Abstract Combining historical, organological, ethnographic, and musical analysis, this article explores the relationship between three bows— Angolan hungu mbulumbumba Brazilian berimbau—in context of South Atlantic African diaspora. Our intervention crisscrosses scholarly debates about survival adaptation bows in Brazil capoeiristas’ discourses origins capoeira berimbau. We argue for a direct c...

Full-scale experimental case studies have shown that the induced trench construction method effectively reduces vertical earth load is exerted on culverts installed beneath high embankments. Induced are traditionally designed basis of Marston’s theory; however, various theoretical shortcomings this formulation recently come to light. In paper, a new presented. The proposed analytical model empl...

It is known that the distribution of active earth pressure against a translating rigid wall is not triangular but nonlinear, owing to arching effects in the backfill. In the present paper, a new formulation is proposed for calculating the active earth pressure on a rigid retaining wall undergoing horizontal translation. It takes into account the arching effects that occur in the backfill (or re...

Abstract: Compared with other lightning targets on the ground, the most notable feature of a wind turbine is that the blades are usually in a rotating state when lightning strikes. To study the mechanism of blade rotation influencing wind turbine on triggering lightning, lightning discharge comparison tests based on a typical 2-MW 1:30-scaled wind turbine model with an arching high-voltage elec...

BACKGROUND The considerable challenges associated with implementing national level alcohol policies have encouraged a renewed focus on the prospects for local-level policies in the UK and elsewhere. We adopted a case study approach to identify the major characteristics and drivers of differences in the patterns of local alcohol policies and services in two contrasting local authority (LA) areas...

Photomosaics are mosaics composed of photographic images instead of solid colored tiles. A Photomosaic is a multi-scale image, conveying different information when viewed up close as when seen from a distance. From a distance, only the global subject of the mosaic should be visible, appearing without discrete components, thus the photographic images chosen must be visually similar to the local ...