As a result of China’s urbanization, it has been common phenomenon that adjacent deep excavations were constructed near underground structures, which can have series detrimental effects on existing tunnels. Thus, is crucial to assess the tunnel response induced by overlying excavation, with aim maintaining safety and serviceability operating The shield idealized as an infinite beam lying upon t...

During archaeological excavations, one of the most time consuming stages is the treatment of the great number of pottery sherds found on the site (labelling, drawing, measuring and classifying as related to the known object models). This step is also the most difficult one because it requires an extended knowledge of the characteristics of the already identified object models that can be found ...