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Bearing capacity in sand under eccentric and inclined loading using a bounding surface plasticity model
(2017)
The bearing capacity of strip footings on sand under inclined or eccentric loading is investigated using finite element analysis. The sand behavior is simulated using a bounding surface plasticity constitutive model based ...
Collapse Fragility Curves for RC Buildings Exhibiting Brittle Failure Modes
(2018)
Defining the collapse probability of existing nonseismically designed RC buildings is a challenge mainly due to the fact that its determination relies on the simulation of the brittle failure modes controlling the collapse ...
The rise of low-cost sensing for managing air pollution in cities
(2015)
Abstract Ever growing populations in cities are associated with a major increase in road vehicles and air pollution. The overall high levels of urban air pollution have been shown to be of a significant risk to city dwellers. ...
Direct simulation of the limiting flux: I. Interpretation of the experimental results
(2009)
Using a 2D fully coupled numerical model, the limiting flux phenomenon in the ultrafiltration of dextran was directly simulated assuming neither constant permeate velocity nor constant wall concentrations. It was found ...
Two-dimensional numerical investigation of the effects of multiple sequential earthquake excitations on ancient multidrum columns
(2016)
Ancient monuments of Greek and Roman classical architecture usually consist of multi-drum columns that are constructed of stone blocks placed on top of each other. Several research studies deal with the seismic behaviour ...
Rocking response of seismically-isolated rigid blocks under simple acceleration pulses and earthquake excitations
(2017)
Background: Although the dynamic response of rigid block-like structures standing free on a rigid foundation has been extensively studied to date, only a limited number of studies have focused on the dynamics of such systems ...