Expanded anchor cables have been widely used in the rapid development of underground engineering. However, there are still some deficiencies in the computation of the ultimate bearing capacity of expanded anchor cables. Based on the upper-bound theor...
This paper investigates the critical filling height of embankments over soft soil using three-dimensional (3D) upper-bound limit analysis based on a rotational log-spiral failure mechanism. Soft soils are characterized by low shear strength and high...
This paper considers the general ocean circulation (GOC) within the thermodynamical closure of our climate theory, which aims to deduce the generic climate state from first principles. The preceding papers of this theory have reduced planetary fluids...
This study analyzes the stability of embankment slopes with inclined interlayers and vertical tensile cracks at the crest under saturated conditions. This study first establishes a composite failure mechanism based on a finite element limit analysis;...
This study develops a systematic kinematic upper-bound framework to evaluate the ultimate bearing capacity and failure mechanisms of prefabricated cast-in-place slab–wall joints in overlapped metro stations. Recognizing the complex shear–...
This study presents a robust numerical framework for evaluating the upper-bound ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations in cohesive and C-phi soils using a self-developed finite element method. The model incorporates multi-segment zero-thick...
This paper reviews how ideas have evolved in this field from the pioneering work of CARNOT right up to the present. The coupling of thermostatics with thermokinetics (heat and mass transfers) and entropy or exergy analysis is illustrated through stud...
An analytical approach for the estimating of critical seismic acceleration of rock slopes was proposed in this study. Based on the 3D horn failure model, the critical seismic acceleration coefficient of rock slopes was conducted with the modified Hoe...
Accurately estimating the stability of horseshoe tunnel faces remains a challenge, especially when excavating in rock masses. This study aims to propose an analytical model to analyze the stability of the horseshoe tunnel face in rock masses. Based o...
Reducing the computational workload by simplifying the analysis of karst foundations into a plane strain problem can yield significant advantages. Yet, such an approach fails in reproducing the engineering situation in a rigorous manner. In this rega...
Considering the change of different soil layer parameters of a two–layered strip foundation, a planar kinematically permissible multi–block failure mechanism of a two–layered strip foundation under vertical uniform load is formulate...
High-efficiency itemset mining has recently emerged as a new problem in itemset mining. An itemset is classified as a high-efficiency itemset if its utility-to-investment ratio meets or exceeds a specified efficiency threshold. The goal is to discove...
When studying the stability of a slope, the first issue that needs to be clarified is the slip surface, which determines the minimum safety factor. The slopes investigated here are homogenous with three distinct gradients (1:1.5; 1:1; 2:1), two defin...
The Gaussian Q-function has considerable applications in numerous areas of science and engineering. However, the fact that a closed-form expression for this function does not exist encourages finding approximations or bounds of the Q-function. In thi...
With the booming rollout of 5G communication, abundant new technologies have been proposed for quality of service requirements. In terms of the betterment in transmission coverage, mobile edge caching (MEC) has shown potential in reducing the transmi...
Most analytical methods used to analyze the stability of pile-supported embankments are based on shear and bending failure of piles. However, the centrifuge test and practical engineering show that rigid pile-supported embankments have a failure mode...
The analytic solution for a general form of the Stefan problem with nonlinear temperature-dependent thermal parameters and a heat source the term is obtained. We prove the existence and uniqueness of the solution to the problem in the absence of a he...
This study proposes a unified stochastic framework for approximating and computing the gradient of every smooth function evaluated at non-independent variables, using
This paper proposes a finite-time adaptive reinforcement learning (RL) control law for a class of morphing unmanned aircraft with mismatched disturbances and coupled uncertainties. To handle the mismatched disturbances, an adaptive upper-bound estima...
We find a lower bound for the k-subdomination number on the set of graphs with a given upper bound for vertex degrees. We study the cases where the proposed lower bound is sharp, construct the optimal graphs and indicate the corresponding k-subdomina...
This paper formulates sufficiency-type linear-output feedback decentralized closed-loop stabilization conditions if the continuous-time linear dynamic system can be stabilized under linear output-feedback centralized stabilization. The provided tests...
This research paper presents BEVCorner, a novel framework that synergistically integrates monocular and multi-view pipelines for enhanced 3D object detection in autonomous driving. By fusing depth maps from Bird’s-Eye View (BEV) with object-cen...
The metric dimension has various applications in several fields, such as computer science, image processing, pattern recognition, integer programming problems, drug discovery, and the production of various chemical compounds. The lowest number of ver...
This paper firstly reveals that when assessing if a bonded joint meets the certification requirements inherent in MIL-STD-1530D and the US Joint Services Standard JSSG2006 it is necessary to ensure that: (a) There is no yielding at all in the adhesiv...
We show that the maximin average redundancy in pattern coding is eventually larger than 1.84 (n/log n)1/3 for messages of length n. This improves recent results on pattern redundancy, although it does not fill the gap between known lower- and upper-b...
