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Structural responses of FRP sheet piles under cantilever loading [PDF]

Sustainable Structures, 2023
Sheet piles are interlocked segments used for temporary or permanent soil and water retaining structures such as below-grade parking structures and sea walls.
Joshua Wilt, Ruifeng Liang, Hota GangaRao, Jeremy Mostoller   +3 more
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Evolution of the Seismic Response of Monopile-Supported Offshore Wind Turbines of Increasing Size from 5 to 15 MW including Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021
As a result of wind power’s expansion over the globe, offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are being projected in seismic prone areas. In parallel, the industry develops increasingly larger and more powerful generators.
Cristina Medina, Guillermo M. Álamo, Román Quevedo-Reina   +2 more
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The Duration Effect of Pulse-Type Near-Field Earthquakes on Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis and Damage Evaluation of Hydraulic Tunnels

Applied Sciences, 2023
Current research trends in significant hydraulic engineering projects focus on investigating the seismological properties of intensity and frequency content of pulse-type near-field earthquakes on the structural response.
Weiying Liu, Benbo Sun, Sherong Zhang, Chao Wang, Wei Cui, Xiaohua Zhao   +5 more
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Fast Falling Weight Deflectometer Method for Condition Assessment of RC Bridges

Applied Sciences, 2021
In this paper, the use of Fast Falling Weight Deflectometer (Fast-FWD) is analyzed as a non-destructive and quick test procedure to evaluate the efficiency of short-span bridges. The Fast-FWD is an instrument that can produce a broadband dynamic force up
Mauro Coni, Fausto Mistretta, Flavio Stochino, James Rombi, Mauro Sassu, Mario Lucio Puppio   +5 more
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Analysis of Ground Motion Intensity Measures and Selection Techniques for Estimating Building Response

Applied Sciences, 2022
The structural response of buildings to earthquake shaking is of critical importance for seismic design purposes. Research on the relationship between earthquake ground motion intensity, building response, and seismic risk is ongoing, but not yet fully ...
Tariq A. Aquib, Jayalakshmi Sivasubramonian, P. Martin Mai   +2 more
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Structural Response Analysis of FPSO under Pool Fire

Buildings, 2022
There is a large proportion of pool fire occurrence on the upper part of offshore platforms. In order to reduce the occurrence of fire disasters, the fire risk assessment of FPSOs should be carried out.
Dapeng Zhang, Bowen Zhao, Keqiang Zhu
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Duct Attachment on Improving Breaking Wave Zone Energy Extractor Device Performance

Energies, 2021
A challenging wave energy converter design that utilized the denser energy part of the nearshore breaking wave zone to generate electricity was introduced in 2016 by Shintake.
Krisna Adi Pawitan, Hideki Takebe, Hanley Andrean, Shuji Misumi, Jun Fujita, Tsumoru Shintake   +5 more
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A Computationally Efficient Ground-Motion Selection Algorithm for Matching a Target Response Spectrum Mean and Variance [PDF]

, 2011
Dynamic structural analysis often requires the selection of input ground motions with a target mean response spectrum. The variance of the target response spectrum is usually ignored or accounted for in an ad hoc manner, which can bias the structural ...
Baker, Jack W., Jayaram, Nirmal, Lin, Ting   +2 more
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Molecular insights into intra-complex signal transmission during stressosome activation

Communications Biology, 2022
Cryo-EM structures of the stress-sensing complex in Listeria innocua reveal conformational changes that initiate the signaling response to environmental stress.
Algirdas Miksys, Lifei Fu, M. Gregor Madej, Duarte N. Guerreiro, Susann Kaltwasser, Maria Conway, Sema Ejder, Astrid Bruckmann, Jon Marles-Wright, Richard J. Lewis, Conor O’Byrne, Jan Pané-Farré, Christine Ziegler   +12 more
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A method for vibration-based structural interrogation and health monitoring based on signal cross-correlation [PDF]

, 2011
Vibration-based structural interrogation and health monitoring is a field which is concerned with the estimation of the current state of a structure or a component from its vibration response with regards to its ability to perform its intended function ...
Trendafilova, Irina
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