When Bret Davis was a child,a swarm of subterranean yellow jackets attacked him,and the pain from those burning-hot stings stayed with him long after the swelling went down.For years,Davis worried about any flying thi...
Connected vehicle data is an important assessment tool for agencies to evaluate the performance of freeways and arterials, provided there is sufficient penetration to provide statistically robust performance measures....
Scientists[at Pennsylvania State University]found that a caterpillar called the tomato fruit worm not only chomps on tomatoes and their leaves,but also deposits enzyme-laden saliva on the plant,interfering with its ab...
Previous studies demonstrated that melting,initiated by supercritical fluids in the 375-400℃range,occurred as part of anthracite metamorphism in the Appalachian Basin.Based on the known behavior of vitrinite at high ...
Many states rely upon the Pennsylvania 1957 Gas Well Pillar Study to evaluate the coal barrier surrounding gas wells.The study included 77 gas well failure cases that occurred in the Pittsburgh and Freeport coal seams...
the Department of Energy[Grant Number DE-FE-0030146]。
This study demonstrated using yttrium(Y)as an indicator to estimate the total rare earth element and Y contents(REY)in coal-associated samples and to facilitate selection of samples with high REY assays in a fast and ...
Over 600 longwall panels have been mined in Pennsylvania in the last 50 years. Of those 600 panels, 25 panels undermined interstates highways. Despite this quantity of panels, much is still unknown regarded the detail...
The National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFB1601202);the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(No.2019JM-228);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51308335);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Chang’an University(No.300102218401)
This paper presents the theory,method,and application of performance-based pavement needs assessment at a state level,using the Pennsylvania Interstate System as an example.First,a general framework is presented for t...
As China and the United States work toward a trade deal,the question remains whether it will put an end to the underlying tensions between the world’s largest economies.Avery Goldstein,Director of the Center for the ...