Analysis of the Influence of Cracked Sleepers under Static Loading on Ballasted Railway Tracks by Laura Montalbán Domingo, Clara Zamorano Martín, Cristina Palenzuela Avilés, Julia I. Real Herráiz

“…The principal causes of cracking in prestressed concrete sleepers are the dynamic loads induced by track irregularities and imperfections in the wheel-rail contact and the in-phase and out-of-phase track resonances. …”
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Professional Action Competence in Education for Sustainability Among Pre-service Physical Education Teachers: A Mixed Method Approach by Valérian Cece, Thomas Royet, Olivier Vors, Vanessa Lentillon-Kaestner

“…They highlight the need to provide concrete tools specific to the discipline. …”
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Advanced Cementitious Building Materials with Applications in Civil Engineering by Peng Zhang, Song Han, Serina Ng, Xu-Hao Wang

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Cantor Limit Set of a Topological Transformation Group on S1 by Keying Guan, Zuming Chen

“…The limit set of a topological transformation group on S1 generated by two generators is proved to be totally disconnected (or thin) and perfect if the conditions (i–v) are satisfied. A concrete application to a Doubly Periodic Riccati equation is given.…”
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Identity based and key insulated cryptosystem by ZHOU Yuan1, QIN Bao-shan 2, CAO Zhen-fu 3

“…The method of key insulation to identity-cryptosystems was applied,for solving the key exposure problem ex-isting in the identity-based schemes were applied.After developing the formal secure model for identity-based and key insulated cryptosystems,a concrete scheme proved secure under this model was constructed.…”
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Decentralized Heat Supply – Alternative to Centralized One by V. I. Nazarov, L. A. Tarasevich, А. L. Burov

“…The paper presents a concrete example that shows comparative characteristics of decentralized and centralized heat supply. …”
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Helping Your Child with Homework by Heidi Liss Radunovich

“…Includes a list of ten concrete suggestions to make homework time painless and successful. …”
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Différent-e by Eau’Rageuses, Eli

“…I’ve drawn lines, handsome lines, straight and harmonious, meaningful and concrete lines. I’ve shaped and modeled my being. The more readable I became, the less I could read myself. …”
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Taking decision general theory and its application in the medical assistance field (I). by Luis Alberto Corona Martínez

“…This article is a part of a series of articles that is aimed at divulging some theoretical aspects about decision making and their concrete application in the medical assistance. This paper analyses the classic (rational) and behavioural theories in decision making.…”
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A note on traces of some holomorphic spaces on polyballs by Romi F. Shamoyan, Olivera R. Mihic

“…Also, we give descriptions of traces for several concrete functional classes on polyballs defined with the help of area operator or Bergman metric ball.…”
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Usage of Optimized Least Square SVR to Volume Expansion Estimation of Cement Paste Including Fly Ash and Mgo Expansive Additive by Mazharul Islam, Sadia Afrin

“…Nonetheless, utilizing these two procedures in hydraulic mass concrete applications is a frequently used approach that yields favorable outcomes. …”
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The introduction of a rigid body of finite dimensions into an elastic-elastic half-space reinforced on the surface by a deformable plate by Kustarev G.V., Pavlov S.A., Rusinov K.A., Gusev A.A., Novotortsev N.V.

“…The solution of this problem is applicable to the practical field of scientific research on the compaction of asphalt concrete mixtures with various types of sealing working bodies, since the nature of the formation of defects in asphalt concrete coating retains scientific interest in the creation of alternative sealing equipment.…”
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Study on Zonal Cooperative Control Technology of Surrounding Rock of Super Large Section Soft Rock Chamber Group Connected by Deep Vertical Shaft by Shengrong Xie, Zaisheng Jiang, Dongdong Chen, En Wang

“…The subarea collaborative control technology of “high-strength prestressed bolt (cable) mesh shotcreting coupling + reinforced concrete wall brickwork support technology + high-strength bolt (cable) grouting of fragmented coal and rock mass” is proposed. …”
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Des femmes allemandes au service de la guerre : participations actives aux politiques raciales nationales-socialistes, à la déportation et au génocide (1939-1945) by Elissa Mailänder

“…In the context of National Socialist domination, violence represented for women an entirely concrete mode of action that was used in multiple ways. …”
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Development and Application of Urban Landslide Vulnerability Assessment Methodology Reflecting Social and Economic Variables by Yoonkyung Park, Ananta Man Singh Pradhan, Ungtae Kim, Yun-Tae Kim, Sangdan Kim

“…This study considered two popular building structure types, reinforced-concrete frame and nonreinforced-concrete frame, to assess the physical vulnerability. …”
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Seismic Performance of Offshore Piers under Wave Impact and Chloride Ion Corrosion Environment by Yin Gu, Anhua Yu, Xiaolong Zhang

“…Then, according to the corrosion characteristics of coastal chloride salts on reinforced concrete bridge piers, the corrosion parameters is selected by Latin hypercube sampling, and the influence of corrosion expansion and cracking of bridge pier cover on the chloride ion corrosion process is considered to modify the degradation model of corroded reinforced concrete materials. …”
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Frost Heave of Irrigation Canals in Seasonal Frozen Regions by Jian Xu, Qinze Wang, Jiulong Ding, Yanfeng Li, Songhe Wang, Yugui Yang

“…Soil frost heave acts as a driver of the emerged fracture in the concrete lining of irrigation canals and subsequent water leakage in seasonal frozen ground. …”
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A Short Review of Strategies for Augmenting Organism Recruitment on Coastal Defense Structures by Almog Ben-Natan, Nadav Shashar

“…Effective methods include augmenting surface rugosity through strategic perforations, integrating artificial panels for increased complexity, implementing soft (naturally based) engineering solutions such as geotextiles, replacing industrial concrete mixtures for CDS construction with “green concrete” and ecologically friendly mixtures, and using alternative, eco-friendly units in CDS erections. …”
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Experimental Study and Numerical Analysis on Impact Resistance of Civil Air Defense Engineering Shear Wall by Chenglong Shi, Jigang Zhang, Junbo Zhang, Feng Shao, Yicong Zhang, Menglin Zhang

“…With the increase of pendulum weight, the number of concrete horizontal cracks in the back of the civil air defense engineering shear wall increased, while the number of vertical cracks decreased, but the impact surface was destroyed. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Hydroabrasive Erosion of Steel Fiber UHPC and Rubber UHPC by Shuangxi Li, Liang Tang, Wenyou Shi, Congchun Zhong

“…Steel fiber ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) and rubber ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) adopt the methods of “rigidity overcomes rigidity” and “softness overcomes rigidity,” respectively, to resist the abrasion and cavitation erosion caused by water flow carrying large solid particles. …”
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