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Xuan Mo, Zhijun Yuan, Yigang Jia, Liangjian Lu, Xianglan Wei and Naiwen Ke
In this paper, a novel T-shaped steel?concrete composite shear wall (TSCCW) is proposed. Low-cycle reciprocating tests were carried out on the TSCCW to investigate its performance in terms of its damage characteristics, hysteretic properties, energy diss...
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Adel Almoslh, Falah Alobaid, Christian Heinze and Bernd Epple
The influence of pressure on the gas/liquid interfacial area is investigated in the pressure range of 0.2?0.3 MPa by using a tray column test rig. A simulated waste gas, which consisted of 30% CO2 and 70% air, was used in this study. Distilled water was ...
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Jian Wu, Ying Jiang, Jian Zhou, Liangjie Hu, Jianhui Wang and Weigao Ding
The mechanical performance of existing buildings degrades over time, and even if the mechanical performance meets the requirements, some buildings will have new usage needs, necessitating the reinforcement and renovation of buildings. Therefore, this pap...
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Yilin Li, Zewen Liu, Yidong Li, Ying Chen, Ziding Bai, Huaiwang Jing, Ruiyan Zhang and Jianbo Chen
The negative ion air purifier (NIAP) has been used for capturing particulate matter. Nevertheless, the knowledge on its effectiveness in removing other air pollutants such as ammonia gas remains limited. In this study, the effect of an NIAP for indoor am...
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Wei Lu, Yu Zou, Xingyu Luo, Jun Song and Haiqing Li
Compared to conventional reinforced concrete (RC) piers, self-centering rocking piers exhibit better seismic resilience and sustain minor damage. However, their construction typically relies on prefabrication. Moving large, prefabricated components can b...
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Ruocheng Feng, Youquan Jia, Ting Wang and Hongxiao Gan
In the construction industry, the construction process of rebar tying is highly dependent on manual operation, which leads to a wide range of work areas, high labor intensity, and limited efficiency. Therefore, robot technology for automatic rebar tying ...
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Yan Xi, Junhao Xing, Jiajia Feng, Congming Ma, Xiutian Yang, Yudong Tian and Xin Liu
Cement has been widely used as a structural material in many underground projects, and these projects often face high- or ultra-high-temperature environments, leading to the deterioration of the mechanical, porosity, and permeability properties of set ce...
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Jiaqi Hu, Yin Gu, Jinhuang Yan, Ying Sun and Xinyi Huang
With the convenient and fast requirements for construction in bridge engineering, prefabricated assembly technology is widely applied in engineering construction. Typically, prefabricated bridge decks are connected through cast-in-place wet joints. Wet j...
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Shoubo Shang, Xiangyu Wang, Qingnan Han, Peng Jia, Feihong Yun, Jing Wen, Chao Li, Ming Ju and Liquan Wang
This paper proposes a version of the deep-sea environment simulated test system for subsea control modules to solve the problem of incomplete testing systems for electro-hydraulic subsea control modules. Based on the subsea control module test requiremen...
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Yufan He, Can Luo, Li Cheng, Yandong Gu and Bin Gu
The shaft-type tubular pumping station has the remarkable characteristics of a large flow rate and high efficiency. It can realize the functions of irrigation, pumping, and drainage through pumping and generating conditions considering tides. Moreover, i...
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Longfei Zhang, Xiang Lan, Kechuan Wu and Wenzheng Yu
When subjected to seismic activity, tall isolated buildings with a high aspect ratio are susceptible to overturning as a result of the failure of rubber isolation bearings under tension. In order to address this issue, a guided-rail tension device (GR) h...
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Xiaohong Liu, Xiao Wang, Kexue Xu and Xiaoyong Hu
Computational thinking (CT) is important for students because it is one of the 21st century?s skills. Reverse engineering pedagogy (REP) can improve students? CT due to its ability to develop students? cooperativity, algorithmic thinking, creativity, and...
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Chao Zhou, Ahmad Riaz, Jingjing Wang, Jili Zhang and Lin Xu
The efficient utilization of solar energy significantly contributes to energy efficiency in buildings. Solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) heat pumps, a hybrid of photovoltaic and solar-assisted heat pumps, have demonstrated a significant development trend ...
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Hélène Hagège, Mohammed El Ourmi, Rebecca Shankland, France Arboix-Calas, Christophe Leys and Todd Lubart
Both creativity and responsibility are important higher-order skills to develop to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, and both are related to attentional states of consciousness and to ethics. Meditation is a set of practices that trains attentiona...
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Bingyue Jia, Yining Zhang, Hao Meng, Fanxiao Meng, Hu Pan and Yanji Hong
Rotating detonation engines (RDEs) are a promising propulsion technology featuring high thermal efficiency and a simple structure. To adapt the practical engineering applications of ramjet RDEs, rotating detonation combustion using a liquid hydrocarbon a...
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James Yang, Shicheng Li, Anna Helgesson, Erik Skepparkrans and Anders Ansell
The piano key (PK) weir is a cost-effective structure for flood discharge. Its typical layout comprises a rectangularly cranked crest in planform with up- and downstream overhangs. With the intention to enhance its hydraulic efficiency, the conventional ...
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Dong Qin, Xu Geng, Zhao Jie and Hu Yaoyu
The traditional study on fatigue strength for ship structures usually focuses on high cycle fatigue and ignores low cycle fatigue. However, given the recent trend towards large-scale ship development, the stress and deformation experienced by ship struct...
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Shanjun Bao, Zhigang Zhang, Zhoulong Yuan, Jiancheng Wang, Qianhao Yu and Zhen Liu
The development of an offshore island presented a need to construct an electricity grid with the laying of submarine cable. The floating airbag is a useful tool for cable construction, especially during landing. The effects of these airbags on cable hydr...
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Ruigeng Hu, Xiuhai Wang, Hongjun Liu, Hao Leng and Yao Lu
Local scour around a submarine piggyback pipeline in combined waves and current is investigated experimentally. Based on the experimental results, the scour evolution and scour morphology are firstly analyzed. Then, a comparison with the equilibrium scou...
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Hui Tian, Zhongshuo Wang, Hao Zhu, Yudong Lu, Jingfei Gao and Guobiao Cai
Catalytic hybrid rocket motors using hydrogen peroxide (HP) are easy and efficient to achieve multiple starts and stops, and hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) grains are commonly used due to their excellent mechanical properties. The low regressio...
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