Abstract: Due to the repeated firing of the gun, large uniform arrays of unequal-depth fatigue cracks develop from the inner surface of the barrel. The combined effect of pressure and autofrettage on ...

Abstract: The effect of crack depth unevenness on the mode I stress intensity factor (SIF) distributions along the fronts of semi-elliptical surface cracks is studied. These three-dimensional radial cracks ...

Abstract: The distribution of the mode I stress intensity factor (SIF), resulting from autofrettage, along the fronts of radial, semi-elliptical surface cracks pertaining to large uniform arrays of ...

Abstract: The absorbing matrix of a volumetric (directly irradiated) solar receiver must be exposed to the concentrated incoming sunlight. Most applications require that the receiver operates at an elevated ...

Abstract: The deflection of a clamped thin shell spherical cap is evaluated by the finite element method. Elastic material properties are assumed. The ratio of the center height to the base radius of ...

Abstract: In light of recent terrorist attacks on facilities throughout the world, designers, planners, architects, and engineers are beginning to re-visit conventional approaches in the design of military and high-security facilities. ...

Abstract: One of the main research goals of the Protective Technologies Research and Development Center at Ben Gurion University of the Negev is to develop reliable numerical codes capable of accurately simulating the behavior of ...