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Ultrasonic testing (UT) is increasingly combined with machine learning (ML) techniques for intelligently identifying damage. Extracting significant features from UT data is essential for efficient defect characterization.
Siqi Shi +5 more
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Refocusing sustainability education: using students’ reflections on their carbon footprint to reinforce the importance of considering CO2 production in the construction industry [PDF]
The construction industry is the most significant contributor to the UK’s CO2 emissions. It is responsible for an annual output of approximately 45% of the total.
Osborne, Allan, Weirs, John
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Analytical Study on the Random Seismic Responses of an Asymmetrical Suspension Structure
An asymmetrical suspension structure, without vertical column support and without supplying the flexibility of spatial arrangement, is more sensitive to ground movement. The structural responses of an asymmetrical suspension structure subjected to Clough–
Min Chen +4 more
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A new comprehensive set of data (n = 178) is compiled by adding a data set (n = 72) collected by Arioglu et al. (2007) to the data set (n = 106) presented in Rezazadeh and Eslami (2017).
Ergin Arioglu +2 more
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The Fuchuan peridotites have dual features of mid-ocean ridge basalt and supra-subducted zone peridotites and have been experienced high degrees of partial melting; chondrite-normalized “U”-shaped rare earth element (REE) patterns of Fuchuan harzburgites
Liu Ting, Wu Jun, Tan Qi, Bai Lijuan
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Professional Ethics in the Construction Industry [PDF]
The results are provided of a small, but reprersentative, questionnaire survey of typical project managers, architects and building contractors concerning their views and experiences on a range of ethical issues surrounding construction industry ...
Skitmore, Martin, Vee, Charles
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Organizational cultures: Obstacles to women in the UK construction industry [PDF]
The global economic downturn coupled with recent changes in UK law have led to a sizable reduction in public sector funding. As a result, both public and private sector organizations are under greater pressure to provide evidence of their activities in ...
Alvesson +23 more
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Error Features in Predicting Typhoon Winds: A Case Study Comparing Simulated and Measured Data
Simulating a typhoon’s wind field via mesoscale models is important in terms of providing not only the guidelines for urban planning and onshore/offshore constructions, but also the provision of insight into the dynamics and thermodynamics of tropical ...
Shaoyuan Peng +5 more
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Causative factors of construction and demolition waste generation in Iraq Construction Industry [PDF]
The construction industry has hurt the environment from the waste generated during construction activities. Thus, it calls for serious measures to determine the causative factors of construction waste generated.
Obaid, Maytham Kadhim
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