Abstract: Structural damage accumulation is an intrinsically random phenomenon. Continuum damage mechanics seeks to express the aggregate effect of microscopic defects present within a material in terms of macroscopically defined ...

Abstract: The ultimate strength of a ship’s hull depends on its material and geometric properties, some or all of which may be random in nature. In addition, initial imperfections in the form of initial ...

Abstract: It has been argued that the AASHTO LRFD design code for maximum live loads on highway bridges is overly conservative. In an attempt to determine the level of conservativeness, if any, the writers developed a methodology ...

Abstract: Cardiac electromechanics is a coupled multiphysics and multiscale problem. Of great interest to medicine and pharmacology is how the heart responds to changes in ion channel dynamics within the myocyte that are either ...

Abstract: Traditional bridge evaluation techniques are based on design-based deterministic equations that use limited site-specific data. They do not necessarily conform to a quantifiable standard of safety and are often quite ...

Abstract: Long-span bridges, which are critical nodes of the nation’s infrastructure system, are frequently exposed to extreme hazards, such as flood, scour, hurricane, earthquake, blast, and impact. In spite of their importance, ...

Abstract: Although long-span suspension bridges play a vital role in the transportation infrastructure, their resistance to disproportionate collapse resulting from locally induced damage has not yet been adequately investigated. ...