Due to the alignment of track bridges directly affecting the safety and comfort of rail traffic operation, the alignment prediction of track bridges needs to be accurate. However, the structure of steel-concrete composite beam (SCCB) cable-stayed bri...
To tackle the challenges of complex construction environment interference (e.g., lighting variations, occlusion, and marker contamination) and the demand for high-precision alignment during the hoisting process of bridge-erecting machines, this paper...
In order to study the effect of temperature on the alignment of a long-span special track bridge, this paper provides a theoretical basis and technical support for bridge design, construction and later operation. This research established the section...
The accurate measurement of cable force plays an important role in the structural form, structural behavior, and safety evaluation of large-span cable-stayed bridges. A fast cable-force estimation method is proposed based on the alignment recognition...
The continuous improvement of bridge construction technology has resulted in an ongoing expansion of bridge spans, which has concomitantly increased the difficulty of controlling the alignment of long-span bridges during construction. In order to add...
The construction duration of long-span arch bridges is excessively prolonged due to insufficient closing precision and the non-convergence of traditional cable adjustment calculation methods. This study investigates cable force management in long-spa...
Tied steel box arch bridges are increasingly being used due to their attractive appearance, high load-bearing capacity, and good stress performance. Their construction involves multiple processes and factors. Construction monitoring can ensure that s...
Bridge health diagnosis plays a vital role in ensuring structural safety and extending service life while reducing maintenance costs. Traditional structural health monitoring approaches rely on sensor-based measurements, which are costly, labor-inten...
Three-dimensional printing has transformed dentistry by enabling the production of customized dental restorations, aligners, surgical guides, and implants. A variety of polymers and composites are used, each with distinct properties. This review expl...
This study employed novel joint treatments to strengthen the carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites. Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) were prepared in situ on the catalyst-treated CF surface via the chemical vapor deposition (C...
The accurate installation of long-span arch bridges’ arch ribs remains a challenge due to the complex calculations required for cable forces and arch rib displacements, as well as the significant influence of environmental and construction load...
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for surveying is at the forefront of their use in the Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. UAVs make accessing hard-to-reach construction regions simpler and more cost-effective because...
Accurate crack width measurement is essential for the condition assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) bridges, yet most unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inspections remain limited to pixel-level observations that cannot be converted into reliable metri...
With the advancement of technology, academics and curriculum developers are always under pressure to provide students with skills that match the market’s requirements. A systematic and continuous examination of the market is needed, to stay up...
Large-scale high-resolution (HR) land cover mapping is essential in monitoring the Earth’s surface and addressing critical challenges facing humanity. While weakly supervised methods help to mitigate the scarcity of HR annotations across wide g...
Aiming at the problems of main cable geometry calculation and control accuracy in construction for long-span asymmetric suspension bridges, this paper proposes a practical method for main cable geometry calculation of asymmetric suspension bridges ba...
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has shown potential for robotic training in virtual environments; however, challenges remain in bridging simulation and real-world deployment. This paper introduces an extended reinforcement learning framework that a...
The registration of bridge point cloud data (PCD) is an important preprocessing step for tasks such as bridge modeling, deformation detection, and bridge health monitoring. However, most existing research on bridge PCD registration only focused on pa...
During long-span arch bridge construction, repeated adjustments of large cantilevered segments and nonuniform cable tensions can lead to deviations from the desired arch profile, reducing structural efficiency and increasing labor and material costs....
Limited fitness for practice may result from a mismatch between education and practice. Aiming to meet the common interests of academics and practitioners, the Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society (PPS) developed the Education and Practice Platform (EPP...
Operation and maintenance of civil infrastructure facilities such as bridges is the most extended period of the entire lifetime of the structures. This phase provides many opportunities that benefit society. However, such a wide span of operation als...
This study investigates the mechanical performance of a polyester fiber concrete continuous rigid frame bridge during construction and the spatial stress distribution of the 0# block box girder, with a focus on the backdrop of the bridge in Pipa Zhou...
Carbon Nanotube (CNT) agglomerates can be aligned along field lines between adjacent electrodes to form conductive bridges. This study discusses the step-wise process of dielectrophoretic deposition of CNTs to form conducting bridges between adjacent...
Computer simulation has uncovered the geometrical conditions under which the vertebrate striated muscle sarcomere can contract. First, all thick filaments should have identical structure, namely: three myosin cross-bridges, building a crown, should b...
The main cable shape control confronts new challenges when a suspension bridge’s span exceeds two kilometers. As a suspension bridge’s primary load-bearing component, it is difficult to alter the alignment once the erection is completed....
During the construction of large-span steel truss arch bridges, challenges such as complex control calculations, frequent adjustments of the cantilever structure, and deviations in the closure state often arise in the process of the assembly and clos...
