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Abstract This paper presents a mechanical model for the simulation of reinforced concrete (RC) wall boundary elements with lap splices, which builds on the tension chord model.The model is composed of an assembly of components, each one accounting for a different source of deformation.Namely: (i) an anchorage-slip element accounting for the strain

Poland is a country with very low labour force participation among people with disabilities.On the one hand, changes are visible in the attitudes and behaviour of people with disabilities, especially students and graduates who aim to have a professional career.On the other hand, one can observe a process of gradual withdrawal of families from carin

Energy management strategies with prediction message show great mighty vapors smash berry potential in optimizing control objectives for fuel cell hybrid vehicles.This paper presents a novelty model-predictive-control based energy management framework for fuel cell commercial vehicle, in which the vehicle mass is firstly introduced as a variable pa