Climate change is expected to have long-term impacts on drought and wildfire risks in Oregon as summers continue to become warmer and drier. This paper investigates the projected changes in drought characteristics and...
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Climate change is expected to have long-term impacts on drought and wildfire risks in Oregon as summers continue to become warmer and drier. This paper investigates the projected changes in drought characteristics and drought propagation in the Umatilla River Basin in northeastern Oregon for mid-century(2030–2059) and late-century(2070–2099) climate scenarios. Drought characteristics for projected climates were determined using downscaled CMIP5 climate datasets from ten climate models and Soil and Water Assessment Tool to simulate effects on hydrologic processes. Short-term(three months) drought characteristics(frequency, duration, and severity) were analyzed using four drought indices, including the Standardized Precipitation Index(SPI-3), Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index(SPEI-3), Standardized Streamflow Index(SSI-3), and the Standardized Soil Moisture Index(SSMI-3). Results indicate that short-term meteorological droughts are projected to become more prevalent, with up to a 20% increase in the frequency of SPI-3drought events. Short-term hydrological droughts are projected to become more frequent(average increase of 11% in frequency of SSI-3 drought events), more severe, and longer in duration(average increase of 8% for short-term droughts).Similarly, short-term agricultural droughts are projected to become more frequent(average increase of 28% in frequency of SSMI-3 drought events) but slightly shorter in duration(average decrease of 4%) in the future. Historically, drought propagation time from meteorological to hydrological drought is shorter than from meteorological to agricultural drought in most sub-basins. For the projected climate scenarios, the decrease in drought propagation time will likely stress the timing and capacity of water supply in the basin for irrigation and other uses.
A robust analytical model of Eccentric Braced Frames (EBFs), as a well-known seismic resistance system, helps to comprehensive earthquake-induced risk assessment of buildings in different performance levels. Recently,...
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A robust analytical model of Eccentric Braced Frames (EBFs), as a well-known seismic resistance system, helps to comprehensive earthquake-induced risk assessment of buildings in different performance levels. Recently, the modeling parameters have been introduced to simulate the hysteretic behavior of shear links in EBFs with specific Coefficient of Variation associated with each parameter to consider the uncertainties. The main purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of these uncertainties in the seismic response of EBFs by combining different sources of aleatory and epistemic uncertainties while making a balance between the required computational effort and the accuracy of the responses. This assessment is carried out in multiple performance levels using Endurance Time (ET) method as an efficient Nonlinear Time History Analysis. To demonstrate the method, a 4-story EBF that considers behavioral parameters has been considered. First, a sensitivity analysis using One-Variable-At-a-Time procedure and the ET method has been utilized to sort the parameters with regard to their importance in seismic responses in two intensity levels. A sampling-based reliability method is first used to propagate the modeling uncertainties into the fragility curves of the structure. Radial Basis Function Networks are then utilized to estimate the structural responses, which makes it feasible to propagate the uncertainties with an affordable computational effort. The Design of Experiments technique is implemented to acquire the training data, reducing the required data. The results show that the mathematical relationships defined by Artificial Neural Networks and using the ET method can estimate the median Intensity Measures and shifts in dispersions with acceptable accuracy.
In this research, static loading test of engineering Wood Encased Concrete-Steel (EWECS) columns with different steel depth has been conducted. From the results, it was confirmed that deterioration in capacity during ...
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Dense building components can be fabricated using lunar regolith simulants prepared via microwave *** this study,the microstructure and properties of such simulants containing high(14.72%),medium(6.71%),and low(1.7%)T...
