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Andrea Momblanch, Ian P. Holman and Sanjay K. Jain
Global change is expected to have a strong impact in the Himalayan region. The climatic and orographic conditions result in unique modelling challenges and requirements. This paper critically appraises recent hydrological modelling applications in Himala...
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Sami W. Tabsh and Moussa Leblouba
Over the years, structural engineering codes and specifications in Canada and elsewhere have moved from an allowable stress design (ASD) approach to a load and resistance factor design (LRFD) philosophy. LRFD methodology takes better account of the inher...
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Joana Carneiro, Dália Loureiro, Marta Cabral and Dídia Covas
This paper presents and demonstrates a novel scenario-building methodology that integrates contextual and future time uncertainty into the performance assessment of water distribution networks (WDNs). A three-step approach is proposed: (i) System context...
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Sungil Byun and Dongik Lee
This paper presents a phased fault tree analysis (phased-FTA)-based approach to evaluate the performability of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) in real time. AUVs carry out a wide range of missions, including surveying the marine environment, search...
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Zhixiong Chen, Tianshu Cao, Pengjiao Wang and Junhao Feng
Wireless and power line communication hybrid relay technology can realize complementary advantages and comprehensively improve the communication coverage and performance of power Internet of Things. In order to study the mechanism of the physical layer a...
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Jiaoqun Li, Tong Wu, Zengxiang Lu and Saisai Wu
Conducting technical and economic evaluations is important for mining investment and mining operation decision-making. Traditional economic evaluation methods rarely address the issue of evaluation reliability and usually require complex calculations to ...
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Karolina Migdal, Krzysztof Józwiakowski, Wojciech Czekala, Paulina Sliz, Jorge Manuel Rodrigues Tavares and Adelaide Almeida
The objective of this study was to model the operation of a vertical-flow constructed wetland (VF-CW) for domestic wastewater, using Monte-Carlo simulations and selected probability distributions of various random variables. The analysis was based on col...
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Suxun Shu, Jiajun Qian, Wenhui Gong, Zhiquan Yang and Kang Pi
Aiming at the problem that the non-probabilistic reliability analysis method of slope engineering, which is based on an interval model, cannot consider the cross-correlation of geotechnical parameters, a non-probabilistic reliability analysis method of s...
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German Michel Guzman-Acevedo, Juan A. Quintana-Rodriguez, Jose Ramon Gaxiola-Camacho, Guadalupe Esteban Vazquez-Becerra, Vanessa Torres-Moreno and Jesus Guadalupe Monjardin-Quevedo
In recent years, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) technology has been able to determine the semi-static behavior of bridges. However, most of the research about the use of InSAR in the monitoring of bridges has been applied only in determ...
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Zhongyou Yu, Rongwen Yao, Xun Huang and Yuting Yan
Intense anthropogenic activities pose a serious threat to groundwater quality in urban areas. Assessing pollution levels and the health risks of trace elements within urban groundwater is crucial for protecting the groundwater environment. In this study,...
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