Internal curing is a relatively simple approach to reduce the shrinkage and cracking potential of concrete mixtures, accomplished by placing reservoirs of water within th[...]

The role of insolation as an instigator for crack initiation in rock is still a continuously perplexing topic. An immense amount of data has been collected on the influen[...]

Large-scale exfoliation cracks and associated domes can strongly influence regional landscape evolution, hydrology and hazards, but their formation mechanism(s) and long-[...]

This study was conducted to answer two research questions. How do the chosen CNN models perform on publicly available asphalt pavement crack datasets for classification a[...]

All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are considered promising candidates for next-generation batteries due to their excellent safety performance guaranteed by inorganic soli[...]

The design basis functions in IGA are refined and enhanced by extra enrichment functions and various local refinements with the use of partition of unity (PU) functions w[...]