In this paper, Numpress Explore software, developed at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPPT PAN), was used to conduct reliability analyses. For static-strength calculations, the MES3D module, des...
Many damage limit states have been defined to characterize the extent of damages occurred in RC frame. Some of the damage limit states are defined by models that relate the limit states with the control points. Both control points and the limit state...
In this paper, we derive a quantum speed limit for unitary evolution for the case of mixed quantum states using the stronger uncertainty relation for mixed quantum states. This bound can be optimized over different choices of Hermitian operators for...
The capacity of a memoryless state-dependent channel is derived for a setting in which the encoder is provided with rate-limited assistance from a cribbing helper that observes the state sequence causally and the past channel inputs strictly causally...
The limit state function is important for the assessment of the longitudinal strength of damaged ships under combined bending moments in severe waves. As the limit state function cannot be obtained directly, the common approach is to calculate the re...
The increasing penetration of wind energy into modern power grids introduces new challenges, particularly regarding fault current levels and voltage stability during disturbances. This study proposes and evaluates a new Solid State Fault Current Limi...
Approximate analytical methods have been frequently used in geotechnical engineering to estimate the reliability of geotechnical structures due to their efficiency and simplicity. The main spirit of these methods is using the moments of the limit sta...
The ultimate limit state function is one of the premises for the assessment of structure strength and the safety of ships under severe conditions. In order to study the residual strength of damaged ships under the combined load of vertical and horizo...
Tabular Q-learning (QL) can be easily implemented into a controller to realize self-learning energy management control of a plug-in hybrid electric bus (PHEB). However, the “curse of dimensionality” problem is difficult to avoid, as the d...
Small Island States (SIDS) are among the nations most exposed to climate change (CC) and are characterised by a high degree of vulnerability. Their unique nature means there is a need for more studies focused on the limits to CC adaptation on such fr...
Ignoring the effect of a concrete core on bearing performance, the current design of prestressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCPs) under internal water pressure only focuses on the fracture of prestressed steel wire, while the complexity of the AWWA C3...
In the modern theory of compressed concrete elements, the most attention is paid to longitudinal deformations, whereas transverse ones are rarely considered and just within Poisson’s coefficient limits (i.e., elastic concrete behavior in the tr...
The development of a structurally optimized foundation design has become one of the main research objectives for offshore wind turbines (OWTs). The design process should be carried out in a probabilistic way due to the uncertainties involved, such as...
This paper presents a practical experiment for estimating the state-of-charge (SOC) of individual cells in a series-connected heterogeneous lithium-ion battery pack, where only the terminal voltage of the battery pack is measured. To deal with real-t...
This study involved applying a design code change on a modular bridge design. The top flange of a modular T-girder bridge was examined by the Korean Highway Bridge Design Code Limit State Design (2015) and was compared with the Korean Highway Bridge...
This paper proposes a fast and accurate time domain (TD) methodology for the assessment of the dynamic and periodic steady state operation of microgrids with photovoltaic (PV) energy sources. The proposed methodology uses the trapezoidal rule (TR) te...
In the case of concrete sustainability, two main ways are generally discussed: (1) the reduction of natural raw materials and (2) the reduction of emissions related to concrete production. Following the second point, there have not yet been reported...
The installation of base isolation systems in nuclear power plants can improve their safety from seismic loads. However, nuclear power plants with base isolation systems experience greater displacement as they handle seismic loads. The increase in re...
Current transport infrastructure and traffic management systems are overburdened due to the increasing demand for road capacity, which often leads to congestion. Building more infrastructure is not always a practical strategy to increase road capacit...
This paper’s main aim was to explain the process of characterising the structural over-strength factor (R), seismic behaviour factor (Q), and the effective elastic stiffness, Keff, of cantilever-reinforced concrete (RC) urban bridge columns wit...
The present work is concerned with the effect of soil spatial variability on estimating the ultimate soil resistance of floating axially loaded piles from point measurements of soil properties along the pile. The ultimate limit state is considered. I...
This paper aims to assess the structural overstrength (R), seismic behaviour factor (Q), and effective inertia factor (keff), of which the effective elastic stiffness (Keff) is a function, i.e., Keff (keff), of reinforced concrete (RC) cantilever col...
Solid-state DC circuit breakers provide crucial support for the safe and reliable operation of low-voltage DC distribution networks. A hardware topology based on a cascaded structure with dual-stage, current-limiting, small-capacity, solid-state DC c...
One issue to consider while designing and constructing steel girders reinforced with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) plates in bridges is debonding failure. Previous studies showed that the parameters such as characteristics of material, load,...
As the capacity of the power grid continues to expand, high-level fault currents might be caused during a contingency, and the problem of short-circuit current over-limitation is imminent. The high-temperature superconducting (HTS) fault current limi...
