Effective stormwater management in urban areas requires enhancing the permeability of underlying surfaces. However, the impact of storm characteristics on infiltration processes in sponge cities remains insufficiently explored. This study uses the Ho...
In order to explore water distribution in sprinkler irrigation systems under dynamic water pressure, an irrigation test was conducted in a sprinkler irrigation system equipped with the Hunter MP2000 full circular rotator ray sprinkler under “tr...
This study established a WRF/WRF-Hydro coupled forecasting system for precipitation–runoff forecasting in the Daqing River basin in northern China. To fully enhance the forecasting skill of the coupled system, real-time updating was performed f...
Background: Several physical qualities have been linked to countermovement jump (CMJ) performance. However, the relative importance of each of these factors is unclear. (1) Objectives: The present systematic review sought to evaluate the characterist...
In recent decades, low impact development (LID) has become an increasingly important concern as a state-of-the-art stormwater management mode to treat urban flood, preferable to conventional urban drainage systems. However, the effects of the combine...
Background/Objectives: PET imaging with [18F]F-DOPA has demonstrated high potential for the evaluation and management of pediatric brain gliomas. Manual extraction of PET parameters is time-consuming, lacks reproducibility, and varies with operator e...
The geomorphologic instantaneous unit hydrograph (GIUH) is an applicable approach that simulates the runoff for the ungauged basins. The nash model is an efficient tool to derive the unit hydrograph (UH), which only requires two items, including the...
Background: The role of advanced functional imaging techniques in prediction of pathological risk categories of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) is still unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate classical CT features, CT-perfusion and...
Owing to strong winds during the typhoon season, damage to pilotis in the form of dropout of the exterior materials occurs frequently. Pilotis placed at the end exhibit a large peak wind pressure coefficient of the ceiling. In this study, the experim...
In pipe jacking, the continued growth of friction resistance around the pipe may cause problems, such as an insufficient jacking force, soil collapse, and even land subsidence, which seriously endangers the structural safety of the pipe and surroundi...
We highlight the recent progress in the calculation of transport coefficients pertinent to binary neutron star mergers. Specifically, we analyze the bulk viscosity coefficient driven by both the DURCA and MURCA processes and electron transport coeffi...
The failure state of the natural gas pipelines in underground space may cause explosions, and an explosion flow field is affected by the structure of the venting duct. Based on FLACS software v9.0, the influence of the explosion vent and venting duct...
The tire/road peak friction coefficient (TRPFC) is the core parameter of vehicle stability control, and its estimation accuracy significantly affects the control effect of active vehicle safety. To estimate the peak adhesion coefficient accurately, a...
Hourly flood flow estimation for gauged and ungauged catchments is a prerequisite for planning and water management. Various methods have been applied in a multitude of studies to calculate the peak flow for ungauged catchments. However, it is not si...
Studying the driving factors and contributions of carbon emissions peak volume and time is essential for reducing the cumulative carbon emissions in developing countries with rapid economic development and increasing carbon emissions. Taking Jilin Pr...
This paper discusses the wind loads for designing vaulted free roofs based on a wind tunnel experiment, in which the wind force coefficients for the main wind force resisting system and the peak wind force coefficients for cladding are considered. Th...
Distinct absorption peaks, with maxima at around 328 nm and a shoulder at 360 nm, were observed in the UV region of the absorption spectra for both the particulate and dissolved fractions of water samples collected in Keppel Bay (NE Australia) during...
In the study, a new correction method was applied to reduce error during Raman spectral detection on mixed pesticide residue in apples. Combined with self-built pesticide residues detection system by Raman spectroscopy and the application of surface...
The accurate estimation of the tyre-road peak friction coefficient is the key basis for the normal operation of the vehicle active safety control system. The estimation algorithm needs to be able to adapt to various conditions encountered in the actu...
After obtaining the value of shear wave velocity (VS) from the bender elements test (BET), the shear modulus of soils at small strains (Gmax) can be estimated. Shear wave velocity is an important parameter in the design of geo-structures subjected to...
High-rise buildings cause accelerated winds around them. However, the interference effects of high-rise buildings on the surrounding low-rise buildings in urban blocks have not been evaluated. This study investigated the wind pressure coefficients on...
A stochastic water demand model was used to undertake a sensitivity study to evaluate building occupancy against selected premise plumbing design parameters. The results demonstrate that building occupancy has a strong positive correlation for estima...
In this study, the time–area curve of an ellipse is analytically derived by considering flow velocities within both channel and hillslope. The Clark IUH is also derived analytically by solving the continuity equation with the input of the derived tim...
The advancement of marine engineering has brought close attention to the durability of concrete structures. In order to investigate the time-varying performance of reinforced concrete beams in a marine environment and to better apply sea sand directl...
In China, in order to integrate more renewable energy into the power grid, coal power flexibility retrofitting is imperative. This paper elaborates a generic method for estimating the flexibility potential from the rapid ramp rate and peak shaving op...
