in this paper, full scale load test of a horizontally curved steel box-girder bridge is carried out in order to detect structural defects, which reportedly result in unwanted vibrations in nearby buildings. the bridge is tested under the passage of six heavy vehicles at different speeds, so as to determine its static and dynamic responses. a total number of one hundred and two (102) sensors are...

let $g$ be a finite simple graph whose vertices and edges are weighted by two functions. in this paper we shall define and calculate entropy of a dynamical system on weights of the graph $g$, by using the weights of vertices and edges of $g$. we examine the conditions under which entropy of the dynamical system is zero, possitive or $+infty$. at the end it is shown that, for $rin [0,+infty]$, t...

the interactive effects of adjacent buildings on their seismic performance are not frequently considered in seismic design. the adjacent buildings, however, are interrelated through the soil during seismic ground motions. the seismic energy is redistributed in the neighboring buildings through multiple structure-soil-structure interactions (sssi). for example, in an area congested with many nea...

Prior studies have shown the existence of gender bias in job postings, performance reviews, and letters recommendation. However, very little research has been done on presence biases mainstream news sources how they vary across publications. Human editing, given rapid pace dissemination, is not effective enough to address biases. Even computer programs that parse articles for specific words ref...

Increasing the population, urbanization has led to the rapid construction of buildings. Due to space constraints and an increase in land cost, these buildings are built too close to each other and can cause damage under dynamic actions such as earthquakes. A new technique, known as Structural coupling, has been developed recently, has found very effective in dissipating the dispersive vibration...

Abstract In the energy performance contracting (EPC) mode, an effective way to achieve green public buildings, information asymmetry among stakeholders in operation phase is critically adverse energy-saving effect of buildings. This paper constructs evolutionary game model between users and companies (ESCOs) buildings under premise limited rationality. Vensim PLE software used build correspondi...