Building bridges sustainably is essential for advancing infrastructure development and ensuring long-term environmental, social, and economic viability. This study presents a framework that integrates risk management strategies and Building Informati...
Long-term deterioration of concrete bridges is a natural process that requires prudent maintenance actions throughout the bridge’s life-cycle. Nowadays, there is an ongoing effort to simulate such processes into practical models. One primary el...
Complex site conditions often impose constraints on the construction of cable-stayed bridges using the rotation construction method. To address this issue, a temporary stay cable-assisted closure-before-rotation method is proposed in this study. The...
Transitioning to sustainable, plant-forward diets, such as the Planetary Health Diet is a global priority; however, the palatability gap remains a formidable barrier, as consumers often perceive low-sodium, plant-centric diets as sensory-deficient. W...
This study investigates the underlying causes of pier displacement and cracking in a highway link bridge. The initial geological assessment ruled out slope instability as a contributing factor to pier movement. Subsequently, a comprehensive analysis,...
The present work is aimed at studying the determination method and implementation process of reasonable completion state for the Hunan Road Bridge, which is currently the widest concrete self-anchored suspension bridge in China. The global finite ele...
Bridges are fundamental facilities in the transportation system, and their operational performance is crucial for economic and social development. Many large bridges are now equipped with structural health monitoring (SHM) systems that collect variou...
Digital transformation of bridge engineering utilizes distinct modeling techniques to combine domain knowledge with digital information modeling. In particular, a long-span bridge is a key link in a transportation network, with more than 100 years of...
This study offers a novel perspective on the role of bridges as agents of urban transformation by examining their influence on the morphological development of Valencia (Spain) from the 13th century to the catastrophic flood of 1957. Traditionally vi...
Accurate and objective evaluation of existing bridges is critical for ensuring the bridge’s safety and optimizing maintenance strategies. This study proposes an integrated Fuzzy Best and Worst Method and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FBWM-FCE...
This study evaluates the effectiveness of an enhanced satellite-based method for estimating the construction years of Cambodian road bridges. By leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and the Normalized Difference Water Index 2 (NDWI_2), in combination...
In highly dynamic and information-intensive logistics environments, understanding how firms achieve modeling and simulation ambidextrous innovation (MSAI) through strategic alignment is crucial. Drawing on organizational information processing theory...
The construction of bridge pile foundations in karst regions faces significant risks, including karst collapse and ground subsidence caused by dewatering during excavation. Both karst collapse and shallow soil cavity subsidence are influenced by nume...
Dynamic cable-tension is an important bridge-health indicator. However, it is difficult to be measured precisely and efficiently. A remote bridge dynamic cable-tension measurement method is proposed. It uses an interferometric radar sensor, a time-fr...
Background/Objectives: Endothelial cells play a key role in peripheral nerve regeneration, forming aligned vasculature which bridges the gap in the injured nerve tissue and guides the regrowing tissue. This work aimed to mimic key features of this al...
This study investigates the Huangdong Daning River Bridge project in Guangxi, where the innovative side-span and mid-span synchronous closure technology for continuous rigid-frame bridges (CRFB) was systematically implemented for the first time in th...
To control the deviation of a long-span concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) arch bridge during construction monitoring, a practical method for controlling tower deviation is studied and established. The form of construction of this bridge is an interme...
A molecule–electrode interface with different coupling strengths is one of the greatest challenges in fabricating reliable molecular switches. In this paper, the effects of bridging manner on the transport behaviors of a dimethyldihydropyrene/c...
Bridges are widely used for train transportation. Some bridges must be constructed close to geologic faults or across them due to the constraints of travel route alignment and the geographical environment. Taiwan is located at the junction of the Eur...
Long-span suspension bridges require accumulated design and construction technologies owing to challenging environmental conditions and complex engineering practices. Building information modeling (BIM) is a technique used to federate essential data...
Structural displacement monitoring is one of the major tasks of structural health monitoring and it is a significant challenge for research and engineering practices relating to large-scale civil structures. While computer vision-based structural mon...
Central and peripheral neural injuries are traumatic and can lead to loss of motor and sensory function, chronic pain, and permanent disability. Strategies that bridge the site of injury and allow axonal regeneration promise to have a large impact on...
In this paper, bridge live load testing was conducted to examine the performance of repairs on a section of a post-tensioned box girder bridge in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The live load test was performed with a single/group of truck(s) with known gro...
Soybean diseases are the main factors causing serious yield reduction in soybeans. Therefore, an automatic identification method for soybean leaf diseases is an urgent need to develop. However, most soybean leaf disease recognition models have proble...
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