This paper is motivated by the lack of studies relating to vibration and nonlinear resonance of fluid -conveying cantilever porous GPLR pipes with fractional viscoelastic model resting on nonlinear foundations. A dyna...
详细信息
This paper is motivated by the lack of studies relating to vibration and nonlinear resonance of fluid -conveying cantilever porous GPLR pipes with fractional viscoelastic model resting on nonlinear foundations. A dynamical model of cantilever porous Graphene Platelet Reinforced (GPLR) pipes conveying fluid and resting on nonlinear foundation is proposed, and the vibration, natural frequencies and primary resonant of such system are explored. The pipe body is considered to be composed of GPLR viscoelastic polymeric pipe with porosity in which Halpin -Tsai scheme in conjunction with fractional viscoelastic model is used to govern the construction relation of the nanocomposite pipe. Three different porosity distributions through the pipe thickness are introduced. The harmonic concentrated force is also applied on pipe and excitation frequency is close to the first natural frequency. The governing equation for transverse motion of the pipe is derived by the Hamilton principle and then discretized by the Galerkin procedure. In order to obtain the frequency -response equation, the differential equation is solved with the assumption of small displacement, damping coefficient, and excitation amplitude by the multiple scale method. A parametric sensitivity analysis is carried out to reveal the influence of different parameters, such as nanocomposite pipe properties, fluid velocity and nonlinear viscoelastic foundation coefficients, on the primary resonance and linear natural frequency. Results indicate that the GPLs weight fraction porosity coefficient, fractional derivative order and the retardation time have substantial influences on the dynamic response of the system.
Recent decades have seen a substantial amount of research on households' decisions about whether and when to evacuate from approaching hurricanes. Although this research has shown that an official evacuation warni...
详细信息
Recent decades have seen a substantial amount of research on households' decisions about whether and when to evacuate from approaching hurricanes. Although this research has shown that an official evacuation warning is one of the consistently strongest predictors of household evacuation, there has been little research on the process by which state and local officials decide whether and when to issue such warnings. This study surveyed Local Emergency Management Agencies (LEMAs) on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts to assess their sources of information about approaching hurricanes, the processes by which they decide to issue official evacuation warnings, and the channels through which they issue official evacuation warnings to their jurisdictions. In addition, the questionnaire addressed whether LEMAs have templates for their evacuation warning messages and, if so, what are the elements of those templates, what percentage of the risk area population they expect to receive an official evacuation warning within 1 hour, and their perceptions of informal warning networks. The results showed that LEMAs access many sources of information about approaching hurricanes, consider many criteria when deciding to issue official evacuation warnings, and follow a variety of different organizational processes when making those decisions. In addition, many LEMAs use templates to construct evacuation warnings, issue those warnings through various channels, and expect a majority of the risk area population to receive an official evacuation warning within 1 hour. Finally, they have both positive and negative perceptions of informal warning networks but, overall, consider them to be somewhat or mostly helpful.
Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) have been developed as replacement materials for steel bars and tendons in concrete structural members for decades. These materials offer corrosion resistance, perfect durability, and h...
详细信息
Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) have been developed as replacement materials for steel bars and tendons in concrete structural members for decades. These materials offer corrosion resistance, perfect durability, and high strength capacity, and therefore can be utilized as the main reinforcements to strengthen reinforced concrete (RC) members. Recently, several studies have focused on investigating the properties of pre-stressed FRP and steel-reinforced concrete structural members. Considering the rapid growth of the use of FRP in the construction industry and the development of various types of tendons, it is necessary to have a comprehensive review article that systematically addresses this development. This review focuses on the engineering properties and durability performance of concrete structures prestressed with FRP. It also discusses the regular FRP composite materials, their features, properties, and applications. Despite some disadvantages and negative effects of utilizing FRP tendons as effective alternatives for steel tendons, such as additional cost, lack of composite materials, and complicated production process, there are still advantages and benefits of utilizing FRP tendons in the construction industry.
作者:
Spencer, ChelseaMIT
Hist Theory & Criticism Architecture & Art Program Cambridge MA 02139 USA
Spencer pursues an evolving imaginary of information as it emerged over the course of Watergate, a political scandal that fixated on information collection and processing in terms of volume in the US. Examining the in...
Spencer pursues an evolving imaginary of information as it emerged over the course of Watergate, a political scandal that fixated on information collection and processing in terms of volume in the US. Examining the information techniques used by paramilitary bureaucrats and paralegal investigators in their attempts to manage a "flood" of information, it asks how Americans in the early 1970s--politicians, lawyers/bureaucrats, and librarians, but also artists and public intellectuals--grappled physically and conceptually with the practical and ethical implications of "automation" in the so-called information age. In the age of Watergate, this work of processing was no less metaphysical than it was technical, for as a force called "information" took on imaginative substance and diluvian properties, new beliefs and anxieties cohered around the sublimity of its apparent boundlessness and the urgency of its evident need to be managed.
