scholarly journals A study of structural stability evaluation of water circulation network in urban area by applying graph theory.

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 265-270
Author(s):  
Yasuo SHIMIZU ◽  
Yoshimi HAGIHARA ◽  
Kazushi NISHIMURA
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Structural Stability ◽  
Water Circulation ◽  
Stability Evaluation

scholarly journals Landslides and slope stability evaluation in the historical town of Kruja, Albania

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 3263-3304
Author(s):  
Y. Muceku ◽  
O. Korini
Keyword(s):  
Slope Stability ◽  
Debris Flow ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Stability Evaluation ◽  
Engineering Geological Mapping ◽  
The Past ◽  
Field Works ◽  
Cultural Monuments

Abstract. This paper describes the landslides and slope stability evaluation in the urban area of Kruja town, Albania. Kruja is a~historical and heritage center, due to the existence of many important cultural monuments including Skanderbeg castle and Bazaar square etc. The urban area of Kruja town has been affected from the Landslides effects, in the past and also present. From this phenomenon many engineering objects such as buildings, roads etc. are damaged and demolished. From the engineering geological mapping at scale 1 : 5000 it is observed that many active landslides have dramatically increased in activity after 1980s. The landslide types found in the studied area are earth slides, debris flow, as well as rock fall and rock rolling. Also, from field works and laboratory analysis, the slope stability of whole urban areas has been determined; for this purpose the studied zone is divided into the stable and unstable areas, which helps to better understand the mass movement's activity as one of the most harmful hazards of the geodynamics' phenomena.

River System Connectivity Analysis of Wuxi’s Central Urban Area Based on Graph Theory

2012 ◽  
Vol 212-213 ◽  
pp. 543-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Yan Wang ◽  
You Peng Xu ◽  
Ming Jing Yu
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
River System ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
River Network ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Network Graph ◽  
Stream Structure ◽  
Wuxi City

Wuxi City is located in the hinterland of Taihu Basin and an important city in Yangtze River Delta Region with a prosperous economy. In the process of urban development, the river system pattern changes a lot. It has an impact on water environment, water ecology and other fields. The central urban area of Wuxi City was selected as the study area. Based on the river system of three periods: 1960s, 1980s and 2009, the rivers were classified into three levels according to the width of channels. The length, acreage and stream structure parameters were calculated. Then from the view of Graph Theory, river system was expressed as network graph, and the vertices, edges and degree of vertices were analyzed. The results show that the changes of rivers of different levels and lakes are not completely the same, but still appear a decreasing trend in general. The river network density and water surface ratio become smaller. Also the complexity and structure stability of river network weaken. The conclusions that the river evolution tends to be trunk and single, the stream structure is simplified and the connectivity of rivers and lakes reduces are verified by the analysis based on Graph Theory as well.

scholarly journals Modeling of artificial water circulation system for risk manegement in urban area.

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 277-284
Author(s):  
Yasuo SHIMIZU ◽  
Tomohiro AKIYAMA ◽  
Yoshimi HAGIHARA
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Water Circulation ◽  
Circulation System ◽  
Water Circulation System ◽  
Artificial Water

Study on the structural stability evaluation of umbilical winch for ROV LARS

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-210
Author(s):  
Namsub Woo ◽  
Sangmok Han ◽  
Youngju Kim ◽  
Sunchul Huh ◽  
Hyunji Kim
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Simulation ◽  
Structural Stability ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Stability Evaluation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dimensional Models ◽  
Three Dimensional Models

Purpose The purpose of this study is structural stability evaluation of umbilical winch. In accordance with the recent trend for developing natural resources, high-technology equipment on exploration ships is becoming more technologically advanced. One such piece of high-technology equipment is the umbilical winch. In this study, the umbilical winch is divided into two parts (drum and winch), where each is respectively designed with three dimensional models using CATIA, and dynamic simulation and structural analysis are performed using ANSYS. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the winch is divided into two parts for finite element analysis, the drum and whole winch model, and the parts are designed as three-dimensional models except for some small parts, such as bolt holes. Dynamic simulation and structural analysis are then performed using ANSYS. The analysis results ensure the reliability of the design methods and will be used in the domestic localization of remote operated vehicle (ROV) launch and recovery systems (LARS). Findings The strain is identified from the results, but it is very small. Some stress is concentrated at the lower corner of the drum, but the maximum stress value is lower than the allowable stress; therefore, the structure has no impact on the strain and stress. Thus, it is determined that the designed structure is safe. The results ensure the reliability of the design methods and will be used in the domestic localization of ROV LARS. Originality/value Previous studies focus on the static and mechanic problems of the winch by considering winch and drum breakage in the umbilical winch system. However, ships have a nonlinear motion characteristic with six degrees of freedom according to the constant influence of the external environment. In addition, from a design perspective, the dynamic characteristics (e.g. the ship’s motions) are more important than the static characteristics. Thus, the authors focus on winch stability securement with variable loads, such as ships moving, wave disturbance and other such important environment conditions.

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