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Predicting Method for Lining External Water Pressure Reduction Coefficient Based on Equivalent Stable Drainage Volume Principle

GAO Xin, FENG Shijie, ZHANG Lianqing • Chengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiu (2025)

[Objective] By establishing a numerical seepage analysis model that aligns with real drainage systems and introducing the concept of a ′virtual permeability coefficient′ for secondary lining, the objective is to delve into the correlation b...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.16037/j.1007-869x.2025.03.050

Low-carbon urban transportation: Optimizing mechanical systems for sustainable electric bus and BRT deployment in Kampala

Ismail Kimuli, John Baptist Kirabira • Transportation Engineering (2026)

Kampala faces increasing congestion, air pollution, and dependence on fossil fuels, driven by widespread reliance on diesel minibuses and motorcycle taxis. Existing models—KAMPALA-TIMES, KLAP-TIMES, and GKMA-TIMES–CGE—show strong potential ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.treng.2025.100417

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on commuting

Takeru Shibayama, Fabian Sandholzer, Barbara Laa, Tadej Brezina • European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research (2021)

We carried out an international online survey about changes in everyday mobility during the COVID-19 outbreak in 21 languages, collecting more than 11,000 responses from more than 100 countries. In this paper, we present our analysis about ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2021.21.1.5135

Experimental Study on the Sliding of WJ-8 Small Resistance Fastener Composite Pad

Zhiping Zeng, Di Wang, Fushan Liu, Abdulmumin A. Shuaibu et al. • Advances in Civil Engineering (2020)

Under long-term temperature loading, long bridges stretch and deform, causing the beam and rail to move relative to each other. This phenomenon could cause a gradual slide of the rail relative to the fastener composite pad and ultimately re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2020/1918043

Effects of adding bamboo fiber on various aspects of concrete performance: A state-of-the-art review

Longping Yan, Muwang Wei, Lei Huang, Huawei Li et al. • KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering (2026)

This review systematically examines the role of bamboo fiber (BF) in enhancing the performance of cement-based composites, with a particular focus on workability, mechanical properties, durability, and sustainability. BF, as a renewable and...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.kscej.2026.100676

Seismic Risk Assessment of Ancient Timber Structures Based on Improved Matter-element Extension Model

Chenzi ZHAI, Xiaodong GUO, Wei WANG • Taiyuan Ligong Daxue xuebao (2023)

In order to accurately predict the risk level of ancient timber structures under earthquake,22 evaluation indexes were selected, including hazard of disaster-causing factors, susceptibility assessment of disaster environment, and vulnerabil...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.16355/j.cnki.issn1007-9432tyut.2023.01.015

Transportation Engineering

Mohammad Heidarzadeh, Theodosios K. Papathanasiou, Yurui Fan, Hamid Bahai • Oxford University Press eBooks (2025)

Abstract Transportation engineering is a multidisciplinary subject within civil engineering involving the planning, design, operation, and maintenance of transportation systems and associated infrastructure such as highways, roads, and rail...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191888656.003.0006

Transportation Engineering Basics

A. S. Narasimha Murthy, Henry Mohle • American Society of Civil Engineers eBooks (2001)

Transportation Engineering Basics shows students how to use classroom knowledge to solve real-life transportation and traffic engineering problems. This comprehensive labbook addresses congestion, air pollution, transit, financing, politics...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784404645

The Concept of the Geotourism Potential and Its Practical Application: A Case Study of the Prządki (the Spinners) Nature Reserve in the Carpathians, Poland

Ewa Welc, Krzysztof Miśkiewicz • Resources (2020)

This paper reviews the recent use of the term “geotourism potential” in the scientific literature and proposes a new approach to the concept of geotourism potential. The concept assumes that every geotourism object has the well-developed fe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/resources9120145

A comparison of regularized, sharp boundary and tear zone inversions along an MT profile in Sabalan geothermal field, Iran

Montahaei Mansoure, Ghanbarifar Saeid • E3S Web of Conferences (2020)

This paper investigates magnetotelluric (MT) data recorded along a profile in the Sabalan geothermal region, NW of Iran. To find the range of relevant models consistent with the data, this study employed the so-called regularized, tear zone...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202021102004

Comparison between electrical resistivity tomography and tunnel seismic prediction 303 methods for detecting the water zone ahead of the tunnel face: A case study

Dastanboo Nima, Li Xiao-Qing, Gharibdoost Hamed • Open Geosciences (2020)

In deep tunnels with hydro-geological conditions, it is paramount to investigate the geological structure of the region before excavating a tunnel; otherwise, unanticipated accidents may cause serious damage and delay the project. The purpo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1515/geo-2020-0193

Seismic Monitoring in Severo-Kurilsk Before and After the July 29 (30), 2025 Earthquake Based on Data from an Engineering Seismometric Station

Kostyleva Natal'ya, Kostylev Dmitry • Russian Journal of Earth Sciences (2026)

In April 2024, an engineering seismometric station was installed in a residential building in Severo-Kurilsk (Paramushir Island, Sakhalin Oblast) to obtain information about the vibrations of structures and adjacent ground areas during eart...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2205/2026es001126

Numerical simulation of irregular section underground structure shaking table test model

Baizan Tang, Wenchao Deng, Su Chen, Xiaojun Li et al. • Earthquake Research Advances (2022)

Based on the the large shaking table test results on irregular section subway station structure in soft soil, an overall time-history numerical simulation is conducted to study the nonlinear dynamic interaction of the soil-irregular undergr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100168

Observations on Stratospheric-Mesospheric-Thermospheric temperatures using Indian MST radar and co-located LIDAR during Leonid Meteor Shower (LMS)

R. Selvamurugan, R. Selvamurugan, R. Selvamurugan, C. V. Devasia et al. • Annales Geophysicae (2002)

The temporal and height statistics of the occurrence of meteor trails during the Leonid meteor shower revealed the capability of the Indian MST radar to record large numbers of meteor trails. The distribution of radio meteor trails du...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1869-2002

FROM BARCHAN TO DOMIC SHAPE: EVOLUTION OF A COASTAL SAND DUNE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL BASED ON GPR SURVEY

Josibel G. Oliveira Jr., Walter E. Medeiros, Werner F. Tabosa, Helenice Vital • Brazilian Journal of Geophysics (2008)

ABSTRACT A sand dune located near São Bento do Norte and Caiçara do Norte towns (northern coastal region of Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeastern Brazil) is rapidly migrating toward urban areas. To understand the depositional processes (e...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S0102-261X2008000100001