In this article, we look into different texts treating the history of education of interior design. Ever since the interior design discipline has started to seek connection with academia, research on its past has beco...
In this article, we look into different texts treating the history of education of interior design. Ever since the interior design discipline has started to seek connection with academia, research on its past has become a negotiation scene for a shared understanding of the discipline, its roots, and its current practice. Academic discourse is characterized by a need to counter perceptions that have pestered the discipline in the past, and have hindered its process toward professionalization. By scanning through the body of theory that has been produced in the past two decades, we search for content that acknowledges the value of historical education and its contribution to a debate on the discipline's identity. After contextualizing this specific kind of research, we not only try to find common ground between different texts that each focus on a specific time period, school, or country, but also aim to unveil the position taken by an author when constructing such a history. All authors showcase a need to use their text as a confirmation of disciplinary distinction-an aspect heavily perpetuated throughout discourse on interior design's identity. To conclude, we propose a different perspective on educational history that transcends a distinction-based narrative by postulating interior design's educational history as a strategy to produce new knowledge.
The task of preparing the training data for machine learning is tedious but crucial for accurate results. Aiming at labelling meaningful features semi-automatically rather than manually in order to reduce time, we her...
详细信息
The task of preparing the training data for machine learning is tedious but crucial for accurate results. Aiming at labelling meaningful features semi-automatically rather than manually in order to reduce time, we hereby present initial results for two cases of 13th century Seljuk brick-ornamentation. As our broader research involves machine learning methods for the segmentation of digital survey data for creating meaningful three-dimensional models, the primary goal here is to determine the parts of the patterns from the whole composition and to use this data for different buildings of the genre. Prior to any machine learning, labelling the data of either a whole pattern or pieces of a pattern is a time-consuming task prone to errors. We propose a semi-automated mask generating model for labelling. In order to create the black and white mask images of the original photographs, we utilise the colour difference between the pattern parts. Examined samples have at least three visually distinguishable colours that are turquoise, black and natural. We use photogrammetry-based survey data and image processing to create attributed point clouds and eventually 3D digital models. Using the ready batch processing of a commercial software, we create a distinct mask and apply it to all images of the photogrammetry process. Point cloud data is then created with RAW images, and the generated masks are used to filter desired patterns. As such, we are able to easily label the bricks in the point cloud towards a machine learning training set.
作者:
Gim, Tae-Hyoung TommySeoul Natl Univ
Grad Sch Environm Studies Interdisciplinary Program Landscape Architecture Seoul South Korea Seoul Natl Univ
Environm Planning Inst Seoul South Korea Seoul Natl Univ
Grad Sch Environm Studies Interdisciplinary Program Landscape Architecture Gwanak Ro 1Bldg 82Room 222 Seoul 08826 South Korea Seoul Natl Univ
Environm Planning Inst Gwanak Ro 1Bldg 82Room 222 Seoul 08826 South Korea
We indirectly analyze the residential environment for long-staying internationals in Seoul, Korea, by extending the image-satisfaction-loyalty mechanism widely used in tourism, specifically by examining the internatio...
We indirectly analyze the residential environment for long-staying internationals in Seoul, Korea, by extending the image-satisfaction-loyalty mechanism widely used in tourism, specifically by examining the internationals' satisfaction and loyalty. We consider residential difficulties, sociodemographics, and survey years along with image as exogenous variables and evaluate satisfaction not only in terms of its absolute but also its relative level, which is the difference between absolute satisfaction (AS) and previous expectation. Tourism studies have measured loyalty using individuals' intention to recommend to another and their own revisit intention, but we evaluate the revisit intention with place attachment/hometown perception, which is more suitable for long-staying residents. The variables are measured with 2016-2018 data from an annual quality of life survey for Seoul residents (n = 5279 individuals) and analyzed with structural equation modeling. Our results show that the conventionally used AS is associated only with recommendation intention, but the relative satisfaction (RS) both with recommendation intention and hometown perception. Regarding the exogenous variables, AS is substantially affected by image and RS is somewhat strongly influenced by residential difficulties. However, image is the principal determinant of loyalty level, whether recommendation intention or hometown perception. These findings confirm the applicability of the image-satisfaction-loyalty mechanism not only to short-staying inbound tourists but also to long-staying international residents.
Recently, researchers in the power system industry have considered the intelligent parking lot idea. The intelligent parking lots (IPL) try to exchange power with the upstream by electric vehicles (EVs) charge/dischar...
