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Potential of microbial electrosynthesis for contributing to food production using CO2 during global agriculture-inhibiting disasters

Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2021
A sun-blocking global catastrophic risk (GCR) such as a nuclear winter could completely collapse the agricultural system. Producing alternative foods through methods requiring little to no sunlight has been identified as a cost-effective response to ...
Juan B. García Martínez, Michael M. Brown, Xenia Christodoulou, Kyle A. Alvarado, David C. Denkenberger   +4 more
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Incipient motion of sediment particles in the presence of bed forms under decelerating and accelerating flows

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2022
This paper investigates the incipient motion of sediment particles under non-uniform flow in river and laboratory. In rivers, the non-uniform flow is often observed due to the presence of various bed forms.
Dodangeh Esmaeil, Afzalimehr Hossein
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Microseismic monitoring and forecasting of dynamic disasters in underground hydropower projects in southwest China: A review

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2023
The underground hydropower projects in Southwest China is characterized by large excavation sizes, high geostresses, complicated geological conditions and multiple construction processes.
Biao Li, Nuwen Xu, Peiwei Xiao, Yong Xia, Xiang Zhou, Gongkai Gu, Xingguo Yang   +6 more
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Real-Time Structural Monitoring of the Multi-Point Hoisting of a Long-Span Converter Station Steel Structure

Sensors, 2021
In the process of using a long-span converter station steel structure, engineering disasters can easily occur. Structural monitoring is an important method to reduce hoisting risk.
Yunfeng Zhu, Yi Gao, Qinghe Zeng, Jin Liao, Zhen Liu, Cuiying Zhou   +5 more
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SoS in Disasters: Why following the manual can be a mistake

, 2012
According to both the US Geological Survey and the World Bank, $280 billion dollars could have been saved if $40 billion dollars had been invested in disaster prevention.
Ireland, V., Vernon Ireland, Cavallo, A., Antonella Cavallo   +3 more
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Compressive Fracture of Brittle Geomaterial: Fractal Features of Compression-Induced Fracture Surfaces and Failure Mechanism

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2014
Compressive fracture is one of the most common failure patterns in geotechnical engineering. For better understanding of the local failure mechanism of compressive fractures of brittle geomaterials, three compressive fracture tests were conducted on ...
L. Ren, L. Z. Xie, C. B. Li, J. Wang
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Multi-Source Remote Sensing Investigation of Spatiotemporal Deformation and Mechanisms of the Pangcun Giant Accumulation Landslide, Southeastern Tibet

Remote Sensing
The geological environment of southeastern Tibet is characterized by complex tectonics and high climatic sensitivity, and giant accumulation landslides pose significant threats to infrastructure and human safety. This study investigates the Pangcun giant
Yankun Wang, Mengxue Wei, Li Yue, Jingjing Shi, Tao Wen   +4 more
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Testing the shearing creep of composite geomembranes-cushion interface and its empirical model

Soils and Foundations, 2022
An accurate description of composite geomembranes (CGs)–cushion interface behaviour (particularly creep behaviour) is of great importance. This paper presents a creep experiment method for studying the shearing creep characteristics of CGs–cushion ...
Wu Yang, Jianxin He, Liang Liu, Haihua Yang   +3 more
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Engineering disasters: The role of engineering versus management cumulative failure risk factor

, 2019
Published in SOAR: Shocker Open Access Repository by Wichita State University Libraries Technical Services, November 2022.The article investigates engineering disasters as failures of either engineering design, project management decisions, or management
Gapinski, Andrzej J.
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The Effects of Aerodynamic Interference on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Twin-Box Girder

Applied Sciences, 2021
To investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of a twin-box girder in turbulent incoming flow, we carried out wind tunnel tests, including two aerodynamic interferences: leading body-height grid, and leading circular cylinder.
Buchen Wu, Geng Xue, Jie Feng, Shujin Laima   +3 more
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