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Editorial for “Recent Advances in the Design of Structures with Passive Energy Dissipation Systems”
Applied Sciences, 2020 Civil engineering structures and infrastructures are inherently vulnerable to exceptional loads related to natural disasters, primarily earthquakes, tsunamis, strong winds, and floods [...]
Dario De Domenico +2 more
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A brief introduction to disaster rock mass mechanics
Geohazard Mechanics, 2023 Rock mass mechanics can be classified into engineering rock mass mechanics and disaster rock mass mechanics based on science and application. Their conception, object, scientific essence and application were elaborated.
Yangsheng Zhao, Zijun Feng
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Symmetry in Safety and Disaster Prevention Engineering
Symmetry, 2023 Due to the in-depth, yet incomplete, research on urban construction in many cities and towns, and the lack of considerations of symmetry, the rapid development of urban construction has led to a variety of urban disasters [...]
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Engineering perspective of Melamchi disaster and Mitigation Methods
, 2021 As Nepal is located in the fragile fragile Himalayan mountain system faces many natural disasters. One of the recent examples of such a disaster is Melamchi debris flow which took place on June 15, 2021, that took the lives of some people and destroyed the property with value millions of dollars.
Joshi, Ishwar +2 more
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Dust removal characteristics of a supersonic antigravity siphon atomization nozzle
Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2020 To improve the trapping efficiency of respiratory dust by aerodynamic atomization, reduce the energy consumption and the requirements for the working conditions of nozzles and maintain the health and safety of workers, a comparative experiment evaluating
Tian Zhang +5 more
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SoS in Disasters: Why following the manual can be a mistake [PDF]
, 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.
Cavallo, A., Ireland, V.
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Risk analysis of the geological hazards during urban tunnel construction in mountainous karst areas
Zhongguo dizhi zaihai yu fangzhi xuebao, 2023 Construction of urban tunnel engineering in mountainous karst regions involves a plethora of uncertain geological risk factors. Due to cost and schedule constraints, hydrogeological and engineering geological risk sources cannot be identified in detail ...
Junyi FU +4 more
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Zhongguo dizhi zaihai yu fangzhi xuebaoEffective risk assessment of potential landslide disasters is crucial for informed decision-making in engineering projects. In practical engineering, the risk assessment of individual landslide disasters still relies mainly on qualitative evaluation ...
Dongsheng LIU +3 more
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Energies, 2020 Coherent structures in the turbulent boundary layer were investigated under different stability conditions. Qualitative analyses of the flow field, spatial correlation coefficient field and pre-multiplied wind velocity spectrum showed that the dominant ...
Shujin Laima +3 more
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Environmental Research Communications, 2023 The microorganisms in sediments play a significant role in Arsenic (As) migration in groundwater systems. However, the impact mechanisms of microbial community structure on As release and enrichment are not completely clear.
Jingru Yang +6 more
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