As one of the most severe and high-impact weather phenomena, tornadoes and their long-term frequency trends have received lots of attention from both the scientific community and the public. Here, we show that over the last six decades (1954–20...
Despite the versatility and widespread application of fuzzy randomness in structural and mechanical engineering, less attention has been paid to the formulation of sensitivity analysis for this uncertainty model. In this research, a brief review of t...
Testing of evidence in criminal cases can be limited by temporal or financial constraints or by the fact that certain tests may be mutually exclusive, so choosing the tests that will have maximal impact on the final result is essential. In this paper...
Although the literature provides valuable insight into tornado vulnerability and resilience, there are still research gaps in assessing tornadoes’ impact on communities and transportation infrastructure, especially in the wake of the rapidly ch...
Responding to tornado disasters resides at a unique intersection of search and rescue operations: it has attributes of wilderness and maritime search and rescue operations and search and rescue operations in the aftermath of earthquakes and hurricane...
A time–space shift method was recently developed for relocating the best ensemble member predicted tornado vortex to the radar-observed location, aiming to improve the model’s initial condition and subsequent prediction of tornadoes. To f...
Violent tornadoes are rare in Europe but they can have devastating effects. Damage associated with individual tornadoes can reach several billion euros and they have caused hundreds of fatalities. The tornado risk varies considerably over Europe, but...
Physical modeling is essential for developing the theory of concentrated, tornado-like vortices. Physical modeling data are crucial for interpreting real tornado field measurements and mathematical modeling data. This review focuses on describing and...
Studies have analyzed U.S. tornado variability and correlated F1–F5 tornado occurrence with various natural climate oscillations and anthropogenic factors. Using a relatively new empirical mode decommission (EMD) method that extracts time-frequ...
As critical assets for polar development and global strategy, nuclear-powered icebreakers necessitate rigorous safety research under extreme meteorological conditions. Evaluating their reliability under tornado loads is essential to ensure sustainabl...
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(1) Background: Tornadoes are one of the deadliest disasters but their health impacts in China are poorly investigated. This study aimed to assess the public health risks and impact of an EF-4 tornado outbreak in Funing, China; (2) Methods: A retrosp...
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...
Each year, numerous tornadoes occur in forested regions of the United States. Due to the substantial number of fallen trees and accessibility issues, many of these tornadoes remain poorly documented and evaluated. The process of documenting tree dama...
This research explores the utilization of the Black Marble nighttime light (NTL) product to detect and assess damage caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes. The study first examines average regional NTL trends before and after each disaster...
Frequency analysis of tornadoes is very important for risk analysis and disaster control. In this paper, the annual frequency of tornadoes that occurred in the United States from 1967 to 2016 is analyzed. The simple analysis shows that frequencies of...
Research Highlights: Simulations of treefall patterns during tornado events have been conducted, enabling the coupled effects of tornado characteristics, tree properties and soil conditions to be assessed for the first time. Background and Objectives...
(1) Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the cyclic fatigue behavior of the newly introduced endodontic instrument systems Tia Tornado Blue and Tia Tornado Gold. (2) Methods: The tested rotary instruments were divided according to the...
This paper aims to study the dynamic response and damage of airtight protective doors of nuclear power plants subjected to tornado and wind-borne missile impact. Firstly, a safety performance evaluation method is proposed, considering the structural...
Pastes containing reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and SnCl2 solution were screen printed on carbon cloth and then calcined using a CO2 tornado-type atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ). The tornado circulation of the plasma gas enhances the mixing of...
The paper outlines an algorithm for the rapid aerodynamic evaluation of winglet geometries using the TORNADO Vortex Lattice Method. It is a very useful tool to obtain a first approximation of the aerodynamic properties and for performing an optimizat...
An effective approach to deal with the structural failures of transmission towers in tornadic events is to develop good structural health monitoring (SHM) systems for them. However, the strategy for SHM of transmission towers against tornados should...
This study presents a geometry-based post-processing framework developed to refine deep-learning detections of tornado-damaged trees. The YOLO11-based instance segmentation framework served as the baseline, but its predictions often included multiple...
Remote sensing techniques have been shown effective for large-scale damagesurveys after a hazardous event in both near real-time or post-event analyses. The paperaims to compare accuracy of common imaging processing techniques to detect tornadodamage...
The spatial and temporal changes in social vulnerability to natural hazards in Mexico are analyzed. To this end, using census data from 2000, 2010, and 2020, and a statistical method, different indices were computed, and with a GIS-based approach, pa...
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effect of conventional, biodynamic, and organic cultivation methods on the contents of polyphenols and carotenoids in tubers of potato cultivars with different colored flesh: “Red Emmalie”,...
Background: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) was used for a 1-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial to compare a stainless-steel Tornado file system with OneShape and WaveOne rotary systems for biomechanical canal preparation, as indicate...
