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BuildingsTo better evaluate the comprehensive performance of Class C fly ash (FA) in terms of soundness and mechanical strength for engineering applications, this study analyzes the effects of CaO and free-CaO (f-CaO) on the strength activity index and soundness ...
Xiangzhi Kong +6 more
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A Field Investigation on Vortex-Induced Vibrations of Stay Cables in a Cable-Stayed Bridge
Applied Sciences, 2019 A field study was conducted to identify the vortex-induced vibrations (VIVs) of stay cables in a cable-stayed bridge. A full-scale health-monitoring system was established to observe the wind effects of the selected cables.
Wen-Li Chen +3 more
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Identification of disaster knowledge factors: preliminary findings [PDF]
, 2010 Disasters bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environment. The number of reported disasters has increased steadily over the past century and risen very sharply during the past decade ...
Amaratunga, RDG +3 more
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A typology of marine and estuarine hazards and risks as vectors of change : a review for vulnerable coasts and their management [PDF]
, 2014 This paper illustrates a typology of 14 natural and anthropogenic hazards, the evidence for their causes and consequences for society and their role as vectors of change in estuaries, vulnerable coasts and marine areas.
Cutts, Nicholas D. +2 more
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Developments in the Safety Science Domain and in Safety Management From the 1970s Till the 1979 Near Disaster at Three Mile Island [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: What has been the influence of general management schools and safety research into causes of accidents and disasters on managing safety from 1970 till 1979?
Groeneweg, Jop +4 more
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Assessing the Vulnerability of the Fiber Infrastructure to Disasters [PDF]
, 2018 Communication networks are vulnerable to natural disasters, such as earthquakes or floods, as well as to physical attacks, such as an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack.
Cohen, Reuven +3 more
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Energies, 2020 Wall-model large eddy simulations (WMLES) are conducted to investigate the spatial features of large-scale and very-large-scale motions (LSMs and VLSMs) in turbulent boundary flow in different surface roughnesses at a very high Reynolds number, O (106 ...
Hehe Ren, Shujin Laima, Hui Li
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International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, 2023 Displacement is a critical indicator for mechanical systems and civil structures. Conventional vision‐based displacement recognition methods mainly focus on the sparse identification of limited measurement points, and the motion representation of an ...
Jin Zhao, Hui Li, Yang Xu
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Engineering risk and disaster: a special issue ofEngineering Studies [PDF]
Engineering Studies, 2014 Design and disaster were once thought to be separate spheres, one committed to the beauty and rationality of the planned and the other a realm of random accident and distress.
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Comparative analysis of spring flood risk reduction measures in Alaska, United States and the Sakha Republic, Russia [PDF]
, 2017 Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2017River ice thaw and breakup are an annual springtime phenomena in the North. Depending on regional weather patterns and river morphology, breakups can result in catastrophic floods in exposed and ...
Kontar, Yekaterina Yevgenevna +1 more
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