Abstract: This study analyzes the impacts of vanes on rotor slots by simulating the impacts of two plates in a sliding vane rotary compressor. The Hertzian contact rule and the first order shear ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of recent investigations on the transferability of passenger travel demand models under different empirical and policy conditions. The results of this study generally indicate that with ...

Abstract: Accurate prediction of mixing at cross junctions is important in water quality models because most of the intersecting pipes use cross junctions in water distribution systems. To describe the characteristics of complex ...

Abstract: To ensure the safety of concrete structures under fatigue loading, the fatigue crack propagation in concrete needs to be evaluated accurately. In this paper, a numerical method for mixed mode I-II fatigue crack propagation ...

Abstract: This paper presents very recent results of an experimental program aimed at disclosing size and strain rate effects on the fracture behavior of reinforced concrete beams. Thirty-six reinforced beams made from two microconcretes ...

Abstract: A direct analysis method for problems in repeated elastic-plastic rolling/sliding contact is presented. The method is shown to be an efficient technique for the determination of the steady-state ...

Abstract: The fracture toughness of concrete after sustained loading is a parameter for evaluating residual bearing capacity of cracked concrete structures in service. To investigate the fracture toughness of concrete after sustained ...

Abstract: Self-compacting lightweight aggregate concrete (SCLC) has attracted growing attention because of its self-compacting performance and good workability, thus the mechanical properties of SCLC and the structural performances ...

Abstract: The bond performance of reinforcing bars to concrete, an indispensable factor in designing reinforced concrete structures, is deeply influenced by the stress states of surrounding concrete. In recent decades, although ...

Abstract: Sensitive parameter distributions were identified with the use of probabilistic analysis in the RESRAD computer code. RESRAD is a multimedia pathway analysis code designed to evaluate radiological exposures resulting from ...