Effect of Porosity on Soil-Water Retention Curves: Theoretical and Experimental Aspects by Chang Liu, Fuguo Tong, Long Yan, Hongbo Zhou, Shuang Hao

“…The presented model can obtain the SWRC at any porosity, which will reduce the test number required in characterizing the hydraulic behavior of soil. A laboratory experiment for loamy sand with different porosities is performed. …”
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The model of working process of the boom lifting and lowering mechanism with an additional damper in the form of hydrodiode by S. Yu. Kaigorodov

“…In hydraulic and pneumatic systems, due to the many factors of their operation, pressure and flow fluctuations inevitably occur. …”
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Agricultural Expansion-Induced Infiltration Rate Change in a West African Tropical Catchment by Yacouba Yira, Aymar Y. Bossa

“…Hydraulic conductivity was measured under forty-two (42) pairs of adjacent cropland-fallow plots using a Hood infiltrometer. …”
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A numerical study on the wave loading on offshore structures of different cross-sectional geometries under the action of regular waves by Guilherme Fuhrmeister Vargas, Bruno Alvarez Scapin

“… Coastal engineering and maritime hydraulics have experienced significant development over the years with the construction of bridges, oil exploration platforms, and ports, highlighting the importance of studying and quantifying the efforts resulting from wave loads on these structures. …”
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Climate change impact on the energy performance of an air handling unit with two-stage heat recovery by Dimchev Ivan, Terziev Angel, Ivanov Martin, Vassilev Momchil

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Study on FSI Analysis Method of a Large Hydropower House and Its Vortex-Induced Vibration Regularities by Liaojun Zhang, Guojiang Yin, Shuo Wang, Chaonian Guan

“…A large-scale 3D fluid-hydraulic machinery-concrete structure coupled model of a hydropower house is established to study the vortex-induced vibration mechanism and coupled vibration law during transient unit operation. …”
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Spatiotemporal Changes and Frequency Analysis of Multiday Extreme Precipitation in the Huai River Basin during 1960 to 2014 by Yixing Yin, Xin Pan, Xiuqin Yang, Xiaojun Wang, Guojie Wang, Shanlei Sun

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Coupled Vibration Behavior of Hot Rolling Mill Rolls under Multinonlinear Effects by Rongrong Peng, Xingzhong Zhang, Peiming Shi

“…In addition, changes in the movement displacement of the hydraulic cylinder and the coupling parameters strongly affect the coupling system of the rolling mill rolls. …”
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Investigation of the flow characteristics of slit check dams using novel models by Muhammet Emin Emiroglu, Erdinc Ikinciogullari, Eyyup Ensar Yalcin, Enes Gul

“…The current study presents the hydraulic characteristics of slit-check dams with different geometries for experimental and numerical tests. …”
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Ambient intraborehole flow in a highly productive aquifer in Ljubljana, Slovenia by Janja Svetina, Joerg Prestor, Simon Mozetič, Mihael Brenčič

“…New hydrological insights for the region: The study has shown that vertical hydraulic gradients are not limited to complex multiple aquifer systems but can also occur in uniform alluvial aquifers without typical aquitard layers if hydraulic head differences exist between the upper and lower parts of the aquifer. …”
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Effects of Cyclic Loading on the Mechanical Properties of Mature Bedding Shale by Yintong Guo, Chunhe Yang, Lei Wang, Feng Xu

“…All of these drawn conclusions are of great importance for design of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas wells.…”
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Effect of Seepage Force on the Wellbore Breakdown of a Vertical Wellbore by Desheng Zhou, Haiyang Wang, Yafei Liu, Shun Liu, Xianlin Ma, Wenbin Cai, Hai Huang

“…However, the seepage force is normally ignored in the analysis of wellbore fracturing during hydraulic fracturing operation. In this paper, an analytical model for seepage force around a vertical wellbore is presented based on linear elasticity theory, and the effect of the seepage force on wellbore breakdown has been analyzed. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Ribbed Rotating Two-Pass Square Duct by Liou Tong-Miin, Chen Shih-Hui, Li Yi-Chen

“…The in-line <math alttext="$90^{circ}$"><msup><mn>90</mn> <mo>&compfn;</mo> </msup> </math> ribs were arranged on the leading and trailing walls with rib height-to-hydraulic diameter ratio and pitch-to-height ratio of <math alttext="$0.136$"><mn>0.136</mn> </math> and 10, respectively. …”
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Model Test Research on the Influence of Gate Blocking in Siltation Environment by Hua Li, Yifeng Wang, Jingyu Zhang, Liangpeng Wan, Qiao Jiang, Hongyue Pan, Yuanyuan Hu, Kun Wang

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Experimental Study on Fracture Propagation Mechanism of Shale Oil Reservoir of Lucaogou Formation in Jimusar by Jianmin Li, Yushi Zou, Shanzhi Shi, Shicheng Zhang, Junchao Wang, Xinfang Ma, Xiaohuan Zhang

“…The effect of layers on the height of hydraulic fractures (HFs) was analysed based on triaxial hydraulic fracturing simulation system combined with mineral and mechanical characteristics analysis. …”
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An Improved Form of 2D SPH Method for Modeling the Excavation Damage of Tunnels Containing Random Fissures by Xuhua Ren, Shuyang Yu, Jixun Zhang, Haijun Wang, Zhaohua Sun

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Influence of the Radial Gap on the External Gear Pump Performance by Alexander Mitov, Nikolay Nikolov, Ivan Kralov

“…The presented methodology can also be applied to other types of hydraulic displacement pumps in order to evaluate their performance in the wear process and to predict the maximum allowable value of a specific design parameter under different operating modes.…”
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A Lagrangian particle model for one-dimensional transient pipe flow with moving boundary by Yuejin Cai, Jianguo Wei, Qingzhi Hou, Huaicheng Fan, Arris S. Tijsseling

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Seismic Safety Review of Gravity Dam Based on Finite Element Method by Guanchao Xu, Bowen Guo, Zhuolun Meng, Jiwei Zhao

“…At the same time, the standard for seismic design of hydraulic structures (GB 51247-2018) also put forward new requirements for the seismic calculation of reservoir dams. …”
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Modelling of Time-Dependent Wellbore Collapse in Hard Brittle Shale Formation under Underbalanced Drilling Condition by Shanpo Jia, Zhiqiang Xiao, Bisheng Wu, Caoxuan Wen, Lufeng Jia

“…To simulate the whole process of progressive collapse of a wellbore in a hard brittle shale formation, a coupled hydraulic-mechanical-chemical (HMC) model is developed and this model is compiled with ABAQUS software as the solver. …”
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