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The ground motion prediction equation is commonly used to predict the seismic intensity distribution. However, it is not easy to apply this method to seismic distributions affected by underground plate structures, which are commonly known…
In the last decade, the role of shearing loads has been increasingly suspected to play a determinant impact in the formation of deep pressure ulcers. In vivo observations of such deformations are complex to obtain. Previous studies only…
We propose a local earthquake tomography method that applies a structured regularization technique to determine sharp changes in Earth's seismic velocity structure using arrival time data of direct waves. Our approach focuses on the ability…
We consider the stable reconstruction of flow geometry and wall shear stress from measurements obtained by magnetic resonance imaging. As noted in a review article by Petersson, most approaches considered so far in the literature seem not…
Developing a rapid, but also reliable and efficient, method for classifying the seismic damage potential of buildings constructed in countries with regions of high seismicity is always at the forefront of modern scientific research. Such a…
Accurate property characterization is a major bottleneck in materials design. While first-principles methods and task-specific machine-learning models have driven important progress, they remain fundamentally limited in scalability and…
The successful prediction of earthquakes is one of the holy grails in Earth Sciences. Traditional predictions use statistical information on recurrence intervals, but those predictions are not accurate enough. In a recent paper, a machine…
We present calculations of forces for two dimensional static sandpile models. Using a symbolic calculation software we obtain exact results for several different orientations of the lattice and for different types of supporting surfaces.…
Assessing the vulnerability of a large set of buildings using sophisticated methods can be very time consuming and at a prohibitive cost, particularly for a moderate seismic hazard country like France. We propose here a low-cost analysis…
Reliable earthquake detection and seismic phase classification is often challenging especially in the circumstances of low magnitude events or poor signal-to-noise ratio. With improved seismometers and better global coverage, a sharp…
We investigate the evolution of a system of two super-Earths with masses < 4 Earth masses embedded in a turbulent protoplanetary disk. The aim is to examine whether or not resonant trapping can occur and be maintained in presence of…
Monte Carlo simulations at constant pressure are performed to study coexistence and interfacial properties of the liquid-solid transition in hard spheres and in colloid-polymer mixtures. The latter system is described as a one-component…
The sequence of ground states for SrTiO3 film subjected to epitaxial strain as well as to mechanical stress along the [001] and [110] axes is calculated from first principles within the density functional theory. Under the fixed-strain…
The properties of a bundle of grafted semi-flexible living filaments in ideal solution facing an obstacle wall, under supercritical conditions, are explored. For this purpose, we make use of the discrete wormlike chain model characterized…
The purpose of this paper is to propose a continuum micromechanics model for the simulation of uniaxial compressive and tensile tests on lime-based mortars, in order to predict their stiffness, compressive and tensile strengths, and tensile…
This paper investigates the nonlinear dynamics of stepping flexible frames under seismic excitation. The conventional iterative method of solution of peak quasi-dynamic displacement of stepping frames is not guaranteed to converge. To…
Seismic waves due to strong earthquakes propagating in surficial soil layers may both reduce soil stiffness and increase the energy dissipation into the soil. To investigate seismic wave amplification in such cases, past studies have been…
The increasing flexibility of modern large wind turbine blades necessitates cost-efficient and reliable structural monitoring solutions. For this purpose, we propose to use aerodynamic pressure measurements obtained via Aerosense, a novel,…
The side-wall pressure distribution in static silos is an important and open problem related to storage safety of granular materials. Referring to Lvin's theory [Powder Technology 4, 280 (1971)] and Rodolfo's 2D numerical result [Phys. Rev.…
The use of seismic waves to explore the subsurface underlying the ground is a widely used method in the oil industry, since different kinds of the rocks and mediums have different reflection rate of the seismic waves, so the amplitude of…