Abstract Machine learning-based models using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and greedy search algorithm are used to optimize air-cooled parallel plate-finned heat sinks (PPFHSs) …
The precise assessment of flood damage and structural resiliency is of the utmost importance for coastal communities, mitigating risk from repeated extreme storm events …
B Nematollahi, P Hashempour Bakhtiari… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Floods are a natural disaster of significant concern because of their considerable damages to people's livelihood. To this extent, there is a critical need to enhance flood management …
HN Olmez, D Deniz - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
Flooding is one of the most frequent hazard events significantly affecting the industry in Turkey, leading to severe economic losses and business disruptions. To predict the direct …
J Li, Y Li, Q Su - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
Cascading failures are one of the most severe threats to cyber-physical power systems. Most studies explore the cascading failure problem from the attacker's perspective while …
We compare stochastic programming and robust optimization decision models for informing the deployment of ad hoc flood mitigation measures to protect electrical substations prior to …
Dikes are an effective flood risk reduction measure in deltaic areas. Present risk analyses consist often of decoupled calculations of probabilities of dike failure and calculation of …
F den Heijer, M Kok - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
A system of dikes in flood-prone areas continuously requires measures to mitigate changes such as ageing and climate change. Planning costly measures requires proper insight into …
The condition of flood defence revetments is influenced by many different degradation processes such as animal burrowing, rutting and growth of weeds. Many of these processes …