sciency of mechanically extracting valuable resources from
municipal solid waste (MSW). With today's techniques, resources
such as combustibles, aluminum, glass, and ferrous
materials can be extracted from ordinary ...
Infill materials found in natural rock joints may cause a reduction in joint shear strength, influencing rock mass stability. The shear strength of rock mass, already reduced by these discontinuities, will further diminish ...
The most important aim of expert systems is to emulate the expert. The majority of existing expert systems for design try to achieve this by integrating the phases of the design process within one software environment thus ...
This thesis is concerned with various investigations relating to time series analysis and forecasting. Particular attention is given to fractional differencing and its applications to long memory time series models.
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This thesis presents the results of an experimental investigation into the strength of brickwork under biaxial tension-compression. Since there is insufficient experimental evidence available on the strength of brickwork ...
Passenger walking distance is a major consideration in determining the geometry of an airport terminal configuration. The number of aircraft gate positions and the expected passenger mix are the significant elements to be ...