Acoustic metasurfaces play a key role in building acoustics, noise control, and acoustic cloaking by regulating the acoustic wave scattering characteristics through subwavelength structures. The design of diffusely reflecting metasurfaces aims to ach...
The influence of the ratio of dimple depth-to-print diameter (λ) on the highly loaded compressor cascade NACA0065-K48 is investigated based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) method. Simulations are conducted with a validated...
Machine learning models are increasingly used for streamflow prediction due to their promising performance. However, their data-driven nature makes interpretation challenging. This study explores the interpretability of a Random Forest model trained...
Urban forests provide ecosystem services; tree canopy cover is the basic quantification of ecosystem services. Ground assessment of the urban forest is limited; with continued refinement, remote sensing can become an essential tool for analyzing the...
The article presents a methodology for the management of repairs to property damaged by a disaster. The article describes the procedure for the development of an organizational layout, along with planning and managing activities leading to the restor...
Extreme weather phenomena such as wind gusts, heavy precipitation, hail, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and many others usually occur when there is a change in air mass and the passing of a weather front over a certain region. The climatology of weather f...
The Entscheidungsnavi is an open-source decision support system based on multi-attribute utility theory, that offers various methods for dealing with uncertainties. To model decisions with uncertainties, decision-makers can use two categories: Foreca...
Dry storage systems are one of the storage methods for spent nuclear fuel used in many countries that operate nuclear power plants. To ensure the safe storage of spent nuclear fuel, dry storage systems are designed to maintain radiation shielding, th...
This work assesses the costs of exploiting the biomass feedstock chaff. Chaff is a harvest residue generated during the conventional grain harvesting process and usually remains on the field. In this paper, the costs of collecting and supplying chaff...
In this paper, a system-specific phased-array radar system simulator was developed, based on a time-domain modeling and simulation method, mainly for system performance evaluation of the future Spectrum-Efficient National Surveillance Radar (SENSR)....
Remarkable chiral activity is donated to a copper deposit surface by magneto-electrodeposition, whose exact mechanism has been clarified by the three-generation model. In copper deposition under a vertical magnetic field, a macroscopic tornado-like r...
The unstable climate causes many related risks, including heavy rainfall. In the past, Egypt experienced rainfall over time. Although Egypt is still classified as a low-precipitation country, it can experience extreme rainfall events, resulting in fl...
The quality of weather radar affects the reliability and effectiveness of monitoring severe convective weather. Therefore, rigorous calibration and validation are the foundation for the quantitative application of weather radar. Among the available m...
The paper reports the results of experimental and numerical studies of vortex motion in an industrial-scale glass bioreactor (volume, 8.5 L; reactor vessel diameter D, 190 mm) filled 50–80%. The model culture medium was a 65% aqueous glycerol s...
In this study, a deep learning-based attack detection model is proposed to address the problem of system disturbances in energy systems caused by natural events like storms and tornadoes or human-made events such as cyber-attacks. The proposed model...
In order to clarify the influence of the uncertain parameters of a bridge numerical model for seismic isolation design on the calculation results of structural seismic demand and to improve the accuracy of bridge seismic isolation design, a refined n...
An extremely interesting problem in aero-hydrodynamics is the sound radiation of a single vortical structure. Currently, this type of problem is mainly considered for an incompressible medium. In this paper a method was developed to take into account...
Tropical cyclones (TCs) frequently encompass multiple hazards, including extreme winds, intense rainfall, storm surges, flooding, lightning, and tornadoes. Accurate methods for forecasting TC tracks are essential to mitigate the loss of life and prop...
The main objective of the study is to propose a technical solution integrated into the pipeline for the transition of the flow regime from slug to bubbly two-phase flow. The object of research is isothermal two-phase gas–Newtonian-liquid flow i...
In recent decades, renewable energy projects have required careful consideration of environmental factors. This study investigates the impact of a mid-latitude cyclone on planned floating photovoltaic (FPV) facilities in Antalya, Turkey, focusing on...
Aluminum light poles are essential components of modern infrastructure, providing illumination for highways, urban areas, and pedestrian pathways. Despite their importance, structural vulnerabilities in handholes—necessary for electrical access...
One of the basic possibilities of orientation in forest stands is the use of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Today, these systems are used for pedestrian orientation and also for off-road vehicle navigation. This article presents the resu...
An environment of turbulence in the market in recent years and increasing inflation, mainly as a result of the post-COVID period and the ongoing military operation in Ukraine, represents a significant financial risk factor for many companies, which h...
Post-classification comparison using pre- and post-event remote-sensing images is a common way to quickly assess the impacts of a natural disaster on buildings. Both the effectiveness and efficiency of post-classification comparison heavily depend on...
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