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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8611: Nonlinear Bistable Mass Damper–Inerter System for Seismic Displacement Mitigation
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (544+ words) to assess the effectiveness of the proposed BSMDI in reducing the maximum displacement response of structures...seismic excitation. The novelty of the work lies in the synergistic integration of bistable nonlinear...investigation aimed at identifying effective configurations in terms of…...
Vol. 16, Pages 8893: Scaling of Gas–Melt Decoupling in Silicic Eruptions: Magma Ascent, Connected Permeability,
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (461+ words) framework for diagnosing local gas–melt separation in connected, pre-fragmentation magma. The formulation...number density account for 98.4% of the variance in the matrix-controlled transport competition over...Chaitén eruption places the bubble-matrix endmember in the advection-dominated regime without adjusting...
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8507: Mechanical Degradation and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Sandstone Containing Intersecting Fissures Under Uniaxial Compression
2+ week, 3+ day ago (425+ words) strongly affect stress transfer and crack coalescence in rock, but their coupled effects on mechanical degradation...potentially hazardous intersecting-fissure configurations in underground rock engineering....
Fracture Network Propagation and Permeability Evolution in Naturally Fractured Rock Under Pulse Fracturing
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (473+ words) analysis on fracture propagation and seepage evolution in heterogeneous fractured formations, while the natural...simulate fracture growth and permeability evolution in intact rock and formations with various fracture...heterogeneity determines fracture network complexity in intact rock; pulsed loading slows main…...
Numerical Modelling of One-Dimensional Wave Propagation in Deposits: Influence of the Effective Shear Strain
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (488+ words) Seismic site response analysis plays a fundamental role in predicting earthquake ground motions at the ground...accurately simulate complex soil behaviour, their use in routine engineering practice is challenging. Consequently,...parametric analysis comprising 2106 simulations, in which seventeen surface ground-motion intensity…...
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8680: Analysis of Uniaxial Fatigue Mechanical Properties and Constitutive Modeling for Freeze–Thaw Cycled Red Sandstone with Double Fissures
1+ week, 5+ day ago (505+ words) the mechanical behavior of fractured rock masses in cold regions under freeze–thaw-fatigue coupling....model was improved by replacing the Abel dashpot in the viscoplastic component with a variable-order...freeze–thaw damage. The novelty of the model lies in coupling…...
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8169: Joint Drilling Reveals No Detectable Quaternary Displacement at Selected Sites Along the Western Maniao–Puqian Fault, Northern Hainan
3+ week, 6+ day ago (420+ words) The 1605 Qiongshan M7½ earthquake resulted in the submergence of more than 100 km2 of coastal land....
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8360: Optimizing Machine Learning Models for Predicting Rock Cohesion and Angle of Internal Friction: A Comparative Study of Lithological Analysis, Robustness Assessment, and SHAP Explanations
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (501+ words) costly and time-consuming, limiting their availability in preliminary engineering assessments. To address this...(shale, limestone, quartzite, and quartz-mica schist) in the Himalayan region, this study uses P-wave velocity...demonstrated the best noise resistance, with a decrease in R2 of less than…...
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8804: Experimental Study on the Evolution Mechanism of Shear-Slip Rockburst Using a Rockburst-Prone Synthetic Material
1+ week, 1+ day ago (645+ words) and evolutionary mechanisms of shear-slip rockburst in fractured rock masses, intact, single-fracture, and...interlocking along the shear surface was enhanced, resulting in overall increases in the peak and residual shear strengths and progressive...damage accumulation and crack coalescence culminating in…...
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8408: Model Test on Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Pure Friction Piles Under Cyclic Temperature
2+ week, 6+ day ago (477+ words) A pure friction pile condition cannot be achieved in field tests. In this study, foam was placed beneath the model pile...piles are investigated by conducting model tests in a self-designed model box, and the variation patterns...shear strength of…...