Abstract: Since centrifuge time is expensive it is necessary to keep testing times to a minimum. Where clay forms an important part of the soil model, reasonable drainage periods can only be achieved by using a high permeability ...

Abstract: Design criteria for implantable, heat-generating devices such as the total artificial heart require the determination of safe thresholds for chronic heating. This involves in-vivo experiments in ...

Abstract: The three notorious earthquakes of 1999 in Turkey (Kocaeli and Düzce) and Taiwan (Chi-Chi), having offered numerous examples of surface fault rupturing underneath civil engineering structures, prompted increased interest ...