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Mechanical Properties of Adjacent Pile Bases in Collapsible Loess under Metro Depot

Applied Sciences
Metro transit construction has begun to develop rapidly in northwest China because of the acceleration of urbanization. Accordingly, metro depots are also regarded as an essential auxiliary facility for stopping, operation, and maintenance of trains ...
Xiaohua Liu, Mingze Li, Hongjian Liao, Bingyan Huang, Shaohua Liu   +4 more
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Research on the Vibration Fatigue Characteristics of Ancient Building Wood Materials

Buildings
In this study, we selected ancient building timber as the research object. A series of static load tests were conducted to analyze the different performances of timber under tensile and compressive loads.
Chunyu Qian, Mingze Li, Hongjian Liao, Chenhe Zhang, Hangzhou Li   +4 more
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Developing a Holistic Approach for Constructing Rural Living Circles in the Loess Plateau—Taking Yongning Village as an Example

Buildings
Insufficient public service facilities in rural areas, which leads to failures in meeting the needs of villagers, has become a significant barrier to the high-quality development of rural regions.
Mengying Wang, Mingzhi Zhang, Yingtao Qi, Dingqing Zhang, Chenguang Wang, Wenying Yao, Dian Zhou   +6 more
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Development of a Mathematical Model to Size the Photovoltaic and Storage Battery Based on the Energy Demand Pattern of the House

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022
Solar energy is used in buildings worldwide. However, because the efficiency of photovoltaic power generation varies with environmental fluctuations, it is difficult to control. Therefore, electricity generation from photovoltaics is often poorly matched
Han Chang, Feng-Lin Jing, Yao-Long Hou, Li-Qi Chen, Yi-Jun Yang, Tian-Ye Liu, Chen-Lin Wei, Bin-Qing Zhai, Cai-Ying Hou   +8 more
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Mapping Human Settlements from Space [PDF]

, 2015
This booklet describes the Global Human Settlement Layer for mapping human presence using satellite imagesJRC.A.6 ...

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Exploring the Complex Effects and Their Spatial Associations of the Built Environment on the Vitality of Community Life Circles Using an eXtreme Gradient Boosting–SHapley Additive exPlanations Approach: A Case Study of Xi’an

Buildings
Disentangling the effects of the built environment on urban vitality at the scale of community life circles is crucial for informing precise urban planning and design, particularly in the context of urban renewal.
Keju Liu, Dian Zhou, Yingtao Qi, Mingzhi Zhang, Yulin Ren, Yupeng Wei, Jinghan Wang   +6 more
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Vegetation of Human Settlements

, 2017
This chapter gives an overview of the vegetation ecology of human settlements, including towns, villages, industrial areas and thoroughfares and their characteristic communities. It provides a classification of habitats in settlements, their plant associations and environmental conditions, plant distribution patterns in towns, plant adaptations to the ...
Christoph Leuschner, Heinz Ellenberg
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From Traditional Settlements to Arrival Cities: A Study on Contemporary Residential Patterns in Chinese Siheyuan

Buildings
With the rapid expansion of Chinese cities, traditional siheyuan in some old urban areas and historic districts have gradually transformed into overcrowded courtyard tenements inhabited primarily by rural migrants.
Mengying Wang, Xin Xu, Yingtao Qi, Dingqing Zhang   +3 more
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Generative Design in Minecraft (GDMC), Settlement Generation Competition

, 2018
This paper introduces the settlement generation competition for Minecraft, the first part of the Generative Design in Minecraft challenge. The settlement generation competition is about creating Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents that can produce ...
Aluru Krishna, Cardona-Rivera Rogelio Enrique, Colton Simon, Friberger M Gustafsson, Kelly George, Liapis Antonios, Liapis Antonios, McCormack Jon, Rossignol Jim, Shaker Noor, Smith Anthony J   +10 more
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A DELPHI TECHNIQUE APPROACH TOWARDS THE NEED FOR AND RELEVANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES

Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2017
The practical experience of the researchers on the implementation of the inductive methodology to knowledge dissemination using the Delphi technique approach is reported in this study.
Callistus TENGAN, Clinton AIGVABOA
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