Abstract: Directionally solidified superalloys have been extensively used as turbine blade materials to improve creep-rupture and thermal fatigue performances. Turbine blades are subjected to fluctuant ...

Abstract: To evaluate curling stresses in concrete pavements requires the input of a temperature differential or even a temperature distribution between the top and bottom of slabs. However, the slab temperature fluctuates throughout ...

Abstract: Use of a ballast is still popular in railway engineering due to its resilience, relatively low noise, and convenience in construction and maintenance. The ballast layer was modeled with two modeling approaches in this ...

Abstract: The nonlinear models of pavement base and subgrade were briefly reviewed. Subroutines of the three-dimensional finite-element analysis in the ABAQUS package were developed for nonlinear behavior of a coarse-grained base ...