Abstract: The response of an elastic plate supported by a fluid half space to a steadily moving pressure is studied. The Timoshenko plate theory is used in the study. By the method of integral ...

Abstract: A qualitative evaluation of the vehicle stability problem is given for the purpose of establishing a measure of the performance limit of automobiles for the imposed conditions of constant speed ...

Abstract: The paper deals with an approximate analytical technique for solving the boundary-value problems governed by second-order differential equations with variable coefficients. The variable coefficient ...

Abstract: This paper presents a graph theory-based approach to optimum type synthesis of vehicle suspension mechanisms using an expert system. Kinematic chain isomorphism is identified, using an extended ...

Abstract: Compression tests were conducted on two reduced-scale orthotropic plates to verify the design strength of steel box girders for the new San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The first specimen was composed of three longitudinal ...

Abstract: A disastrous earthquake struck central Taiwan at 01:47 a.m. September 21, 1999 (Taiwan local time). The Seismology Center of the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) determined the magnitude of this earthquake to be

Abstract: This paper proposes an accurate and efficient numerical model by combining the method of characteristics (MOC) and the meshless localized radial basis function collocation method (LRBFCM) to simulate the shallow water flow ...