Arid and semi-arid regions are increasingly grappling with water supply shortages, a problem expected to intensify due to the impacts of climate change. To address this challenge, the paper introduces a new governance ...

Fire risk is the leading hazard for the safety of buildings', not only due to potential, but also concerning property/value losses. When it comes to cultural heritage, fire is by far the most destructive phenomena, and ...

Pedestrian dynamics in emergency situations has become increasingly important and got the attention of both researchers and practitioners [1]. Various attempts have been made to model the behaviour of crowds in emergency ...

Design of support for rock slopes has traditionally used deterministic safety factors for verification of the structural safety. Following the introduction of limit state design concepts to modern design codes like the ...

We measure and compute the flow over a breached dam, identifying the main topological features of the mean flow (separation and stagnation surfaces, attached vortexes), secondary currents and boundary layer development. The ...