Abstract: In fires, concrete structures sometimes suffer blasting loads. This paper investigated the effect of high temperature on the dynamic mechanical properties of concrete. The specimens were cored from 10-year-old concrete ...

Abstract: Cells are subjected to cyclic loads under physiological conditions, which regulate cellular structures and functions. Recently, it was demonstrated that cells on substrates reoriented nearly perpendicular to the stretch ...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide a lubrication equation for non-Newtonian fluid. Three nonlinear functions instead of common power law model are used to describe non-Newtonian properties ...

Abstract: The stability of a bond cluster upon oscillated loads under physiological conditions is strongly regulated by the kinetics of association and dissociation of a single bond, which can play critical roles in cell–matrix ...

Abstract: This paper studies the design of a spring-actuated mechanism of 69KV SF6 Gas insulated circuit breakers. The creative mechanism design method is first used to synthesize all the feasible ...

Abstract: Pumping of groundwater near a stream can induce infiltration of stream water into the surrounding aquifers. Analysis of the migration of the infiltrated stream water to the pumping well is important to better understand ...

Abstract: Future sustained economic growth of the nation very much depends on the reliability and efficiency of its highway infrastructure system. Some vehicles, such as trucks, emergency vehicles, and sport utility vehicles, often ...

Abstract: A new control algorithm is proposed in this paper to control the responses of a seismically excited, nonlinear 20-story building with piezoelectric friction dampers. The passive friction damping mechanism is used for ...

Abstract: sing the newly available decade-long Argo data for the period 2004?13, a detailed study is carried out on deriving four-dimensional (4D) modality of sea temperature in the upper ocean with emphasis on its interannual ...