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Chen, Y. (author), Dolado, Jorge S. (author), Li, Z. (author), Yin, Suhong (author), Yu, Qijun (author), Kostiuchenko, A. (author), Ye, G. (author)In this paper, the atomic structures of sodium aluminosilicate hydrate (N–A–S–H) gels with different Si/Al ratios are studied by molecular dynamics simulation. An N–A–S–H gel model was obtained from the polymerization of Si(OH)<sub>4</sub> and Al(OH)<sub>3</sub> monomers with the use of a reactive force field (ReaxFF). The simulated atomic...journal article 2022
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Lin, Chaoning (author), Li, Tongchun (author), Chen, Siyu (author), Yuan, Li (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), Yorke-Smith, N. (author)Dam safety monitoring has become an important topic and is critical for evaluating a dam's safety status. This study focuses on identifying the mechanical properties of a concrete dam from long-term viscoelastic deformation monitoring data. A novel inversion framework is proposed in which a surrogate model, instead of the finite element model,...journal article 2022
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Li, Yuanyuan (author), Li, Jun (author), Li, Chao (author), Chen, Anqi (author), Bai, Tao (author), Tang, Shimin (author), Wu, Shaopeng (author), Gao, Y. (author), Zhu, Hongbin (author), Feng, Jianlin (author)A self-compacting steel slag epoxy resin concrete (SERC) was designed with steel slag as aggregate and epoxy resin as binder for rapid repair of road expansion joints and pavement. At the same time, a group of self-compacting basalt epoxy resin concrete (BERC) with basalt as coarse aggregate and limestone as fine aggregate was set up as the...journal article 2022
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Cheng, H. Q. (author), Chen, W. (author), Li, J. F. (author), Jiang, Y. H. (author), Hu, X. (author), Zhang, X. L. (author), Zhou, F. N. (author), Hu, F. X. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author)The estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) in the Yangtze Estuary Delta (YED) is muddy by definition and lacks bottom undulations. However, since 2013, a remarkable change has occurred in the YED. Recent images detected by a multibeam echosounder system, SeaBat 7125, for the first time have confirmed widespread regions of subaqueous dunes in the...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Liang (author), Chen, Pengfei (author), Li, M. (author), Chen, Linying (author), Mou, Junmin (author)The consequences caused by bridge failures owing to the ship-bridge collision are always severe in terms of loss of life, economy, and environmental consequences to individuals and societies. The previous studies focused on the ship-bridge collision mainly concentrated on passive anti-collision, such as strengthening the bridge structure or...journal article 2022
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Chen, Haiqiang (author), Lei, Yutian (author), Yao, Huanhuan (author), Li, Zhizai (author), Peng, Guoqiang (author), Zhou, Xufeng (author), Wang, H. (author), Wang, Qian (author), Jin, Zhiwen (author)Two-dimensional (2D) Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) CsPbI3 exhibits enhanced phase stability compared with 3D CsPbI3. However, the issue of the uncontrollable crystallization process limits its photovoltaic performance. Here, the influence of a binary mixed solvent on the film quality and photovoltaic properties of (PEA)2Cs4Pb5I16 (n = 5) is studied...journal article 2022
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Ao, Yibin (author), Tan, Ling (author), Feng, Qiqi (author), Tan, Liyao (author), Li, Hongfu (author), Wang, Yan (author), Wang, T. (author), Chen, Yunfeng (author)The global climate change has resulted in huge flood damages, which seriously hinders the sustainable development of rural economy and society and causes famers’ livelihood problems. In flood-prone areas, it is imperative to actively study short and long-term strategies and solve farmers’ livelihood problems accordingly. Following the...journal article 2022
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Cai, Yuxin (author), Liu, Qing feng (author), Meng, Zhaozheng (author), Chen, Mengzhu (author), Li, Weihua (author), Šavija, B. (author)High-frequency vibration helps to improve the compactness of concrete, but also causes the settlement of coarse aggregates (CAs) and then affects the durability of hardened concrete. In this paper, a numerical study combining multi-phase CA settlement model and multi-component ionic transport model is performed to understand the influence of...journal article 2022
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Abbink, David (author), Hao, Peng (author), Laval, Jorge (author), Shalev-Shwartz, Shai (author), Wu, Cathy (author), Yang, Terry (author), Hamdar, Samer (author), Chen, Danjue (author), Xie, Yuanchang (author), Li, Xiaopeng (author), Haque, Mohaiminul (author)This chapter summarizes the presentations of speakers addressing such issues during the Automated Vehicles Symposium 2020 (AVS20) held virtually on July 27–30, 2020. These speakers participated in the break-out session titled “Artificial Intelligence for Automated Vehicle Control and Traffic Operations: Challenges and Opportunities”. The...book chapter 2022
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Yi, Jinming (author), Feng, Jianlin (author), Li, Yuanyuan (author), Bai, Tao (author), Chen, Anqi (author), Gao, Y. (author), Wu, Fan (author), Wu, Shaopeng (author), Liu, Quantao (author), Li, Chuangmin (author)To meet the needs of the road industry for maintenance operations, a new cement emulsified bitumen mixture (CEBM) with early-strength, self-compacting, and room-temperature construction characteristics was designed. The strength formation mechanism of CEBM was revealed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the surface free energy (SFE...journal article 2022
