By the lake of Yihe Park in northern Chongqing, we transformed a waterfront pavilion into Lago, an Italian country restaurant ...

Abstract: This research investigates the field performance of flexure-based mobile sensing nodes (FMSNs) developed for system identification and condition monitoring of civil structures. Each FMSN ...

A temporary structure includes hoardings, scaffolding, site sheds, cantilevered decks, façade retention systems and any other structures that are not permanent. To install temporary structures in, on ...

Abstract: In this paper, we proposed a wind speed and direction sensor which based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG). A broadband light source (BBS) was used as the light source. The anemometer consists of ...

The steel roof of Jiangmen gymnasium is the large-span spatial pipe truss structure, which is composed of main truss, secondary truss and stable truss. This paper systematically expounds the ...

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In past two decades earthquake disasters in the world have shown that significant damage occurred even when the buildings were designed as per the conventional earthquake-resistant design philosophy ...