To study the deformation and failure mechanisms of soft rock mining roadways, the 1506 return airway of Anyang Coal Mine is taken as the engineering background. Based on limit analysis theory, a failure model based on a rigid slider system is constru...
Unlike land mining, the safety of seabed mining is seriously threatened by an overlying water body. In order to ensure the safety of subsea mining projects, it is of great importance to understand the failure characteristics and influencing factors o...
The rarity of equipment failures results in a high level of imbalance between failure data and normal operation data, which makes the effective classification and prediction of such data difficult. Furthermore, many failure data are dominated by mixe...
Commercial aircraft are becoming highly automated, but pilots must take control if automation systems fail. Failures can be due to known limitations (system-limit failures) or unforeseen malfunctions (system-malfunction failures). This study quantifi...
Engineering rock structures containing joints and fissures are frequently subjected to discontinuous periodic disturbances of varying amplitudes. To attain the quantitative relationship between the crack angle and the mechanical and deformation prope...
Probabilistic failure risk analysis of aeroengine life-limited parts is of great significance for flight safety. Current probabilistic failure risk analysis uses equal amplitude load calculations for conservative estimation, avoiding inclusion of the...
The failure zone around the pile tip varies greatly with the different failure patterns considered in research on the end-bearing capacity of piles. In an effort to improve the consideration of the size of the failure zone, a new failure pattern is p...
Slope stability is one of the key engineering problems in the whole lifetime of landfills. In this paper, combined with the wedge limit equilibrium analysis, a landfill stability analysis method based on the actual failure surface is proposed, and th...
Tunnels commonly pass through inclined rock stratum, but research on the collapse of the rock surrounding the tunnels in inclined rock strata is currently underdeveloped. The purpose of this study was to predict the progressive asymmetrical collapse...
Increased passenger safety and emission control are two of the main driving forces in the automotive industry for the development of light weight constructions. For increased strength to weight ratio, ultra-high-strength steels (UHSSs) are used in ca...
In subway stations constructed using the cut-and-cover method, an increasing number of projects are adopting the form of precast components combined with on-site assembly. However, analysis of the novel structural elements within such overlapped subw...
Accurately estimating the stability of horseshoe tunnel faces remains a challenge, especially when excavating in rock masses. This study aims to propose an analytical model to analyze the stability of the horseshoe tunnel face in rock masses. Based o...
In marine hot–humid and salt spray environments, shipborne snap-action limit switches operating under micro-current loads are prone to triggering failures caused by the accumulation of heterogeneous films on electrical contact interfaces, which...
Similarity search on image embeddings is a common practice for image retrieval in machine learning and pattern recognition systems. Approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) methods enable scalable similarity search on large datasets, often approaching sub-...
While fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets effectively enhance the flexural strength of reinforced concrete (RC) slabs, excessive flexural strengthening can reduce ductility and lead to brittle failure. This study provides an overview of the failure...
Most geotechnical engineers focus on ground strength and stability. However, when determining stability by analyzing the exact strength of the ground, the failure surface is essential. Nevertheless, limited studies have been conducted on the methods...
Based on the improvement of the Karl Terzaghi failure mode for calculating the surrounding rock pressure of loose rock mass, combined with the upper bound theorem of limit analysis, the formula for calculating the surrounding rock pressure of shallow...
Heat-assisted forming processes are becoming increasingly important in the manufacturing of sheet metal parts for body-in-white applications. However, the non-isothermal nature of these processes leads to challenges in evaluating the forming limits,...
The collapse failure of rock surrounding caverns involves a progressive collapse process. Based on the nonlinear Hoek–Brown failure criterion and the upper limit theorem, the whole process curve of the progressive collapse of the surrounding rock of...
In order to quantitatively assess the risk of deeply buried tunnel construction in the case of a hidden karst cave at the bottom of the tunnel, the first deeply buried tunnel construction failure model (PH−1) is firstly proposed based on the up...
The construction of a lunar scientific base (LSB) is a complex and gradual process that has to be completed in stages according to mission planning. Reliability assessment is critical for quantifying failure risks and planning complex space missions....
This paper presents a review on the formability evaluation of AHSS, enhancing necking-based failure criteria limitations. Complementary fracture/damage constitutive modeling approaches specifically tailored to formability evaluation, validated throug...
The process of tube nosing is a delicate art that involves forming the end of a tubular part without causing any collapse, buckling, or wrinkling. A recent study has delved into the different modes of failure that can occur during this process and ha...
In recent times, there have been notable changes in cardiovascular medicine, propelled by the swift advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). The present work provides an overview of the current applications and challenges of AI in the field of h...
