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Shichang Xiao, Jinshan Huang, Hongtao Hu and Yuxin Gu
Automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) in the horizontal area play a crucial role in determining the operational efficiency of automated container terminals (ACTs). To improve the operational efficiency of an ACT, it is essential to decrease the impact of batt...
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Juan Patricio Chicaiza-Fuentes and Ana Gabriela Haro-Baez
This study presents the performance-based seismic assessment of low-rise reinforced concrete archetype buildings, considering repair costs for ordinary moment-resistant frames (OMF) and dual systems consisting of OMF plus special shear walls (SSW). Histo...
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Junmo Park and Deokseok Seo
Disputes due to defects in newly built houses are increasing worldwide. A house builder is responsible for repairing any defects in a newly built house. However, since house builders? risk of closure and bankruptcy are increasing due to aggravated disput...
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Mehrdad Hadizadeh-Bazaz, Ignacio J. Navarro and Víctor Yepes
Recently, the repair and maintenance of structures has been necessary to prevent these structures? sudden collapse and to prevent human and financial damage. A natural factor in marine environments that destroys structures and reduces their life is the p...
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Dan Parsons, Jason Ryan, Michael Malouf and Wayne Martin
Wildlife strikes in aviation represent a serious economic concern; however, in some jurisdictions, the costs associated with this phenomenon are not collected or shared. This hampers the industry?s ability to quantify the risk and assess the potential be...
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Malgorzata Kuznar and Augustyn Lorenc
In the field of transport, and more precisely in supply chains, if any of the vehicle components are damaged, it may cause delays in the delivery of goods. Eliminating undesirable damage to the means of transport through the possibility of predicting tec...
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Guoqing Zhang, Junxin Li, Huimin Zeng, Wan Li, Qiang Wang and Aibing Huang
The femur supports the entire body weight, and any damage or necrosis to this bone can significantly impair normal walking. Therefore, repairing the femur is essential to restoring its function. However, due to variations in human bone structure, standar...
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Mitra Kamidelivand, Peter Deeney, Fiona Devoy McAuliffe, Kevin Leyne, Michael Togneri and Jimmy Murphy
This paper has developed an operation and maintenance (O&M) model for projected 20 MW tidal stream farm case studies at two sites in the northeast Atlantic in France and at EMEC?s Fall of Warness site in the UK. The annual energy production, number o...
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Vlad Al. Georgeanu, Oana Gingu, Iulian V. Antoniac and Horia O. Manolea
The ideal biomaterials substitute for bone repair should possess the following characteristics: provide osteogenic, osteoinductive and osteoconductive properties; stimulate the neo-angiogenesis process; absence of antigenic, teratogenic or carcinogenic r...
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Mohammad Damen Bani Fawwaz, Mohammad Najafi and Vinayak Kaushal
Pipeline asset management derives from pipelines? physical conditions, condition rating, and serviceability through investigating, monitoring, and analyzing the rupture history. The remaining asset life and structural condition of the pipeline network ru...
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