Cascading failures have become major threats to network robustness due to their potential catastrophic consequences, where local perturbations can induce global propagation of failures. Unlike failures spreading via direct contacts due to structural interdependencies, overload failures usually propagate through collective interactions among system components. Despite the critical need in develo...

The determination of |Vcb| and |Vub| from semileptonic B decay is reviewed with a critical discussion of the theoretical uncertainties. Future prospects and limitations are also discussed.

Considering the vulnerability of double-layer grid space structures to progressive collapse phenomenon, it is necessary to pay special attention to this phenomenon in the design process. Alternate path method is one of the most appropriate and accepted methods for progressive collapse resistant design of structures. Alternate Path Method permits local failure to occur but provides alternate pat...

M. MOMENI A. SHAFIEE, M. HEIDARI, M. K. JAFARI AND M. R. MAHDAVIFAR Dept. of Civil Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, I. R. of Iran Email: [email protected] Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, No. 26, W. Arghavan St., N. Dibaji St., Tehran, I. R. of Iran Geology Dept., Facu...

Aspects related to the volume variation of collapsible soils due change in water content are influenced by several factors, including microstructure. The microstructure analysis soil is especially important order understand these aspects. This paper shows a comparative three samples Yellowish Red Sand from district Petrolina (northeast Brazil), carried out means two techniques: Scanning Electro...

Habitat fragmentation is the primary cause of the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, but its underlying processes and mechanisms remain poorly understood. Studies of islands and insular terrestrial habitats are essential for improving our understanding of habitat fragmentation. We argue that the Three-Gorges Dam, the largest that humans have ever created, presents a unique grand-scale...

This paper is motivated by the following two related problems in complex networks: (i) control of cascading failures and (ii) mitigation of traffic congestion. Both problems are of significant recent interest as they address, respectively, the security of and efficient information transmission on complex networks. Taking into account typical features of load distribution and weights in real-wor...

Soil embankments are valuable for the adequate reserve and supply of water to multiple industries. However, they susceptible internal soil erosion, which may ultimately lead structural collapse. To counteract this issue, stabilization is practiced in construction industry. This paper proposes erosion cohesionless using quicklime. For research, two types were investigated treated with quicklime:...