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) detects a tunnel with relatively low-frequency electromagnetic waves, which can result in poorly characterized reinforced steel bar (rebar) hyperbolas and make it challenging to recognize rebar. Thus, the rebar is locat...
The representation of multiple acoustic sources in a virtual image of the field of audition based on binaural synthetic-aperture computation (SAC) is described through use of simulated inter-aural time delay (ITD) data. Directions to the acoustic sou...
Wave overtopping can cause erosion on the landward slope due to high flow velocities and turbulence that cause high stresses on the cover. Innovative block revetments such as Grassblocks protect the subsoil of the dike against erosion. The blocks are...
The pressure response of crystalline 9,9′-spirobifluorene up to 8 GPa was studied by means of Raman spectroscopy using a diamond anvil cell as a pressure chamber. With increasing pressure, the observed Raman peaks shifted to higher frequencies,...
The energy consumption of urban central heating in northern China is two to four times that in northern Europe and other countries. Beijing has adopted measures, such as ‘coal to gas’ and ‘coal to electricity’, to reduce envir...
Based on wind field data measured during the landfall of Typhoon Jangmi in Wenzhou in 2008, this study analyzes wind field characteristics, including wind speed, wind direction, probability density, turbulence intensity, gust factor, peak factor, pow...
The purpose of this study was to identify whether ten repetitions and three trials were necessary to achieve stability in peak reactive strength index (RSI) during the 10/5 repeated jumps test (RJT). Twenty-five males, from multiple sports, performed...
Conventional methods of estimating pressure coefficients of buildings retain time and cost constraints. Recently, machine learning (ML) has been successfully established to predict wind pressure coefficients. However, regardless of the accuracy, ML m...
The dynamics of flood event characteristics, such as the runoff coefficient and the recession time constant, differ in time and space, due to differences in climate, geology, and runoff generation mechanisms. This study examines the variability of ev...
Wood and wood-based products are abundantly used, especially in structural applications, due to the impetus for sustainable development. The present work helps highlight the fire performance of plywood, one of the most used wood-based laminated struc...
In this study an analysis of the water supply variability for three towns in Puglia (Southern Italy), Roccaforzata, Palagianello and Palagiano was carried out, based on a time series continuously recorded over three years. The towns’ population range...
We used ground-based ionosonde observations at Ganzi (31.2° N, 100.4° E) to validate the COSMIC measurement in the middle latitude region of China during low solar activity. First, eligible data pairs from two kinds of techniques were selecte...
Implementing real-time prediction and warning systems is an effective approach for mitigating flash flood disasters. However, there is still a challenge in improving the accuracy and reliability of flood prediction models. This study develops a hydro...
This paper focuses on the non-Gaussian properties of tornado pressure loading on a Texas Tech University (TTU) building model. External pressures of the model were measured at multiple radial positions in a two-celled tornado-like vortex generated by...
Twenty-seven methods of estimating vertical ground reaction force first peak, loading rate, second peak, average, and/or time series from a single wearable accelerometer worn on the shank or approximate center of mass during running were compared. Fo...
We study the transmission of electromagnetic waves through layered structures of metallic and left-handed media. Resonant band structures of transmission coefficients are obtained as functions of the incidence angle, the geometric parameters, and the...
In this paper, the concrete carbonation and chloride-induced corrosion of bridge structure in the service period under the offshore environment were comprehensively considered. Based on the time-varying degradation effect of mechanical properties of...
In the field of transportation, the accurate estimation of tire–road peak friction coefficient (TRPFC) is very important to improve vehicle safety performance and the efficiency of road maintenance. The existing estimation algorithms rarely con...
In this study, the time-averaged and instantaneous slipstream velocity, time-averaged pressure, wake flows, and aerodynamic force of a high-speed train (HST) with different nose lengths are compared and analyzed using an improved delayed detached-edd...
Since FTIR is a sensitive micro-region measurement method, research on the impact of the heterogeneity of both aggregates and asphalt mortar is meaningful and comprehensive for accurate measurement with FTIR spectroscopy. In this paper, the impact of...
Although reliability correlations of traditional power indices of the Wingate test have been well documented, no study has analyzed new generation power indices based on milliseconds obtained from a Peak Bike. The purpose of this study was to investi...
As part of the environmentally friendly policy of ships, active research is being conducted on energy storage systems (ESS) for ships. This ESS has a major influence on determining the propulsion and operation system of the ship in the future. A sepa...
The paper presents the development of an empirical mathematical model of the potato tuber damage index that considers the relationship between impact parameters, such as peak acceleration, velocity change, and the experimental coefficient. This coeff...
Z-cut single-crystal quartz and vitreous silica (silica glass or fused silica) were evaluated for use as reference materials for terahertz and microwave measurements of complex permittivity, with Z-cut quartz confirmed as being suitable. Measurements...
Background/Objectives: Low-cost portable load cell dynamometers allow for real-time assessment of muscular strength. This study evaluated the reliability and repeatability of the G-Force load cell system during isometric hip abduction and adduction i...
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