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Giulia Grottesi, Guilherme B. A. Coelho and Dimitrios Kraniotis
In the world of cultural heritage, a wide range of artefacts and buildings are made of wood and, therefore, are subjected to moisture-induced stress and strain cycles, owing to environmental fluctuations. Simultaneous action of moisture and mechanical lo...
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Matthew Laffey, Brooke Tornifoglio and Caitríona Lally
Aortic aneurysms (AA) occur in 4.8% of people causing 150,000 deaths annually. While endovascular aneurysm repairs reduce surgical morbidity, device-related failures (leak/displacement) are frequent highlighting the need for test models that better repre...
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Jonathan Tyrer, Chrysothemis Paraskevopoulou, Ravi Shah, Richard Miller and Michael Kavvadas
Urban tunnelling can be highly challenging, especially in areas where limited ground settlements and environmental disturbance is required. Mechanised tunnelling is usually preferred in such ground environments, specifically Slurry or EPBM (Earth Pressur...
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Dominique Fleischmann and László Könözsy
This paper focuses on the development of an explicit finite difference numerical method for approximating the solution of the inhomogeneous fourth-order Euler?Bernoulli beam bending equation with velocity-dependent damping and second moment of area, mass...
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Dan Li and Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Railway networks are exposed to various environmental conditions. It is thus critical that infrastructure components can tolerate such effects by design. Railway sleepers are a critical safety component in ballasted track systems. Prestressed concrete is...
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