A universal curve for the change in the magnetic entropy has been recently proposed for materials with second-order phase transitions. In this work we have studied the universal behavior of the magnetocaloric effect in the family of cobalt Laves phases, RCo2, and mixed manganites, La2/3 CaxSr 1−x 1/3MnO3, which exhibit firstand second-order phase transitions. The rescaled magnetic entropy chang...

In active seismic zones, such as the Peruvian coast, tools for predicting potential negative impacts of earthquakes are essential planning mitigation, emergency, and recovery transportation facilities. For instance, capacity a road bridge network after event to carry traffic flow depends on degree expected damage related repair costs downtime. This paper determines vulnerability highway bridges...

The city of Kolkata, the State Capital of West Bengal is jolted by earthquakes time and again from the tectonic regimes of the Central Himalaya, highly seismogenic Northeast India and the active tectonics of Bengal Basin which is a pericratonic tertiary basin on which the City is located. Earthquake disaster mitigation and management necessitates seismic hazard assessment for the generation of ...

An adaptable algorithm is proposed in this study, which can predict the complete load-shortening curve of a stiffened panel subjected to uniaxial longitudinal compression. The provides an extension existing empirical formulae initially derived for predicting ultimate compressive strength panels. Based on observations from series nonlinear finite element analyses, behaviour panels idealised with...

Abstract: To evaluate train-running safety during seismicity on an entire railway line quantitatively, we should use risk analysis method. A lot of studies for seismic risk management were widely performed in various kinds of research fields. However, the study for fragility curve of train-running safety has not been conducted and its basic characteristics have not been obtained. Through this s...

Raman spectroscopy was applied to nail clippings from 633 postmenopausal British and Irish women, from six clinical sites, of whom 42% had experienced a fragility fracture. The objective was to build a prediction algorithm for fracture using data from four sites (known as the calibration set) and test its performance using data from the other two sites (known as the validation set). Results fro...

Abstract Assessment of churches based on empirical data at a territorial scale is suitable tool to have an overview the seismic behaviour this peculiar structural typology and evaluate their current state vulnerability. Fragility vulnerability curves are also aimed perform analysis different scenarios. The paper presents detailed typological 633 single-nave churches, as selected subset database...

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