Abstract: umerical simulation of monochromatic surface waves propagating over a turbulent field is conducted to reveal the mechanism of turbulence production by nonbreaking waves. The numerical model solves the primitive equations ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the flexure of prestressed concrete beams strengthened with prestressed carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets, focusing on ductility and cracking behavior. Structural ductility of a beam ...

Abstract: Wind and rainfall data for December, January and February, 1976?80, over the northern coastal area of Taiwan were analyzed to examine the diurnal patterns of these parameters. Results show that the diurnal variation of ...

Abstract: Monitoring the weight of vehicles is essential for policymakers to maintain the condition of bridges. In the group of methods for weighing vehicles, bridge weigh-in-motion (B-WIM) systems are among the most prominent and ...

Abstract: Efficiency and accuracy play an important role in numerical simulation for ball bearings dynamics. In this work, three kinds of contact models are developed in vector form to represent the interactions in ball/raceway, ...

Abstract: The oscillatory indentation has become an attractive approach to characterizing the viscoelastic properties of soft biological solids. However, the influences of surface tension on oscillatory responses are ignored, which ...

Abstract: Biotreatment of heavy metals in acid mine drainage (AMD) with sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is considered the most promising technique in the ecological restoration of mines. In the present work, the authors evaluated ...

Abstract: Investigating the contact of rough spheres is constructive to wide engineering applications and scientific research. However, the coexistence of global curvature and surface roughness brings difficulty in the analysis of ...