The partially prefabricated laminated (RC) walls mentioned is this kind of seismic prevention element with part prefabricated concrete plate and cast in place concrete plate. 4 typical laminated walls without openings, 4 laminated walls with openings, and 1 common cast-in-place RC walls were tested under cyclic test. The seismic behaviour were analysed by the finite element software based on th...

High traffic demands have led to widening of existing highways to accommodate increased traffic volume. However, due to the high cost of additional right-of-way and limited space available at job sites, construction of earth retaining walls is often done under a constrained space. This leads to retaining walls that are narrower than in design guidelines. This type of walls is referred as “Narro...

This paper presents a visual based localization mechanism for a legged robot in indoor office environments. Our proposal is a probabilistic approach which uses partially observable Markov decision processes. We use a precompiled topological map where natural landmarks like doors or ceiling lights are recognized by the robot using its on-board camera. Experiments have been conducted using the AI...

A lytic enzyme active against viable, intact staphylococci is released into culture fluids upon lysis of bacteriophage-infected Staphylococcus aureus PS53 cells. This enzyme, staphylococcal phage-associated lysin (PAL), was partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and gel filtration through Sephadex G-200. PAL is optimally active at pH 6.5 and 30 C, and lytic activity is greatly enh...

Calculation of lateral earth pressure on retaining walls is one of the main issues in geotechnics. The upper and lower bound theorems of plasticity are used to analyze the stability of geotechnical structures include bearing capacity of foundations, lateral earth pressure on retaining walls and factor of safety of slopes. In this paper formulation of finite element limit analysis is introduced ...