Most of the published literature regarding bearing capacity are often focused on linear and associative soils. Concerning the intrinsic strength nonlinearity in dilatancy soils, this study investigates the problem of the seismic bearing capacity in t...
In this paper, we establish a new auxiliary identity of the Bullen type for twice-differentiable functions in terms of fractional integral operators. Based on this new identity, some generalized Bullen-type inequalities are obtained by employing conv...
Substrate-free epidermal antennas promise imperceptible and long-term wearable sensing, yet their electromagnetic performance is fundamentally constrained by the properties of ultrathin conductors. In this work, gold nanomesh is employed for the firs...
The purpose of this research is to unify and extend the study of the well-known concept of coefficient estimates for some subclasses of analytic functions. We define the new subclass
We investigated the biofuel potential of South Korea and the implications of the introduction of biofuels for the Korean fuel market. We approximated the upper-bound biomass potential from forestry residues, livestock manure, and staple crops and cal...
The efficacy of hysteretic dampers can be formulated as the number or equivalent inelastic cycles, or the ratio of normalised dissipated energy to displacement ductility. This parameter is used in the design of framed structures with supplemental dam...
In a graph H with a total coloring, a path Q is a total rainbow if all elements in
This paper investigates the minimum mean square error (MMSE) of communicating a pair of Gaussian sources over a a bandwidth-matched Gaussian multiple-access channel with block Rayleigh fading in the absence of channel state information (CSI) at the t...
In this work, the shielding properties of mesh structures with various cell sizes on a K108 glass substrate are studied. The transmission spectra of the samples were obtained in a frequency range from 1 GHz to 1620 THz. A comparison of the experiment...
The reinforcement effect of single-reinforced soil support under external loading has limitations, and it is difficult for it to meet engineering stability requirements. Therefore, the stability analysis of slopes supported by a combination of anti-s...
In 1937, Boas gave a smart proof for an extension of the Bernstein theorem for trigonometric series. It is the purpose of the present note (i) to point out that a formula which Boas used in the proof is related with the Shannon sampling theorem; (ii)...
In spatial modulation (SM), a single signal symbol is transmitted from a given physical antenna, where both the signal symbol and the antenna index carry information. SM with multiple active antennas (MA-SM) transmits several signal symbols from a co...
This paper investigates a general control strategy to track the reference trajectory for the constrained Euler–Lagrange system with model uncertainties and unknown external disturbances. Unlike the disturbances assumed to be upper-bounded by a...
Agrivoltaic systems combine solar photovoltaic energy production with agriculture to improve land-use efficiency. We provide an upper-bound reduced-order cost estimate for widespread implementation of Agrivoltaic systems in the United States. We find...
We formulate and analyze a generic coverage optimization problem arising in wireless sensor networks with sensors of limited mobility. Given a set of targets to be covered and a set of mobile sensors, we seek a sensor dispatch algorithm maximizing th...
This study aimed to theoretically evaluate soil thrust on a clay slope as a reaction force associated with the motion of an off-road tracked vehicle. The existing concept of the potential failure modes of a clay block on flat ground has extended to d...
The accurate estimation of methane reserves in closed coal mines is crucial for supporting clean energy recovery and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This study addresses the technical challenges associated with complex geological conditions and li...
In spatial spectrum estimation, difference co-array can provide extra degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) for promoting parameter identifiability and parameter estimation accuracy. For the sake of acquiring as more DOFs as possible with a given number of physi...
The nurse rostering problem is an important search problem that features many constraints. In a nurse rostering problem, these constraints are defined by processes such as maintaining work regulations, assigning nurse shifts, and considering nurse pr...
The scheme for accurate and reliable predictions of tunnel stability based on an artificial aeural network (ANN) is presented in this study. Plastic solutions of the stability of unlined elliptical tunnels in sands are first derived by using numerica...
Generally, in geotechnical engineering, back analyses are used to investigate uncertain parameters. Back analyses can be undertaken by considering known conditions, such as failure surfaces, displacements, and structural performances. Many geotechnic...
This paper formulates the properties of point reachability and approximate point reachability of either a targeted state or output values in a general dynamic system which possess a linear time-varying dynamics with respect to a given reference nomin...
This paper presents a high-throughput wireless access framework for future 6G networks. This framework, known as K-User MIMO, facilitates all-to-all communication between K access points and K mobile devices. For such a network, we illustrate the dem...
We consider a communication system whereby T-seconds time-limited codewords are transmitted over a W-Hz band-limited additive white Gaussian noise channel. In the asymptotic regime as
Time-variant nonlinear problems have always been a kind of complex research object in the field of control. The accuracy and efficiency of settling time-variant nonlinear inequality-equation (NIE) systems are often affected by the nonlinearity degree...
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