Ground borne vibration in buildings due to railway traffic is a major concern in densely built up areas. In practice, railway induced vibration is often predicted by means of empirical methods such as the Detailed Vibration Assessment developed by the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The vibration velocity level in the free field is predicted based on a separate characterization of t...

Abstract: In this study, a deterministic approach for the dynamic analysis of a multi-component mooring line was formulated. The floater motion responses were considered as the mooring line upper boundary conditions while the anchored point was considered as pinned. Lumped parameter approach was adopted for the mooring line modelling. The forces considered were the submerged weights of mooring/...

2) Section 1, line 84: “in the study the relationship of the temporal and spatial variation of soil moisture is determined by establishing its controlling factors . . .” The sentence is revised as “in this study the relationship between variation of soil moisture and its controlling factors (e.g. topography and precipitation) is established.” That mean the modified wetness index. Line 110: “. ....

[1] We perform two 23 year simulations using a regional climate model coupled with the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Land Model version 3.5 (RegCM‐CLM) to investigate land‐atmosphere coupling in the continental United States during the cold season (October–April) and the role of soil water phase. One simulation allows the land surface to interact freely (RunI) while the oth...

This paper aims at exploring the potential of visible and near infrared (vis-NIR) spectroscopy for on-line measurement of soil pH, with the intention to produce variable rate lime recommendation maps. An on-line vis-NIR soil sensor set up to a frame was used in this study. Lime application maps, based on pH predicted by vis-NIR techniques, were compared with maps based on traditional lab-measur...

as irrigation system installation is expensive and time consuming, it would be better to have an estimate of the water content provided by the system in the active root zone before designing an irrigation system. in this study, hydrus-2d performance was assessed under a tape irrigating in-situ with a heavy textured and relatively heterogeneous soil in rasht region. three different flows i.e. 2....

Background: In consideration for the increasing widespread use of genetically modified (GM) crops, one of the important issues for assessment is the effect of GM crops on soil microbial communities Objectives: In this study, T2 chitinase-transgenic cotton (line #57) and its non-transgenic line were investigated for bacterial and fungal dynamics...

8 This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of moisture content (MC) and texture on 9 the prediction of soil organic carbon (OC) and total nitrogen (TN) with visible and near 10 infrared (vis-NIR) spectroscopy under laboratory and on-line measurement conditions. An 11 AgroSpec spectrophotometer was used to develop calibration models of OC and TN using 12 laboratory scanned spectra of fr...

Role of Soil Plasticity in Evaluating Clay Conditioning for EPB Tunnelling Soil clogging occurred at the early construction stage of Nanchang Metro Line 1, China, when an earth balance pressure (EPB) shield passed through the argillaceous siltstone with a total content of clay minerals of 40.5%. To avoid the reappearance of soil clogging at the later stage, a new scheme was proposed to determin...