge in different gate openings for an em...
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