Abstract: Elastic-plastic design permits the most effective use of the strength of the rectangular tube section. The condition of failure for a tube of perfectly elastic-plastic material is analyzed, and ...

Abstract: In contrast to a homogeneous isotropic elastic medium with only two elastic constants, a linear elastic micropolar solid is characterized by six such constants. To evaluate these constants it ...

Abstract: This paper presents guidelines for classification of ductile coupled shear walls (CSWs). It includes two parts: the evaluation of the degree of coupling (DC) between the walls and the coupling beams, and the classification ...

Abstract: To bring the economic benefit of trigeneration to small-scale users without incorporating expensive components, an inverted Brayton cycle (IBC) is employed, which makes use of the expander section ...

Abstract: A theoretical and experimental investigation of a pilot scale solar fluidized bed receiver is presented. Large diameter alumina particles were used. Experimental data with the bed in the temperature ...