Abstract: The dynamic behavior of a fully clamped rectangular plate impacted by a rigid knife-edge is studied in this paper. Based on the variational finite difference method, a numerical model of dynamic ...

Abstract: In the paper, a formulation for predicting the ultimate strength of a stiffened plate is proposed by incorporating Guedes Soares’s formula, which gives the best prediction for unstiffened plates ...

Abstract: Fracture toughness tests were conducted for carbon composite scarf joints with and without carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforcement in order to study the effect of CNT on enhancing the fracture ...

Abstract: A reliability-based Level I design procedure is proposed for ring-stiffened cylindrical shells under external pressure. The main collapse modes and the present safety factor approach are reviewed. ...

Abstract: Waterlogging and soil salinisation is widespread in the semiarid, irrigated areas of the world. Subsurface drainage is a useful tool in reducing these effects on crops; however, there has been negative downstream effects ...