This study examines the influence of vegetation on sediment movement in a 180° river bend with rigid emergent vegetation on the outer side. Using an Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter, researchers collected 504 velocit...
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Mechanical behaviors of soils may be effectively observed, relying on precise and accurate experimental techniques adopted. The critical state of soils, therefore, can be determined through a series of conventional tr...
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This study aims to investigate the efficiency of the Bailey method when natural sand is included in the mix at two coarseness levels of aggregate gradations:fine-graded(FG)and coarse-graided(CG),and three mixes with v...
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This study aims to investigate the efficiency of the Bailey method when natural sand is included in the mix at two coarseness levels of aggregate gradations:fine-graded(FG)and coarse-graided(CG),and three mixes with varing percentages of the natural river sand were prepared at each coarseness level,namely:CG with quarry sand only(CG-QS),CG with natural sands only(CG-NS),CG with quarry and natural sands(CG-QNS),FG with quarry sand only(FG-QS),FG with natural sands only(FG-NS),and FG with quarry and natural sands(CG-QNS).The portions of the natural sand either in CG-QNS and FG-QNS mixes were minimized as possible without violating the Bailey *** performance tests were utilized to evaluate the mixes including indirect tensile tension test(IDEAL-CT),disk-shaped compact tension test(DCT),flow number(FN)test,and tensile strength ratio(TSR)*** sensitivity and the significance of the volumetric measures were investigated including voids of total mix(VTM),voids of mineral aggregate(VMA),dust proportion(DP),voids filled with asphalt(VFA),air voids volume(V_(a)),and effective binder volume(Vbe),and a number of non-linear statistical models were *** results of IDEAL-CT,DCT,and FN test were consistent where CG-QNS had the best performance,followed by CG-QS,CG-NS,FG-QS,FG-QNS,and lastly *** value was always decreasing with the increase in the percentage of the natural *** was the most significant volumetric measure followed and was used to predict the performance test *** test had the highest coefficient of determination(R2)when modeled with any of the other performance tests,while TSR test had the *** Bailey gradation method was successfully proficient to provide a similar gradation coarseness for CG-QNS when compared to CG-QS which indicates a similar aggregate interlock.
Transverse opening in the plastic hinge region of reinforced concrete (RC) beam is generally not recommended due to increased risk of shear failure rather than flexure or flexure-shear failure. However, in recent year...
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Many cities around the world have faced water scarcity due to climate change, population growth, and urbanization. Accurate water supply and demand forecasting is critical for sustainable urban water management. Machi...
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In this study,a static shear energy algorithm is presented for the damage assessment of beam-like *** to the energy release principle,the strain energy of a damaged element suddenly changes when structural damage ***,...
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In this study,a static shear energy algorithm is presented for the damage assessment of beam-like *** to the energy release principle,the strain energy of a damaged element suddenly changes when structural damage ***,the change in the static shear energy is employed to determine the damage locations in beam-like *** static shear energy is derived from the spectral factorization of the elementary stiffness matrix and structural deflection *** advantage of using shear energy as opposed to total energy is that only a few deflection data points of the beam structure are required during the process of damage *** advantage of the proposed approach is that damage detection can be performed without establishing a structural finiteelement model in *** proposed technique is first validated using a numerical example with single,multiple,and adjacent damage scenarios.A channel steel beam and rectangular concrete beam are employed as experimental cases to further verify the proposed *** results of the simulation and experiment examples indicate that the proposed algorithm provides a simple and effective method for defect localization in beam-like structures.
Stone cultural relics, due to their significant historical value and irreproducibility, necessitate cleaning and preservation with the paramount principle of ensuring the safety of the relic itself, followed by achiev...
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Metakaolin(MK)and sodium alginate(SA)were employed as raw materials to prepare SA-MK geopolymers,which were inorganic/organic *** microscopic morphologies,mineral phases,and chemical bonds of these composites were exa...
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Metakaolin(MK)and sodium alginate(SA)were employed as raw materials to prepare SA-MK geopolymers,which were inorganic/organic *** microscopic morphologies,mineral phases,and chemical bonds of these composites were examined using mercury intrusion porosimetry,X-ray diffraction,Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy,and scanning electron *** low-field nuclear magnetic resonance(LF-NMR)experiments were conducted to study the water forms at different curing *** addition,fluidity,bond strength,and compressive strength measurements were conducted to determine their macroscopic mechanical *** obtained results revealed that SA addition improved the viscosity and adhesion of the geopolymer slurry and increased the adhesion strength and density of the geopolymers with low Si/Al ***,it also reduced the fluidity of the mixed slurry and shortened the operation *** the optimal amount of SA increased the compressive strength of the MK-based *** a SA content of 1.5 wt%,the 7-day strength of the geopolymer reached its maximum value of 28.3 MPa,which was 74.6%higher than that achieved without the addition of ***,the presence of SA changed the water distribution and the pore structure of the MK-based geopolymers,which strongly affected their mechanical properties.
This paper presents an analytical approach for estimating frictional resistance to pipe movement at soil and external pipe surface of buried coated pressurized steel pipes relative to the internal thrust *** proposed ...
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This paper presents an analytical approach for estimating frictional resistance to pipe movement at soil and external pipe surface of buried coated pressurized steel pipes relative to the internal thrust *** proposed analytical method was developed based on 36 experiments,which involved three coating types(cement mortar(CM),polyurethane type-I(PT-I),prefabricated plastic tape(PPT))on pipes’surfaces,three different soils(pea-gravel(PG),sand(S),silty-clay(SC)),and four simulated over burden depths above the pipe’s *** showed frictional resistance decreased with increasing over burden depth above the pipe’s *** degree of frictional resistance at the pipe-soil interface was found to be in the order of PG>SC>S for all coating variations and overburden *** coated pipe buried in all three types of soil produced significantly higher frictional resistance as compared to other coating *** on experimental data,the developed analytical introduced a dimensionless factor“Z”,which included effects of types of coatings,soil,and overburden depths for simplified rapid *** showed that the method provided a better prediction of frictional resistance forces,in comparison to previous analytical methods,which were barely close in predicting friction resistance for different coating variations,soil types,and overburden *** resistance force values reported herein could be considered conservative.
This paper investigates the integration between different scales of sustainable mobility planning, with particular reference to the integration between Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) and Urban Design. It w...
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