The generalized Hoek–Brown criterion (GHB) is recognized as one of the standard failure criteria in rock engineering and its validity extends to a wide range of rock mass quality. A drawback of this criterion is the difficulty of transforming i...
The purpose of this study is to identify the leading causes of slope instability along a local highway in Anhui, People’s Republic of China. As part of the east expansion project, the mountain range will be excavated to create a two-way, nearly...
This paper presents a new algorithm for assessing the reliability of three-dimensional (3D) slope stability considering the spatial variability of soil based on the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. First, a 3D random field is generated us...
The strain-based forming limit curve is the traditional tool to assess the formability of metal sheets. However, its application should be restricted to proportional loading processes under uniform strain conditions. Several works have focused on ove...
This study focuses on the reliability assessment of a series system composed of Weibull-distributed components. Because high-reliability components rarely fail during life testing or actual operation, conventional system reliability analysis methods...
Although more and more reliability-oriented sensitivity analysis (ROSA) techniques are now available, review and comparison articles of ROSA are absent. In civil engineering, many of the latest indices have never been used to analyse structural relia...
The stability of a multi-stage fill slope composed of horizontal layered soil is particularly prominent due to its complex structural characteristics, the variability of filler properties, and the combined effects of external environmental factors. T...
It is generally acknowledged that the stability evaluation of surrounding rock denotes nonlinear complex system engineering. In order to accurately and quantitatively assess the safety states of surrounding rock and provide a scientific basis for the...
This study presents the case of a landslide triggered by a high groundwater level caused by several days of continuous rainfall in the northeastern region of Taiwan. The slope where this landslide occurred consists of closely jointed and weathered be...
This study evaluates the structural safety of composite RC wall systems, which consist of outer and inner RC walls with either an empty or a filled gap, against projectile impacts. The system is considered to have failed if its ballistic limit falls...
Applying deep learning to medical research with limited data is challenging. This study focuses on addressing this difficulty through a case study, predicting acute respiratory failure (ARF) in patients with acute pesticide poisoning. Commonly, out-o...
Natriuretic peptides (NPs) have significantly improved the assessment and management of patients with heart failure (HF), but they present several limitations. It is now clear that no single biomarker can adequately guide the diagnosis, prognosis, an...
The formability and failure behavior of transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steel blanks were investigated through various stress states. The forming limit diagram (FLD) at fracture was constructed both experimentally and numerically. Numerical...
Observations are reported in uniaxial tensile tests with various strain rates, tensile relaxation tests with various strains, and tensile creep tests with various stresses on high-density polyethylene (HDPE) at room temperature. Constitutive equation...
Fatigue limit stress is a key design parameter for the structure fatigue design of composite materials. In this paper, a micromechanical fatigue limit stress model of fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) subjected to stochastic overloadi...
This paper focuses on the finite element analysis simulation of the impact properties of composite sandwich structures made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer lamina. In the existing studies, the composite sandwich structures with A-shaped cores have...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more integrated into manufacturing processes, revolutionizing conventional production, like CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machining. This study analyzes how large language models (LLMs), exemplifie...
In this study, the experimental two-dimensional forming limit diagram (FLD) data for a ZIRLO™ sheet, which is used in nuclear fuel rod support grids, were converted and presented as a triaxiality failure diagram (TFD). Most previous studies ass...
This paper investigates the dynamic response of a fully nonlinear model of a DeepCWind floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) after one of its three-catenary mooring systems is broken. The drift area of the platform, pitch motion of the wind turbine,...
In the realm of civil engineering, ultra-high-performance concrete-filled steel tube composite columns (UCFSTCs) constitute a new type of building material and structure, exhibiting high compressive strength and commendable durability. Given their pr...
An anti-slide pile is a common landslide control measure. Compared with the full-length pile whose top extends to the ground, the buried pile is more optimal in internal force distribution, saves material and has remarkable economic benefits. At pres...
The stability analysis of the tunnel face is not only essential for guaranteeing the safe construction of urban shallow tunnels, but also directly affecting the influence degree of tunnel construction on nearby structures. The primary concerns in the...
High uncertainty is an inherent behavior of geotechnical materials. Nowadays, random field theory is an advanced method to quantify the effect of high uncertainty on geotechnical engineering. This study investigates the effect of spatial variable soi...
Based on the nonlinear failure criterion and modified tangential technique, the upper bound solutions of the critical supporting pressure on the deep tunnel face were obtained under pore water pressure conditions. The influence of parameters on the c...
This paper studies the global asymptotic regulation problem for a class of lower-triangular nonlinear systems with actuator failures and limited delays. New integral controllers consisting of an integral dynamic are constructed to make all system sta...
Background: Hypercapnic failure is a severe complication of COPD disease progression, which is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to examine the association of comorbidity and clinical risk factors with the deve...
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