Criteria air pollutants: PM10, CO, SO2 and NO2, as well as general meteorological conditions were monitored for the first time ever at five locations in and around the cement industry zone situated in Northern Lebanon in ...

An innovative mechanistic based method for passive confinement efficiency estimation is proposed based on the extension to rectangular sections of the pulley model previously proposed by the writers. A refined finite element ...

Approximately 4 yr of campaign and continuous Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements across the Dead Sea fault system (DSFS) in Lebanon provide direct measurements of interseismic strain accumulation along a 200‐km‐long ...

The application of the Hoek–Brown empirical strength criterion to actively confined concrete is investigated. A large database of experimental results on hydraulically and triaxially confined concrete is reviewed and ...

The current status of the Lebanese vocational and technical education (VTE) system is assessed and the strategic issues and challenges facing it are identified. In addition to the economic and social challenges that are ...