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Tally Hatzakis, Laura Alciauskaite and Alexandra König
Moving is an indispensable component of travelling. This paper discusses the experiences of persons with disabilities when moving around cities on foot or wheels, based on research conducted during the EU-funded project TRIPS. Findings comprise participa...
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Chunru Cheng, Linbing Wang, Xingye Zhou and Xudong Wang
As the main cause of asphalt pavement distress, rutting severely affects pavement safety. Establishing an accurate rutting prediction model is crucial for asphalt pavement maintenance, pavement structure design, and pavement repair. This study explores f...
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Glauco Nobrega, Beatriz Cardoso, Reinaldo Souza, José Pereira, Pedro Pontes, Susana O. Catarino, Diana Pinho, Rui Lima and Ana Moita
The issue of thermal control for space missions has been critical since the early space missions in the late 1950s. The demands in such environments are heightened, characterized by significant temperature variations and the need to manage substantial de...
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Nikoletta Gkonou, Emmanouil Nisyrios and Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis
This study develops optimal maintenance schedules for train lines, a critical endeavor ensuring the safety, efficiency, and reliability of railway networks. The study addresses the combined scheduling problem of maintenance works and crews on the railway...
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Vanni Nicoletti, Riccardo Martini, Sandro Carbonari and Fabrizio Gara
Many transportation infrastructures all around the world are facing new challenges in terms of ageing and loss of performance. The infrastructural asset managers are required to perform scrupulous control of the health condition of the infrastructures ov...
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Márcia Lima, Carlos Coelho and Filipa Jesus
Wave overtopping, mainly caused by growing coastal erosion processes, directly affects populations, causing coastal flooding and potential damages. This work aims to develop the relationship between overtopping phenomena and their impact costs through an...
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Yiyao Jiang, Guang Feng, Panglun Liu, Li Yuan, Jianbin Ding and Bingyan Jiang
Through the establishment of a three-dimensional joint clearance model, the effects of joint clearances at different positions on shimmy stability are evaluated. In this paper, considering the radial, axial and coupling characteristics of joint clearance...
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Udhayasuriyan Brindha, Jeyaprakash Maheswaran, Maheswaran Chellapandian and Nakarajan Arunachelam
Maintenance of reinforced concrete (RC) structures has become a global issue due to the problems associated with the corrosion of steel reinforcement. Corrosion of RC structures results in severe serviceability and strength issues, which in turn necessit...
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Teodoro Montanaro, Ilaria Sergi, Ilaria Stefanizzi, Luca Landi, Luciano Di Donato and Luigi Patrono
One of the most important factors that influence people?s daily lives and their well-being at work is the so-called ?worker safety?. Different literature works demonstrated the positive effects on worker mood and well-being brought by the awareness of be...
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Paul Whitworth, Anthony S. Clare, John A. Finlay, Richard F. Piola, Joseph Plummer and Nick Aldred
The biofouling of marine structures must be controlled if crippling operational and maintenance costs are to be avoided and biological invasions prevented. However, traditional methods of biofouling control typically involve the use of toxic chemicals, w...
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