详细信息
Recently, researchers in the power system industry have considered the intelligent parking lot idea. The intelligent parking lots (IPL) try to exchange power with the upstream by electric vehicles (EVs) charge/discharge application. The mentioned process of charge/discharge can provide a solution model of regular problems in this field, i.e., peak time problems. Additionally, such vehicles' existence can play an essential role in environmental performance enhancement in power systems. The primary purpose of this paper is to consider such enhancements of EVs in power systems and environmental performance. For this purpose, a multi-objective optimization approach is suggested for the environmental performance and economical operation of IPL by considering the time-of-use rates of a demand response program. Since such a model is associated with various practical bounds, the multi-objective grasshopper optimization algorithm is suggested to solve this problem. The outcomes indicate the effectiveness of the compared techniques utilizing fuzzy decision-making strategies. Chaos theory is employed to increase this method and progress searching operators. Additionally, the proposed multi-objective technique is a model created using fuzzy theory, variable detection, strategy selection-based memory, and non-dominated sorting theory to choose the best Pareto from a list of solutions with robust functionality for resolving the problems mentioned above. The proposed technique is tested on a sample system that includes an intelligent parking lot, local production facilities, and non-renewable and renewable production systems under the proposed uncertainty strategy of upstream grid pricing. The study showed the effectiveness of the suggested method. The simulation findings indicate that the emission rate and overall cost of intelligent parking lots are reduced by 3.87 and 2%. It indicates that economic and environmental objectives are also satisfied due to the successful deployment
PurposeUrbanization is among current global challenges along with climate change, population growth and depletion of natural resources. Rural areas have been transformed due to urbanization pressures, which leads to a...
详细信息
PurposeUrbanization is among current global challenges along with climate change, population growth and depletion of natural resources. Rural areas have been transformed due to urbanization pressures, which leads to a change in the relationship between rural and urban spaces, blurring the boundaries between rural and urban areas. Due to the lack of a clear distinction, a new form of rural-urban relationship has emerged. The convergence and even disappearance of borders has paved the way for a rural-urban dichotomy and re-questioning the relationship between cities and nature. In the case of Istanbul, this transformation, especially since 1980, has been reshaping rural-urban relations. Thus, the present article aimed to rethink this new pattern described as "R-Urban", a hybrid intersection as a field of ***/methodology/approachR-Urban creates an ambiguous and dynamic hybrid space where urban and rural operate within flexible and layered spatial boundaries. In the article, initially, a conceptual framework is presented based on the analysis of existing conceptual framework of rural-urban relationships, with transactional and dialectical perspectives. Secondly, fieldwork was investigated with representational tools such as mapping, photography and collages to determine the current status based on quantitative and qualitative data. Then, the rural-urban situation of Istanbul was conceptualized, with a focus on Beykoz neighborhood, a peripheral development with blurred rural and urban ***, as an R-Urban space, has a significant potential regenerating the relations between nature, humans and space and production to practices to ensure ecological resilience. The article demonstrated that the coexistence of different lifestyles paved the way for cultural diversity and the development of social relations. This diversity allowed innovative and sustainable practices while increasing social cooperation and solidarity in the *** impl
CRISPR-Cas-based cytosine base editors (CBEs) are prominent tools that perform site-specific and precise C-to-T conversions catalysed by cytidine deaminases. However, their use is often constrained by stringent editin...
详细信息
CRISPR-Cas-based cytosine base editors (CBEs) are prominent tools that perform site-specific and precise C-to-T conversions catalysed by cytidine deaminases. However, their use is often constrained by stringent editing preferences for genomic contexts, off-target effects and restricted editing windows. To expand the repertoire of CBEs, we systematically screened 66 novel cytidine deaminases sourced from various organisms, predominantly from the animal kingdom and benchmarked them in rice protoplasts using the nCas9-BE3 configuration. After selecting candidates in rice protoplasts and further validation in transgenic rice lines, we unveiled a few cytidine deaminases exhibiting high editing efficiencies and wide editing windows. CBEs based on these cytidine deaminases also displayed minimal frequencies of indels and C-to-R (R = A/G) conversions, suggesting high purity in C-to-T base editing. Furthermore, we highlight the highly efficient cytidine deaminase OoA3GX2 derived from Orca (killer whale) for its comparable activity across GC/CC/TC/AC sites, thus broadening the targeting scope of CBEs for robust multiplexed base editing. Finally, the whole-genome sequencing analyses revealed very few sgRNA-dependent and -independent off-target effects in independent T0 lines. This study expands the cytosine base-editing toolkit with many cytidine deaminases sourced from mammals, providing better-performing CBEs that can be further leveraged for sophisticated genome engineering strategies in rice and likely in other plant species.
暂无评论