Abstract: After a brief discussion of some undesirable features of a number of different partial differential equations often employed in the existing literature on water waves, a relatively simple ...

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the implications of a modified form of an inequality proposed recently by Green and Naghdi [3] in regard to the classical statements of the second law of ...

Abstract: A thermodynamical inequality is obtained for mixtures of interacting continua; it represents the analogue of a corresponding inequality for single phase media contained in a paper of Green and ...

Abstract: Recent research has been conducted to evaluate the benefits provided by externally-applied discrete fiber-reinforced polyurea (DFRP) coating systems. This coating was proposed to allow for ease of construction in repair-retrofit ...

Abstract: A simulation of the transport of dibromochloropropane (DBCP) and ethylene dibromide (EDB) in the vadose zone and ground water was conducted in the Mililani area of central Oahu, Hawaii to revisit the ground water contamination ...

Abstract: A constrained theory of shells by a direct approach, based on a general theory of a Cosserat surface, is derived and its relation to other recent developments obtained by direct procedures ...

Abstract: Single electrical discharges were produced on Fe and Zn electrodes under conditions similar to Electro-Discharge Machining (EDM). Crater morphology and surface texture were studied by means of ...

Abstract: State feedback controller designs allow for pole placement in an effective manner, but reduction of static offset is difficult. On the other hand, classical control methodology allows for the ...