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Jiajia Pan and Hung Tao Shen
A two-dimensional wave model coupled with ice dynamics is developed to evaluate ice effects on shallow water wave propagation on a beach and in a channel. The nonlinear Boussinesq equations with ice effects are derived and solved by the hybrid technique ...
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Bahareh Kalantar, Husam A. H. Al-Najjar, Biswajeet Pradhan, Vahideh Saeidi, Alfian Abdul Halin, Naonori Ueda and Seyed Amir Naghibi
Assessment of the most appropriate groundwater conditioning factors (GCFs) is essential when performing analyses for groundwater potential mapping. For this reason, in this work, we look at three statistical factor analysis methods?Variance Inflation Fac...
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Bikram Kesharee Patra, Rocio L. Segura and Ashutosh Bagchi
This study addresses the vital issue of the variability associated with modeling decisions in dam seismic analysis. Traditionally, structural modeling and simulations employ a progressive approach, where more complex models are gradually incorporated. Fo...
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Wenhao Li, Xianxia Zhang, Yueying Wang and Songbo Xie
Model predictive control (MPC), an extensively developed rolling optimization control method, is widely utilized in the industrial field. While some researchers have incorporated predictive control into underactuated unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), mos...
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Xiaobin Qian, Helong Shen, Yong Yin and Dongdong Guo
In this paper, we present a novel nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) algorithm based on the Laguerre function for dynamic positioning ships to solve the problems of input saturation, unknown time-varying disturbances, and heavy computation. The no...
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Roberto Besteiro, Tamara Arango, Manuel R. Rodríguez and María D. Fernández
This study characterizes the growth of weaned Large White × Landrace hybrid piglets from 6 to 20 kg live body weight (BW) under real farm conditions. Batches of 50 castrated male pigs and 50 gilts were weighed repeatedly over two 6-week breeding cycles. ...
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Anthony Omar Donoso-Alvarado, Carmen Cruz Flores-Anchundia, Alma Mendoza, Ernesto A. Moya-Elizondo, Diego Portalanza, Freddy Zambrano-Gavilanes and Felipe R. Garcés-Fiallos
Physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) has emerged as a promising fruit crop in Ecuador, but the recent identification of rust poses a potential threat to its productive development. This study focused on elucidating the morphological aspects of the basidiomyce...
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Niki Balkamou and George Papagiannopoulos
Steel Plate Shear Walls (SPSW) provide significant lateral load capacity and can be utilized in the seismic retrofit and upgrade of existing reinforced concrete (r/c) buildings. In this study, the application of SPSW to retrofit a r/c building designed a...
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Achilleas G. Samaras and Theophanis V. Karambas
This work presents a new model for surf and swash zone morphology evolution induced by nonlinear waves. Wave transformation in the surf and swash zones is computed by a nonlinear wave model based on the higher order Boussinesq equations for breaking and ...
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?iga Unuk and Milan Kuhta
A nonlinear semi-numeric and finite element analysis of three-point bending tests of notched polymer fiber-reinforced concrete prisms was performed. The computational and experimental results were compared in terms of the load-displacement behavior. The ...
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