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Yizhou Zhuang, Xiaoyao Hu, Wenbin He, Danyi Shen and Yijun Zhu
Landslides not only cause great economic and human life losses but also seriously affect the safe operation of infrastructure such as highways. Rainfall is an important condition for inducing landslides, especially when a fault and weak interlayer exist ...
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Zhitao Guo, Xudong Zhao, Qingfen Ma, Jingru Li and Zhongye Wu
As a key component connecting a floating wind turbine with static sea cables, dynamic cables undergo significant tensile and bending loads caused by hydrostatic pressure, self-weight, waves, and ocean currents during service, which can lead to fatigue fa...
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Linjian Wu, Jia Yang, Zhouyu Xiang, Mingwei Liu, Minglong Li, Yutao Di, Han Jiang, Chuan Dai and Xudong Ji
Due to the large scale of navigation ships, the fast speed of entering the lock, and the irregular mooring and the complicated flow conditions in the lock chamber, it is common for the floating bollards of the lock to suffer structural damage or even fai...
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Minh-Huy Nguyen, Tran-De-Nhat Truong, Thanh-Cao Le and Duc-Duy Ho
For cable structures, the tension force is one of the main factors showing the structure?s health. If the tension force falls below a safe level during construction or operation, it can lead to partial or complete the structural failure, posing a risk to...
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Ulaankhuu Batsaikhan, Hiroto Hashikawa, Hideki Shimada, Takashi Sasaoka and Akihiro Hamanaka
The typical reinforcements and supports used in the main gate of underground coal mining (particularly in the weak to very weak rock strata), such as rock/cable bolts, steel sets, and grouting materials, often allow the mine to remain serviceable in the ...
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Chongchong Guo and Wenhua Wu
Marine nuclear power platforms can continuously supply electricity and fresh water for marine resource exploration and surrounding islands. China?s first marine nuclear power platform uses a soft yoke multi-joint connect mode as the mooring positioning d...
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Marco Damiani, Attilio Quadrino and Nicola Nisticò
Versatility and high performance in terms of specific stiffness and strength, as well as non-corrosive sensitivity, make FRP (Fiber-Reinforced Polymer) cables a viable alternative to steel ones in the development of prestressing systems. On the other han...
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Junmin Mou, Xuefei Jia, Pengfei Chen and Linying Chen
The operation of offshore wind farms is characterized by a complicated operational environment, long project cycle, and complex vessel traffic, which lead to safety hazards. To identify the key factors affecting the operational safety of offshore wind fa...
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Karthikeyan Nainar and Florin Iov
Power-distribution grids consist of assets such as transformers, cables, and switches, of which the proper utilization is essential for the provision of a secure and reliable power supply to end customers. Distribution-system operators (DSOs) are respons...
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Giovanni Boschetti, Riccardo Minto and Alberto Trevisani
Cable-driven parallel robots offer several benefits in terms of workspace size and design cost with respect to rigid-link manipulators. However, implementing an emergency procedure for these manipulators is not trivial, since stopping the actuators abrup...
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