High uncertainty is an inherent behavior of geotechnical materials. Nowadays, random field theory is an advanced method to quantify the effect of high uncertainty on geotechnical engineering. This study investigates the effect of spatial variable soi...
This review paper discusses the procedures for evaluating the design displacement given in various design codes from seismically prone countries around the world (the United States, New Zealand, Chile, Japan, Greece, Italy, Iran, India, Turkey, and R...
This study aims to investigate the joint strength of longitudinal plate-to-high-strength steel circular hollow-section X-type joints under plate axial load. The material properties of high-strength steel with nominal yield strengths of 460, 650, 900,...
Recycled aggregate concrete incorporating glazed hollow beads (GHBRC) achieves the dual objectives of energy conservation and emission reduction by combining recycled coarse aggregate with glazed hollow bead aggregate, aligning with the construction...
Traditional 3D slope reliability analysis methods have high computational costs and are difficult to popularize in engineering practice. Under the framework of the limit equilibrium method with 3D slip surface normal stress correction, the critical h...
This research focuses on the economic component of a bioeconomic model for spotted seatrout in the recreational fisheries on Florida’s west coast. A survey was designed to assess how anglers, who caught or targeted spotted seatrout on Florida&r...
This paper aims to substantiate and formulate the main principles of the physical discipline-mechanothermodynamics that unites Newtonian mechanics and thermodynamics. Its principles are based on using entropy as a bridge between mechanics and thermod...
We present the formulation of a version of Lorentz covariant quantum mechanics based on a group theoretical construction from a Heisenberg–Weyl symmetry with position and momentum operators transforming as Minkowski four-vectors. The basic repr...
Globally, many shallow lakes have shifted from a clear macrophyte-dominated state to a turbid phytoplankton-dominated state due to eutrophication. Such shifts are often accompanied by toxic cyanobacterial blooms, with specialized traits including buo...
Existing transportation infrastructure and traffic control systems face increasing strain as a result of rising demand, resulting in frequent congestion. Expanding infrastructure is not a feasible solution for enhancing the capacity of the road. Henc...
In practical applications, the safe operation of large-diameter prestressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCPs) depends on the loading performance under internal water pressure. However, there is lack of damage tests for the full-scale large-diameter PCC...
The load resistance factor according to the target reliability level was proposed using 16 vertical breakwaters constructed along the coast of Korea. Limit state functions for sliding and overturning limit states were defined. Reliability analysis wa...
Reliable and efficient reconstruction of pure quantum states under the processing of noisy measurement data is a vital tool in fundamental and applied quantum information sciences owing to communication, sensing, and computing. Specifically, the puri...
The increasing demand on the performance of existing structures, together with their degradation, is among the main drivers towards the development of innovative strengthening solutions. While such solutions are generally aimed at increasing the load...
Reliability analysis of complex engineering products often involves high-dimensional nonlinear state functions, with random variable distributions hard to determine due to limited samples, restricting the fourth-order moment method that fails to link...
We present a brief overview of the existence/nonexistence of standing waves for the NonLinear Schrödinger and the NonLinear Dirac Equations (NLSE/NLDE) on metric graphs with localized nonlinearity. First, we focus on the NLSE (both in the subcri...
The article describes the peculiarities of strength and stability evaluation for deep geotechnical structures located in salt rock masses at great depths. A number of numerical studies are presented for the deep mining excavations of various cross-se...
The fourth-moment method can accurately perform a reliability analysis when it is challenging to determine the distribution of the random variable due to limited available samples. This method only utilizes the first four moments of the random variab...
This paper presents a generalized targeting model that subsumes most known targeting problems. In this paper, a recurrent state is defined as a condition that requires reprocessing or rework. The generalized model can accommodate one or two specifica...
With the development of railway transportation, diversified demands for track structures require the design methods to be safer, more flexible and efficient. At present, the limit state method is regarded as a more scientific design method compared t...
In the modern helicopter design and development process, constrained full-state control technology for turbo-shaft engine/rotor systems has always been a research hotspot in academia and industry. However, relevant references have pointed out that th...
Longitudinal wheat yields in China have declined in recent times due to climate change, more frequent natural disasters, and suboptimal agronomic management. To date, it has been unclear which factors have predominated yield penalties realised hither...
A novel two-branched twistacene (PyDN) has been designed and synthesized for application on ultrafast optical limiting. This twistacene exhibits excellent two photon absorption and two photon absorption-induced excited singlet state absorption, which...
The effect of watertightness criteria on structural assessment was investigated in this study through the design of a semi-submersible floater for a 10 MW wind turbine. A structural assessment was carried out for the ultimate, fatigue, and serviceabi...
The smallest details of living systems are molecular devices that operate between the classical and quantum levels, i.e. between the potential dimension (microscale) and the actual three-dimensional space (macroscale). They realize non-demolition qua...
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