Abstract: Contention is the main source of information loss in buffer-less network architectures where deflection routing is a viable contention resolution scheme. In recent years, various ...

Science fiction became science fact in 2022 when NASA’s DART mission took the first steps towards creating a planetary defence system that could someday protect Earth from a catastrophic asteroid ...

Abstract: Pavement deflection is the primary indicator reflecting road-bearing capacity. The falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and the Benkelman beam deflectometer (BBD) are widely used in deflection ...