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Li, Meng (author), Chen, Yifei (author), Kumar, Neeraj (author), Lal, C. (author), Conti, M. (author), Alazab, Mamoun (author)Current connected and autonomous vehicles will contribute to various and green vehicular services. However, sharing personal data with untrustworthy Navigation Service Providers (NSPs) raises serious location concerns. To address this issue, many Location Privacy-Preserving Mechanisms (LPPMs) have been proposed. In addition, several...journal article 2022
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Ying, Shen (author), Sun, Hanrui (author), Li, Chengpeng (author), Zhang, Wenting (author), Wang, Meng (author), Zhan, Yong (author), Zhang, Yu (author), Chen, Xueye (author)Many immigrants from rural areas pour into urban areas, especially in China, and urban development faces the challenges to provide sufficient space for citizens’ acommodation, works and social contacts. So 3D development and use of land and city space become the reality with various complex buildings and constructions with modern architecture...conference paper 2021
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Li, Mingqi (author), Chen, Huisu (author), Lin, Jianjun (author)Porous networks provide the main transport channels to the active media, which will damage the microstructure and then lead to a subsequent reduction in the strength, serviceability and aesthetic of porous materials. The connectivity of the porous network plays an essential role in the transport properties of these active media. In statistic...conference paper 2021
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Li, Shuguang (author), Jia, Jinsheng (author), Xu, Yaoqun (author), Zhai, Xiangjun (author), Li, Xiulin (author), Chen, Gaixin (author)In order to evaluate the aging status of the dam concrete for a 25-years-old concrete dam, the internal concrete and surface layer of the dam were tested by elastic wave computerized tomography (CT) and spectral analysis of surface wave (SASW). Also mechanical strength and elastic wave velocity were tested for the concrete cores from the dam....conference paper 2021
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Chen, Yun (author), Dolado, Jorge S. (author), Yin, Suhong (author), Yu, Qijun (author), Kostiuchenko, Albina (author), Li, Zhenming (author), Ye, Guang (author)The understanding of sodium aluminosilicate hydrate (N-A-S-H) gel is still limited due to its complex and amorphous structure. Recently, molecular dynamics simulation has provided a unique opportunity to better understand the structure of N-A-S-H gel from nanoscale. In this work, the N-A-S-H gel structure was obtained by simulating the...conference paper 2021
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Chen, Y. (author), Dolado, Jorge S. (author), Yin, Suhong (author), Yu, Qijun (author), Kostiuchenko, A. (author), Li, Z. (author), Ye, G. (author)The understanding of sodium aluminosilicate hydrate (N-A-S-H) gel is still limited due to its complex and amorphous structure. Recently, molecular dynamics simulation has provided a unique opportunity to better understand the structure of N-A-S-H gel from nanoscale. In this work, the N-A-S-H gel structure was obtained by simulating the...conference paper 2021
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Wang, Jin (author), Han, Hui (author), Li, H. (author), He, Shiming (author), Sharma, Pradip Kumar (author), Chen, Lydia Y. (author)Due to high capacity and fast transmission speed, 5G plays a key role in modern electronic infrastructure. Meanwhile, sparse tensor factorization (STF) is a useful tool for dimension reduction to analyze high-order, high-dimension, and sparse tensor (HOHDST) data, which is transmitted on 5G Internet-of-things (IoT). Hence, HOHDST data relies...journal article 2021
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Chen, C. (author), Li, Changjun (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, F. (author)The terrorist attack on the Abqaiq oil plant in Saudi Arabia on September 14, 2019 attracted global attention to the significant role of safety and security in the sustainable oil and gas supply chain and the vulnerability of supply infrastructures subject to intentional and unintentional damages. Different from other oil and gas supply...journal article 2021
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Lv, Miao (author), Li, Dongyi (author), Zhang, Zhaohan (author), Logan, Bruce E. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Sun, Muchen (author), Chen, Fan (author), Feng, Yujie (author)Magnetic seeding coagulation (MSC) process has been used to accelerate flocs sedimentation with an applied magnetic field, offering large handling capacity and low energy consumption. The interactions of three typical Al species, aluminum chloride (AlCl<sub>3</sub>), Al<sub>13</sub>O<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>24</sub><sup>7+</sup> polymer (Al<sub...journal article 2021
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Zhang, Liang (author), Mou, Junmin (author), Chen, Pengfei (author), Li, M. (author)In this research, a hybrid approach for path planning of autonomous ships that generates both global and local paths, respectively, is proposed. The global path is obtained via an improved artificial potential field (APF) method, which makes up for the shortcoming that the typical APF method easily falls into a local minimum. A modified...journal article 2021