Because of the deltaic nature Netherlands, deep soft soil deposits are widespread. Due to population density exploitation underground space is vital for commercial developments and transport networks. Piles used as primary support elements in excavations, cut cover tunnels, quay walls, flood defences provide uplift resistance base tunnels basements. This paper examines empirical correlations li...

We review some basic features of shear wave generation and energy balance for a 2D antiplane rupture. We first study the energy balance for a flat fault, and for a fault that contains a single localized kink. We determine an exact expression for the partition between strain energy flow released from the elastic medium surrounding the fault, radiated energy flow and energy release rate. This bal...

Background. The aim of this study was to evaluate root displacement of the lower incisors fixed with FRC in different positions versus FSW retainers using the finite element method. Materials and Methods. 3D finite element models were designed for a mandibular anterior segment: Model 1: flexible spiral wire bonded to the lingual teeth surfaces, Model 2: FRC bonded to the upper third of lingual ...

OBJECTIVE To determine if an interlocking bolt would limit subsidence of the biological fixation universal hip (BFX(®)) femoral stem under cyclic loading and enhance construct stiffness, yield, and failure properties. STUDY DESIGN Ex vivo biomechanical study. ANIMALS Cadaveric canine femora (10 pairs). METHODS Paired femora implanted with a traditional stem or an interlocking stem (constr...

Landslide displacement prediction is an essential base of landslide hazard prevention, which often needs to establish accurate model. To achieve accuracy displacement, a model based on salp-swarm-algorithm-optimized temporal convolutional network (SSA-TCN) proposed. The TCN model, consisting causal dilation convolution layer residual block, can flexibly increase the receptive fields and capture...

We propose practical analysis techniques to accurately measure geometric, dynamic, and material properties of MEMS. Analytical methods and test structures are presented to extract over a dozen properties by electric probing in a minimal chip area. Geometric properties include fabrication error with respect to layout geometry such as beam widths, gap spacings, etch holes, and beam lengths. Dynam...