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Dense building components can be fabricated using lunar regolith simulants prepared via microwave *** this study,the microstructure and properties of such simulants containing high(14.72%),medium(6.71%),and low(1.7%)TiO_(2)contents prepared via microwave sintering at different temperatures(1030℃-1070℃)were *** sample sintered at 1060℃ with 14.72%TiO_(2)content exhibited the highest compressive strength of(125.2±22)*** was because high TiO_(2)content was more conducive to densification due to microwave *** influence of TiO_(2)content and sintering temperature on the strength of microwave-sintered samples was statistically analyzed,which revealed that sintering temperature was the main influencing factor(F value=187.3)and TiO_(2)content was the auxiliary influencing factor(F value=4.91).Using an enhanced multilayer perceptron model,a continuous surface diagram and prediction model were *** were then used to determine the influence of sintering temperature and TiO_(2)content on the compressive strength as well as to predict compressive strength with comparable *** study provides insights into microwave sintering of materials for future lunar construction.
Understanding the effects of microwave irradiation and thermal treatment on the dynamic compression and fragmentation properties of rocks is essential to quantify energy consumption in rock *** this study,Fangshan gra...
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Understanding the effects of microwave irradiation and thermal treatment on the dynamic compression and fragmentation properties of rocks is essential to quantify energy consumption in rock *** this study,Fangshan granite(FG)specimens were exposed to microwave irradiation and heat *** damage of FG specimens induced by these two methods was compared using X-ray CT scanning and ultrasonic wave *** temperatures of FG after microwave irradiation and thermal treatment were effectively evaluated using a newly proposed technique.A novelty method for precisely determining the geometric features of fragments is developed to estimate the fragmentation ***,the dynamic uniaxial compressive strength(UCS),the dynamic fragmentation characteristics,and the fragmentation energy of FG after these two pretreatment methods can be reasonably *** noticeable distinction of loading rate effect on the dynamic UCS of FG between these two pretreatment methods is first observed.A relationship is established between the dynamic UCS and the damage induced by microwave irradiation and heat ***,fragmentation energy fan analysis is introduced to accurately compare the fragmentation properties of FG after two pretreatment methods in dynamic compression tests.
This paper presents an assessment of the influence of the lagging distance between two horizontal tunnel faces of the side-by-side twin tunnels on the responses of the adjacent existing single pile by a series of thre...
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This paper presents an assessment of the influence of the lagging distance between two horizontal tunnel faces of the side-by-side twin tunnels on the responses of the adjacent existing single pile by a series of three-dimensional numerical *** different relative positions between the pile tip and the tunnel are considered to cover the short and long pile *** responses of the existing pile in terms of pile head settlement,axial force,lateral movement and bending moment are considered and *** numerical results indicate that the lagging distance between twin tunnel faces significantly affects not only the soil movements but also the responses of the existing single *** critical case that produces unsatisfactory pile responses due to twin tunneling is when the lagging distance between the second tunnel and the preceding tunnel equals to the shield *** is recommended that the lagging distance be not less than three times of shield length when the two tunnels need to be concurrently excavated.
Real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) provides an effective approach for assessing structural responses under dynamic excitation. However, performing RTHS with a complex nonlinear numerical substructure is challenging, a...
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Contractors’ low-carbon construction behaviors (CLCB) are pivotal in advancing decarbonization during the construction phase. However, there exists a notable gap in the comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted f...
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Recently, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has been integrated into the development of AR systems. Using conventional SLAM adoption method to overlay a building information model (BIM) onto the image of a ...
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Cement-based materials are brittle and crack easily under natural *** can reduce service life because the transport of harmful substances can cause corrosion damage to the *** review discusses the feasibility of using...
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Cement-based materials are brittle and crack easily under natural *** can reduce service life because the transport of harmful substances can cause corrosion damage to the *** review discusses the feasibility of using microbial self-healing agents for crack *** and spherical carriers can be used to load microbial self-healing agents and protect microbes,which prolongs the self-healing *** area self-healing ratio,permeability,mechanical strength,precipitation depth method,numerical modeling,and ultrasonic method can be employed to identify the self-healing effect of ***,the self-healing mechanism is systematically *** results showed that microbial self-healing agents can repair cracks in cement-based materials in underground projects and dam *** difficulties and future development of self-healing cracks were analyzed.A microbial selfhealing agent was embedded in the cement-based material,which automatically repaired the developing *** the development of intelligent building materials,self-healing cracks have become the focus of attention.
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