supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos.41171005,41071005,12272344,and 12350710176);the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (Grant No.2013CB956000).
Recently,significant progress has been made in conceptually describing the dynamic aspects of coarse particle entrainment,which has been explored experimentally for open channel flows.The aim of this study is to exten...
The Philippines has once again disturbed the peace in the South China Sea.On November 8,Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos signed acts unilaterally incorporating China's Huangyan Dao(island)in Zhongsha Qu...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant number 11971019.
In this paper,we investigate the existence of strange nonchaotic attractors(SNAs)in a slender rigid rocking block under quasi-periodic forcing with two frequencies.We find that an SNA can exist between a quasi-periodi...
We sit down with Easy Tiger's lead singer TC outside of The GOAT in Guangzhou's Panyu district.He is in a jolly and excited mood as he reminisces about the early days.
National Key Research and Development Program,Ministry of Science and Technology of China under Grant No.2022YFC3803004;the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.51838004。
In seismology and earthquake engineering,it is fundamental to identify and characterize the pulse-like features in pulse-type ground motions.To capture the pulses that dominate structural responses,this study establis...
National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2018YFC0705602。
Frame and rocking wall(FRW)structures have excellent resilient performance during earthquakes.However,the concrete at interfacial corners of rocking walls(RWs)is easily crushed due to local extreme compression during ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2341284,51579198);the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF under Grant Number GZB20240584;the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WUT:3120624441).
This study addresses the lubrication challenges posed by oil-water mixtures that arise when vessels encounter adverse maritime conditions,including collisions,grounding,and reefing,which can lead to failures in lubric...
How a folk art preserves history and culture A black slate,an alloy steel needle and decades of practice.This is Li Yahua’s recipe for creating the perfect Huihe stone shadow carving work of art.With her left hand ge...
support received from National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFC1509304);Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No.52121005 and Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No.52108459.
This paper proposes the novel concept of retrofitting damaged reinforced concrete frame with self-centering and energy-dissipating rocking wall.Parametric studies were carried out base on pushover and time-history anal...
A rock concert for kids took to the stage of a theater nestled in a hutong,a narrow alleyway in the traditional residential areas of Beijing,on March 18.Chinese and British performers put on a musical extravaganza tha...