Quality management in shield tunneling projects is a challenging problem. To improve the
quality of segment erection, the shield driver must constantly adjust the shield's attitude and …

Due to geotechnical uncertainties, existing underground infrastructure, the construction of
deep-pit foundations in dense urban areas is particularly challenging as there is a …

Extraction of underlying knowledge from monitoring data is beneficial to on-site
management during shield tunneling construction. However, it remains a challenge to …

The high-end equipment features with high value, complicated manufacturing process, and
high status, and it thus brings a huge challenge to increase reliability, quality, and …

Nowadays, critical infrastructures are essential for the normal operation of economics and
social life. Because of the increasing number of terrorist attacks and other accidents …

Retrofitting critical components of a critical infrastructure system to improve its seismic
performance has been considered as the most frequently used mitigation strategy in both …

The daily home-office commute of millions of people in crowded cities strains air quality and
increases travel time, which motivates the generation of ridesharing. Ridesharing offers …

The escalating energy demand in Djibouti requires the investigation of renewable energy
sources, with wind energy emerging as a promising solution. To ensure the long-term …

Vulnerability assessment of interdependent infrastructure networks (IINs) must be conducted
according to a specific situation such as the failure model, the scale of networks …

This paper selects four frequently used operation models for integrated power and gas
systems (IPGSs), including a power network connectivity and gas network connectivity …